Events in the year 1988 in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

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Olav V Olav V (; born Prince Alexander of Denmark; 2 July 1903 – 17 January 1991) was the King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991. Olav was the only child of King Haakon VII of Norway and Maud of Wales. He became heir apparent to the Norw ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

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Gro Harlem Brundtland Gro Brundtland (; born Gro Harlem, 20 April 1939) is a Norwegian politician (Arbeiderpartiet), who served three terms as the 29th prime minister of Norway (1981, 1986–89, and 1990–96) and as the director-general of the World Health Organizati ...

( Labour Party)

Events

* May 6 –

Widerøe Widerøes Flyveselskap AS, trading as Widerøe, is a Norwegian airline, and is the largest regional airline operating in the Nordic countries. The airline's fleet of 40 Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft, and 3 Embraer E190-E2 aircraft, serves over 40 d ...

Flight 710, a Dash 7, crashes in

Torghatten Torghatten is a granite dome on the island of Torget, Nordland, Torget in Brønnøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is known for its characteristic hole, or natural tunnel, through its center. It is possible to walk up to the tunnel ...

, Norway in heavy fog, killing all 36 passengers in the worst-ever Dash 7 accident. * February 23 –

Edvard Munch Edvard Munch ( , ; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter. His best known work, ''The Scream'' (1893), has become one of Western art's most iconic images. His childhood was overshadowed by illness, bereavement and the dr ...

's painting "Vampire" was stolen from the

Munch Museum Munch Museum ( no, Munch-museet), marketed as Munch (stylised as MUNCH) since 2020, is an art museum in Bjørvika, Oslo, Norway dedicated to the life and works of the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. The museum was originally located at Tøyen, ...

in Oslo. * July –

Seal hunting Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. Seal hunting is currently practiced in ten countries: United States (above the Arctic Circle in Alaska), Canada, Namibia, Denmark (in self-governing Greenland only), Ice ...

inspector Odd F. Lindberg submits a highly critical report on the conditions of the hunt. With the national and international attention that follows this becomes arguably the biggest news story in Norway this yea

* August – 4 people are killed in the Farsund shooting. * August 15 – 15 people are killed in the

Måbødalen bus accident The Måbødalen bus accident or Måbø Canyon bus accident was a bus crash on 15 August 1988 during the descent from Hardangervidda into the Måbø Valley on the way to Bergen, Norway. The bus collided with the concrete arch at the exit of the ...

. * August 21 – The Stolen Munch painting "Vampire" is retrieved. * December 5 –

TVNorge TVNorge (literally "TVNorway"; originally abbreviated TVN, now just abbreviated N in the logos) is a Norwegian television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. History TVNorge went on the air on 5 December 1988 and was the first adver ...

, the first advertising-supported Norwegian channel, begins its broadcasting.

Popular culture

Sports

* September 15 – The

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

awards the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ...

Music

* June 26 –

Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death, and romantic relationships. He was inducted in ...

concert at

Kalvøya, Bærum Kalvøya ( en, Calf Island) is situated in the inner Oslofjord. The island is right outside of Sandvika in Bærum. The island has been connected to the mainland by a suspension bridge to Kadettangen since 1963. Kalvøya is one of the most popula ...

(

Kalvøyafestivalen Kalvøyafestivalen was a Norwegian music festival arranged at Kalvøya in Bærum nearby Oslo, Norway. The festival was initiated by people connected to the folk club Hades at the art center on Høvikodden. The festival was started by Sten Rander ...

Film

Literature

Notable births

*7 February –

Magnus Jøndal Magnus Jøndal (born 7 February 1988) is a former Norwegian handball player, who last played for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Norwegian national team. He competed at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship. Honours *World Championship ...

, handball player. *7 April – Kristoffer Brun, competitive rower. *12 April –

Tone Damli Aaberge Tone Damli Aaberge (born 12 April 1988) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and actress. She became famous for being a contestant in the Norwegian version of the ''Idol'' series. Damli was the runner-up in the Norwegian version of ''Idol'' in 20 ...

, singer. *17 April –

Pernille Wibe Pernille Wibe (born 17 April 1988) is a Norwegian handball player, playing for Vipers Kristiansand. She was also a former player for the Norwegian national team. She made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2011. Achievements *World C ...

, team handball player. *18 April – Willfred Nordlund, politician. *23 April –

Sandra Borch Sandra Konstance Nygård Borch (born 23 April 1988) is a Norwegian politician currently serving as the minister of research and higher education since 2023, and previously minister of agriculture and food from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Cent ...

