1968 in Norway

Events in the year 1968 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 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

Literature

 * 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.
 * Ebba Haslund, novelist, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize for Syndebukkens krets.

Notable births



 * 15 January – Grete Wold, politician.
 * 16 January – Mikkel Gaup, actor.
 * 28 January – Tore Torvbråten, curler.
 * 31 January – May-Helen Molvær Grimstad, politician
 * 6 February – Monica Mæland, politician
 * 18 February – Frank Edvard Sve, politician.
 * 1 March – Lars Mytting, writer.
 * 19 March – Julie Christiansen, politician
 * 22 March – Euronymous, black metal guitarist (died 1993)
 * 7 April – Stein Torleif Bjella, singer and songwriter.
 * 20 May – Vibeke Fürst Haugen, media executive.
 * 27 June – Rikke Lind, politician
 * 2 July – Fridtjov Såheim, actor.
 * 5 August – Frode Jacobsen, politician.
 * 8 August – Else Ragni Yttredal, speed skater.
 * 13 August – Ketil Kjenseth, politician.
 * 21 August – Hanne Tømta, theatre instructor and theatre director.
 * 25 August – Rune Erland, handball player.
 * 24 September – Beate Heieren Hundhammer, politician
 * 16 October – Vibeke Johnsen, handball player.
 * 1 November – Astrid Danielsen, cyclist.
 * 6 December – Karl Ove Knausgård, author
 * 12 December – Anita Valen, cyclist.

Notable deaths



 * 12 January – John Aae, politician (born 1890)
 * 18 January – Trygve Knudsen, philologist, linguist and lexicographer (born 1897).
 * 21 January – Jacob Gundersen, freestyle wrestler and Olympic silver medallist (born 1875).
 * 11 February
 * Jørgen Wilhelm Rudolph, businessperson (born 1881)
 * Herman Willoch, painter (born 1892).
 * 29 February – Tore Ørjasæter, poet (born 1886).
 * 2 March – Odd Hølaas, journalist and writer (born 1898).
 * 12 March – Einar Kristian Haugen, politician (born 1905)
 * 19 March – Aagot Didriksen, actress (born 1874).
 * 25 March – Arnulf Øverland, author (born 1889).
 * 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).
 * 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).
 * 29 June – Thorry Kiær, industrialist (born 1888).
 * 6 July – Johan Sæterhaug, boxer (born 1893)
 * 16 July – Sigurd Pedersen, politician (born 1893)
 * 25 July – Hallvard Sandnes, writer (born 1893).
 * 6 August – Tore Foss, singer, actor and theatre director (born 1901).
 * 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).
 * 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).
 * 30 December – Trygve Lie, politician, the first elected United Nations Secretary-General (born 1896)