1968 in Norway

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← 1967 1966 1965 1968 in Norway → 1969 1970 1971
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See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1968 in Norway.

• Monarch – Olav V
• Prime Minister – Per Borten (Centre Party)

• 19 February – Avalanches occur in Bondalen which kill four people.
• 19 March – The Palace announces that Crown Prince Harald has engaged to Sonja Haraldsen.
• 29 August – Crown Prince Harald married Sonja Haraldsen in the Oslo Cathedral.
• 13 September – Norwegian whaling in the Southern Hemisphere ceases after the last whaling company officially announces it would not send any more whaling expeditions.
• 9 October – the first commercial discovery of petroleum deposit on the Norwegian continental shelf was confirmed.
• The Norwegian Sami Association was founded

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• The Norwegian Writers' Center (Norsk forfattersentrum) is established.
• Finn Alnæs, novelist, is awarded the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize and the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for the novel Gemini.^[1]
• Ebba Haslund, novelist, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize for Syndebukkens krets.^[2]

• 15 January – Grete Wold, politician.^[3]
• 16 January – Mikkel Gaup, actor.^[4]
• 19 January – Knut Olav Åmås, writer, philosopher, editor, politician.^[5]
• 22 January – Beate Kristiansen, sailor.^[6]
• 28 January – Tore Torvbråten, curler.^[7]
• 31 January – May-Helen Molvær Grimstad, politician
• 6 February – Arne Lygre, writer.^[8]
• 6 February – Monica Mæland, politician.^[9]
• 18 February – Frank Edvard Sve, politician.^[10]
• 1 March – Lars Mytting, writer.^[11]
• 19 March – Julie Christiansen, politician
• 22 March – Euronymous, black metal guitarist (died 1993)^[12]

• 7 April – Stein Torleif Bjella, singer and songwriter.^[13]
• 9 April – André Støylen, politician.^[14]
• 1 May – Bjørn Sortland, writer.^[15]
• 20 May – Vibeke Fürst Haugen, media executive.^[16]
• 27 June – Rikke Lind, politician.^[17]

• 2 July – Fridtjov Såheim, actor.^[18]
• 5 July – Anthon Grimsmo, curler.^[19]
• 29 July – Ingrid Margrethe Gjerde, military officer.^[20]
• 5 August – Frode Jacobsen, politician.^[21]
• 8 August – Else Ragni Yttredal, speed skater.^[22]
• 13 August – Ketil Kjenseth, politician.^[23]
• 21 August – Hanne Tømta, theatre instructor and theatre director.^[24]
• 25 August – Rune Erland, handball player.^[25]
• 1 September – Annette Skotvoll, handball goalkeeper.^[26]
• 23 September – Bjørn Berge, guitarist, blues artist.^[27]
• 24 September – Beate Heieren Hundhammer, politician

• 16 October – Vibeke Johnsen, handball player.^[28]
• 1 November – Astrid Danielsen, cyclist.^[29]
• 23 November – Kjersti Sortland, newspaper editor.^[30]
• 25 November – Tor André Johnsen, politician.^[31]
• 27 November – Ellen Scheel Aalbu, footballer.^[32]
• 6 December – Karl Ove Knausgård, author
• 12 December – Anita Valen, cyclist.^[33]

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• 12 January – John Aae, politician (born 1890)
• 18 January – Trygve Knudsen, philologist, linguist and lexicographer (born 1897).^[34]
• 21 January – Jacob Gundersen, freestyle wrestler and Olympic silver medallist (born 1875).^[35]
• 11 February
  • Jørgen Wilhelm Rudolph, businessperson (born 1881)^[36]
  • Herman Willoch, painter (born 1892).^[37]
• 29 February – Tore Ørjasæter, poet (born 1886).^[38]
• 2 March – Odd Hølaas, journalist and writer (born 1898).^[39]
• 12 March – Einar Kristian Haugen, politician (born 1905)
• 19 March – Aagot Didriksen, actress (born 1874).^[40]
• 25 March – Arnulf Øverland, author (born 1889).^[41]
• 31 March – Christen Wiese, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1876)
• 15 April – Martin Stenersen, sport shooter (born 1879)
• 25 April – Gunnar Andersen, international soccer player and ski jumper (born 1890)
• 27 April – Anton Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1897)
• 29 April – Aasa Helgesen, midwife and politician (born 1877).^[42]
• 11 May – Johan Andersen, politician (born 1902)
• 23 May – Georg Braathe, long-distance runner (born 1903)
• 24 May – Paal Olav Berg, politician and Minister (born 1873)
• 25 May – Kasper Idland, resistance member (born 1918)
• 1 June – Harald Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1888)
• 3 June – John Bjørnstad, rowing coxswain (born 1888).^[43]
• 29 June – Thorry Kiær, industrialist (born 1888).^[44]
• 6 July – Johan Sæterhaug, boxer (born 1893)
• 16 July – Sigurd Pedersen, politician (born 1893)
• 25 July – Hallvard Sandnes, writer (born 1893).^[45]
• 6 August – Tore Foss, singer, actor and theatre director (born 1901).^[46]
• 13 August – Øystein Ore, mathematician (born 1899)
• 16 August – Paul Ingebretsen, politician (born 1904)
• 29 August – Arne Korsmo, architect (born 1900)
• 4 September – Engebret Skogen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1887)
• 24 September – Kjell Tellander, politician (born 1899)
• 3 October – Jens Martin Arctander Jenssen, politician (born 1885)
• 2 December – Arne Damm, publisher (born 1894).^[47]
• 15 December – Håkon Bryhn, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1901)
• 20 December – Anders Endreson Skrondal, politician (born 1891)
• 29 December – Bergljot Larsson, nurse and organizational leader (born 1883).^[48]
• 30 December – Trygve Lie, politician, the first elected United Nations Secretary-General (born 1896)