, politician. *7 May –

David Aleksander Sjølie David Aleksander Sjølie (born 7 May 1988) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist, known from bands like Mopti, married 31 July 2014, to the jazz singer Anja Eline Skybakmoen. Career Sjølie was born in Oslo, where he lives and works as a musician, pro ...

, guitarist *17 August –

Natalie Sandtorv Natalie Sandtorv (born 17 August 1988) is a Norwegian jazz musician (vocals, waterphone, harmonium, electronics) married July 29, 2016, to drummer Ole Mofjell, residing in Copenhagen, Denmark. Biography Sandtorv was born in Ålesund, Norway. ...

, jazz musician *18 August – Are Strandli, competitive rower. *18 September ** Magnus Midtbø, rock climber **

Annette Obrestad Annette Obrestad (born 18 September 1988) is a Norwegian YouTuber and poker player. She is the youngest person to ever win a World Series of Poker bracelet, which she accomplished at the 2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). She also runs a ...

, poker player *30 September – David Berget, film director and screenwriter *4 November –

Atle Simonsen Atle Simonsen (born 4 November 1988) is a Norwegian politician. Career Simonsen was elected deputy representative to the Storting from the constituency of Rogaland, for the period 2017–2021 for the Progress Party. He replaced Solveig ...

, politician. *20 November – Veronica Ljosnes, Norwegian circus performer

Full date missing

* Siri Ulvestad, orienteering competitor.

Notable deaths

*1 January –

Rolf Presthus Rolf Presthus (29 July 1936 – 1 January 1988) was a Norwegian politician and lawyer, who was chairman of the Norwegian Conservative Party from 1986 to 1988. Presthus served as Minister of Finance 1981–1986, and Minister of Defence in 1986. He ...

, politician and Minister (born

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

) *9 January –

Peter L. Rypdal Peter Larsson Rypdal (10 February 1909 – 9 January 1988) was a Norwegian fiddler and famous traditional folk music composer. Rypdal was born and died at Tresfjord in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Of the many pieces he composed, two of his wedd ...

, Norwegian fiddler and folk music composer (born

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Januar ...

) *16 January – Inge Einarsen Bartnes, politician (born

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

) *21 January – Jørgen Grave, politician (born

) *29 February –

Alf Brodal Alf Brodal (25 January 1910 – 29 February 1988) was a Norwegian professor of anatomy. Personal life He was born in Kristiania as a son of the doctor of engineering Peter Brodal (1872–1935) and his wife Helene Kathrine Obenauer (1879–1934). ...

, professor of anatomy (born

1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...

). *29 February – Kaare Wahlberg, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (born

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...

) *14 March –

Johannes Pettersen Løkke Johannes Pettersen Løkke (28 January 1895 – 14 March 1988) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Kristiania. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder counties in ...

, politician (born

1895 Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...

) *17 March –

Leif Granli Leif Granli (born 25 September 1909 in Hegra, died 17 March 1988) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nord-Trøndelag in 1945, and was re-elected on six occasions. From 1963 to 1965, ...

, politician and Minister (born

) *1 April – Nils Thune, politician (born

1898 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...

) *17 May –

Greta Nissan Greta Nissen (born Grethe Rüzt-Nissen; 30 January 1906 – 15 May 1988) was a Norwegian-American film and stage actress. Stage and screen actress Born Grethe Rüzt-Nissen in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, Nissen was originally a dancer. While ...

, actress (born

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...

) *27 May –

Lars Sæter Lars Sæter (13 May 1895 – 27 May 1988) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was born in Surendal. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1954, and was re-elected on one occasion. S ...

, politician (born

) *29 May –

Henry Johansen Henry "Tippen" Johansen (21 July 1904 – 29 May 1988) was a Norwegian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Vålerenga. He later managed the club. Football Playing career Club career At club level, he played for Vålerenga from 1923� ...

, international soccer player (born

1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * ...

) *8 June –

Tollef Landsverk Tollef Landsverk (12 December 1920 – 8 June 1988) was a Norwegian judge and civil servant. In his early career, he was a police clerk, later, stipendiary magistrate in Stavanger, Skien, and Porsgrunn. He was Norway's Governor of Svalbard betwe ...

