1971 in Norway

Events in the year 1971 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Olav V
 * Prime Minister – Per Borten (Centre Party) until 17 October, Trygve Bratteli (Labour Party)

Events

 * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
 * 17 March – Bratteli's First Cabinet was appointed.
 * 22 May – The crew quarters of the Norwegian passenger ship MS Meteor catches on fire outside Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 32 people of the ship's crew are killed in the event.
 * 22 September – Princess Märtha Louise of Norway is born.

Literature

 * Per Arneberg, poet, prosaist and translator is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.
 * Gunvor Hofmo, writer and poet, is awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for Gjest på jorden (Guest on Earth).
 * Stein Mehren, poet, novelist, essayist and playwright, is awarded the Dobloug Prize literature award.
 * Arild Nyquist, novelist, poet, children's writer and musician, is awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize.

Notable births



 * 1 February – Harald Brattbakk, footballer and pilot
 * 18 February – May Britt Lagesen, politician.
 * 18 March – Hilde Synnøve Lid, freestyle skier.
 * 24 March – Bengt Rune Strifeldt, politician.
 * 3 April – Ingvild Vaggen Malvik, politician
 * 5 April – Åslaug Sem-Jacobsen, politician.
 * 6 April – Mona Grudt, model and 1990 Miss Universe
 * 13 May – Espen Lind, songwriter, producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist
 * 16 May – Pia Wedege, luger.
 * 15 June – Vibeke Larsen, politician.
 * 28 June – Dagrun Eriksen, politician
 * 28 June – Steinar Opstad, poet.
 * 20 July – Guro Angell Gimse, politician
 * 9 September – Ann Cathrin Eriksen, handball player.
 * 12 September – Tom Strømstad Olsen, politician
 * 29 September – Frida Melvær, politician.
 * 2 October – Anette Igland, footballer
 * 5 October – Ole Robert Reitan, businessperson.
 * 18 October – Line Henriette Holten Hjemdal, politician
 * 17 November – Tonje Sagstuen, handball player.
 * 22 November – Geir Hartly Andreassen, cinematographer
 * 22 November – Gunnar Wærness, poet.
 * 2 December – Linn T. Sunne, children's writer.
 * 10 December – Arnfinn Kristiansen, bobsledder.

Notable deaths



 * 16 January – Halfdan Gran Olsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1910)
 * 29 January – Bjarne Guldager, sprinter (b.1897)
 * 31 January – Gunnar Jahn, jurist, economist and politician (b.1883)
 * 21 February – Johs Haugerud, politician (b.1896)
 * 24 February – Hartvig Svendsen, politician (b.1902)
 * 1 March – Harald Damsleth, cartoonist, illustrator and ad-man (b.1906)
 * 11 March – Julius Sundsvik, novelist and newspaper editor (b.1891)
 * 1 April – Hans Svarstad, politician (b.1883)
 * 2 May – Olaf Barda, chess player, first Norwegian International Master (b.1909)
 * 24 May – Haakon Hansen, politician (b.1907)
 * 1 June – Aksel Jacobsen Bogdanoff, communist (b. 1922)
 * 2 June – Per Mathiesen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1885)
 * 26 June – Halvor Birkeland, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1894)
 * 29 June – Thorstein John Ohnstad Fretheim, politician (b.1886)
 * 15 July – Nic. Stang, art historian and writer (b.1908)
 * 16 July – Birger Brandtzæg, merchant and owner of a fishing station (born 1893).
 * 19 July – Hans Kristian Bromstad, politician (b.1903)
 * 20 July – Olaf Ingebretsen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1892)
 * 6 August – Finn Moe, politician (b.1902).
 * 19 August – Arthur Sundt, politician (b.1899)
 * 4 September – Bjarne Lyngstad, politician and Minister (b.1901)
 * 23 September – Signy Arctander, statistician and economist (born 1895).
 * 29 September – Johannes Lid, botanist (b.1886).
 * 5 October – Marit Hemstad, sprinter (b.1928)
 * 5 October – Marit Øiseth, cross country skier (b.1928)
 * 17 October – Leif Grøner, banker and politician (b.1884)
 * 22 October – Håkon Ellingsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1894)
 * 18 November – Leif Bjorholt Burull, politician (b.1895)
 * 24 November – Nils Hønsvald, politician and Minister (b.1899)
 * 2 December – Erling Viksjø, architect (born 1910).
 * 10 December – Arne Langset, politician (b.1893)
 * 12 December – Kristian Johan Bodøgaard, politician (b.1885)