1977 in Norway

Events in the year 1977 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Olav V
 * Prime Minister – Odvar Nordli (Labour Party)

Events

 * 12 September – The 1977 Parliamentary election takes place.
 * 22 April – Ekofisk oil field blowout: an oil well blowout occurred at the Ekofisk Bravo platform, due to an incorrectly installed downhole safety valve. At an estimated 80000 - 126000 oilbbl total, this is the largest blowout in the North Sea.

Notable births



 * 17 January – Sverre Rotevatn, Nordic combined skier.
 * 25 February – Ingrid Sternhoff, footballer.
 * 7 March – Pål Grotnes, ice hockey player.
 * 7 March – Mia Hundvin, handball player.
 * 15 March – Anita Tomulevski, gymnast.
 * 22 March – Linda Ørmen, footballer.
 * 30 March – Silvia K. Kosmo, politician.
 * 19 April – Kristin Bekkevold, footballer.
 * 22 April – Linn Torp, cyclist.
 * 2 May – Pernille Holmboe, model
 * 5 May – Silje Jørgensen, footballer.
 * 18 May – Bjarne Solbakken, alpine skier.
 * 2 June – Alexandra Beverfjord, crime fiction writer, journalist and newspaper editor.
 * 6 June – Trude Gundersen, taekwondo athlete.
 * 30 June – Zahid Ali, stand-up comedian
 * 30 June – Kjersti Horn, theater director.
 * 24 July – Anita Rapp, footballer.
 * 16 August – Sigmund Løvåsen, novelist and playwright.
 * 20 August – Henning Stensrud, ski jumper.
 * 26 August – Linda Cathrine Hofstad Helleland, politician.
 * 6 September – Mari Skurdal, journalist and newspaper editor.
 * 12 September – Pia Tjelta, actress.
 * 30 September – Audun Lysbakken, politician.
 * 7 October – Vegard Arnhoff, sailor.
 * 23 October – Jarle Andhøy, adventurer and sailboat-skipper
 * 12 November – Anne Molin Kongsgård, snowboarder.
 * 21 November – Annie, pop artist and DJ
 * 3 December – Jennie Johnsen, politician
 * 25 December – Sylvi Listhaug, politician.
 * 28 December – Olaug Nilssen, writer.

Notable deaths

 * 17 January – Erling Fredriksfryd, politician (b.1905)
 * 1 February – Edvard Hambro, politician and 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly (b.1911)
 * 8 February – Eivind Groven, composer and music-theorist (b.1901)
 * 3 March – Kai Knudsen, politician (b.1903)
 * 7 March – Jørgen Leonard Firing, politician (b.1894)
 * 22 March – Alfred Nilsen, politician (b.1892)
 * 27 May – Kristian Birger Gundersen, politician (b.1907)
 * 6 June – Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn, politician (b.1908)
 * 13 June – Olav Aslakson Versto, politician (b.1892)
 * 23 June – Asbjørn Solberg, politician (b.1893)
 * 1 July – Torvald Kvinlaug, politician (b.1911)
 * 2 July – Christian Schweigaard Stang, linguistics researcher and professor (b.1900)
 * 7 July – Nils Kristian Lysø, politician and Minister (b.1905)
 * 13 July – Edgar Christensen, boxer (b.1905)
 * 14 July – Birger Bergersen, politician and minister (b.1891)
 * 24 July – Sigrid Sundby, speed skater (b.1942).
 * 2 August – Alfred Sigurd Nilsen, politician (b.1891)
 * 5 August – Gunvor Galtung Haavik, interpreter charged with espionage (b.1912)
 * 17 August – Harald Økern, Nordic combined skier (b.1898)
 * 2 October – Odd Frantzen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1913)
 * 18 October – Kristian Hauger, pianist, orchestra leader and composer (b. 1905).
 * 4 November – Frede Castberg, jurist (b.1893)
 * 4 November – Sigurd Lund Hamran, politician (b.1902)
 * 5 November – Gunnar Nordbye, United States federal judge (b.1888)
 * 15 November – Olaf Johannessen, rifle shooter (b.1890)
 * 24 November – Reidar Dahl, jurist and sports official, president of the Football Association of Norway (born 1893).
 * 5 December – Jon Mårdalen, cross country skier (b.1895)
 * 25 December – Harald Strøm, speed skater and World Champion (b.1897)

Full date missing

 * Reidar Eriksen, trade unionist and politician (b.1894)
 * Lars Fletre, sculptor (b.1904)
 * John Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (b.1897)
 * Kåre Jonsborg, painter and textile artist (b.1912)
 * Finn Nagell, military officer, Milorg pioneer, economist and businessperson (born 1899).
 * Ola Solberg, newspaper editor and politician (b. 1886)