, judge and civil servant (born

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

) *21 June –

Sverre Riisnæs Sverre Parelius Riisnæs (6 November 1897 - 21 June 1988) was a Norwegian jurist and public prosecutor. He was a member of the collaborationist government ''Nasjonal Samling'' in occupied Norway during World War II and a ''Standartenführer'' (Colo ...

, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator (born

1897 Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a puniti ...

) *28 June –

Fridtjof Paulsen Fridtjof Antonius Paulsen (20 November 1895 – 28 June 1988) was a Norwegian speed skater who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics. He was born and died in Oslo and represented Oslo SK Oslo Skøiteklub (OSK) is a sports club in Oslo. Its home ...

, speed skater (born

) *14 July –

Erik Braadland Erik Braadland (21 November 1910 – 14 July 1988) was a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Centre Party. He was born in Idd as a son of former Parliament member Birger Braadland (1879–1966) and Ragna Abigael Vogt Stang (1881–1972). ...

, diplomat and politician (born

) *16 July –

Ole Myrvoll Ole Myrvoll (18 May 1911 – 16 July 1988) was a Norwegian professor in economy and politician for the Liberal Party and later the New People's Party. He was born in Kragerø. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliame ...

, professor in economy, politician and Minister (born

) *19 July – Erland Asdahl, politician (born

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

) *19 July –

Vilhelm Aubert Johan Vilhelm Aubert (7 June 1922 – 19 July 1988) was an influential Norwegian sociologist. He was a professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo from 1963 to 1971 and at the Department of Sociology from 1971 to 1988. He co-founded th ...

, sociologist (born

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...

) *19 August – Johan Møller Warmedal, politician (born

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...

) *23 August – Alf Martinsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born

) *30 September –

Sivert Todal Sivert Todal (13 September 1904 – 30 September 1988) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northe ...

, politician (born

) *18 October –

Aasmund Kulien Aasmund Kulien (4 May 1893 – 18 October 1988) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 1937, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served in the positi ...

, politician (born

1893 Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – Th ...

) *20 November – Nils Sønnevik, politician (born

) *30 December –

Jan Baalsrud Jan Sigurd Baalsrud, MBE (13 December 1917 – 30 December 1988) was a commando in the Norwegian resistance trained by the British during World War II. Biography Early life Jan Baalsrud was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway and moved wi ...

, resistance member (born

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

) *31 December –

Alfred Thommesen Alfred Thommesen (2 June 1914 – 31 December 1988) was a Norwegian shipowner and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Flosta. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1958, and was re-elected on three ...

, ship owner and politician (born

)

Full date unknown

Gunnar Andersen Gunnar Andersen (18 March 1890 – 25 April 1968) was a Norwegian footballer and ski jumper. In 1918 he became the first to receive the Egebergs Ærespris, an award presented to Norwegian athletes who excel at two (or more) different sports. F ...

, ski jumper and World Champion (born

) * Per Bratland, newspaper editor (born

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...

) * Olav Brunvand, newspaper editor and politician (born

) *

Odd Eidem Odd Eidem (23 October 1913 – 10 June 1988) was a Norwegian writer, journalist and literary critic. Biography He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the eldest of three sons born to Gunnar Kølbel (1890–1963) and Dorothea Se ...

, writer, journalist and literary critic (born

1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...

) *

Rolf Jørgen Fuglesang Rolf Jørgen Fuglesang (31 January 1909, Fredrikstad – 25 November 1988) was a Norwegian secretary to the Nasjonal Samling government of Vidkun Quisling 1940–1941 and minister 1941–1942 and 1942–1945. He was also President of the 1943–1 ...

, politician and Minister (born

) *

Gerd Grieg Gerd Grieg ( Egede-Nissen, 21 April 1895 – 9 August 1988) was a Norwegian stage and film actress. Biography She was born in Bergen, Norway. Her parents were Georga Wilhelma Ellertsen (1871–1959) and politician Adam Egede-Nissen (1868–1953 ...

, actress (born

) *

Gudmund Harlem Gudmund Harlem (24 July 1917 – 22 March 1988) was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Labour Party. He was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs from 1955 to 1961 and Norwegian Minister of Defence from 1961 to 1965 (except for a s ...

, politician and Minister (born

) *

Oskar Skogly Oskar Skogly (4 February 1908 – 16 February 1988) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He is known as Minister of Local Government, mayor of Fåberg and three-term member of the Parliament of Norway. Career He ...

, politician and Minister (born

1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...

)

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