1983 in Norway

Events in the year 1983 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Olav V
 * Prime Minister – Kåre Willoch (Conservative Party)

Events

 * 18 March – Arnfinn Nesset is convicted of poisoning 22 patients with Curacit, a muscle relaxing drug, at a Geriatric institution in Orkdal, Norway where he was the director since 1977. Nesset was sentenced to 21 years in prison; the maximum punishment possible by Norwegian law.
 * 8 June – Willoch's Second Cabinet was appointed.
 * 18 August – Much of the Archbishop's Palace in Trondheim burned down.
 * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
 * Dagbladet switched to tabloid format.
 * 100 years since the foundation of the Norwegian State Railways.

Events

 * Odd Abrahamsen, poet, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.
 * Karin Bang, poet and novelist, is awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment literature prize.

Novels

 * Kjartan Fløgstad – U 3
 * Herbjørg Wassmo – Det stumme rommet

Short stories

 * Merethe Lindstrøm – Sexorcisten og andre fortellinger

Notable births

 * 4 January – Tarjei Dale, footballer
 * 11 January – Kristian P. Wilsgård, businessman and politician.
 * 16 January – Tommy Eide Møster, footballer
 * 3 February – Adil Khan, actor
 * 8 February – Agnes Ravatn, novelist, columnist and journalist
 * 9 March – Johan Kjølstad, cross-country skier
 * 27 March – Maria Bodøgaard, television presenter
 * 30 March – Siri Seglem, handball player.
 * 20 April – Gaute Ormåsen, singer
 * 7 May – Lars Iver Strand, footballer
 * 21 June – Bjørn Helge Riise, footballer
 * 1 July – Marit Larsen, singer and songwriter
 * 18 July – Hadia Tajik, politician
 * 20 July – Stig-André Berge, wrestler.
 * 2 August – Marianne Rørvik, curler
 * 19 August – Johan Thorbjørnsen, footballer
 * 28 October – Øyvind Hoås, footballer
 * 7 November – Patrick Thoresen, ice hockey player
 * 18 November – Jon Lech Johansen, programmer
 * 9 December – Kristofer Hæstad, footballer

Notable deaths

 * 3 January – Ludvig Ellefsrød, politician (born 1894)
 * 16 January
 * Gunnar S. Gundersen, painter (born 1921)
 * Arnfinn Severin Roald, politician (born 1914)
 * 24 January – Johan Grøttumsbråten, skier and multiple Olympic gold medallist (born 1899)
 * 10 February – Paul Oskar Lindberget, politician (born 1895)
 * 7 March – Odd Lundberg, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (born 1917)
 * 9 March – Lars Elisæus Vatnaland, politician (born 1892)
 * 7 April – Einar Hareide, politician (born 1899)
 * 12 April – Jørgen Juve, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1906)
 * 14 April – Kåre Hatten, cross-country skier (born 1908).
 * 17 April – Kittill Kristoffersen Berg, politician (born 1903)
 * 25 April – Hans Struksnæs, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (born 1902)
 * 23 May – Finn Mortensen, composer, critic and educator (born 1922)
 * 26 May – Asbjørn Lillås, politician (born 1919)
 * 12 June – Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen, priest and politician (born 1898)
 * 23 June – Sverre Steen, historian (born 1898).
 * 25 June – Oddbjørn Hagen, skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (born 1908)
 * 7 August – Henning Thorvaldssøn Astrup, architect (born 1904).
 * 16 August – Ragnvald Skrede, author, journalist, literary critic and translator (born 1904)
 * 26 August – Hans Christian Henriksen, businessperson (born 1909)
 * 10 September – Torstein Selvik, politician (born 1900)
 * 12 September – Hans Borgen, politician (born 1908)
 * 2 October – Helga Stene, educator (born 1904).
 * 4 October – Per Hagen, politician (born 1899)
 * 14 October – Halldis Stenhamar, journalist (born 1894).
 * 16 October – Øivin Fjeldstad, conductor and violinist (born 1903)
 * 17 October – Sonja Hagemann, literary historian and literary critic (born 1898)
 * 20 October – Otto Aasen, Nordic skier (born 1894)
 * 7 November – Einar Tommelstad, high jumper (born 1909)
 * 18 November – Leo Tallaksen, politician (born 1908)
 * 26 November – Oddmund Hoel, politician (born 1910)
 * 10 December – Tolv Aamland, politician (born 1893)
 * 21 December – Kjell Bondevik, politician and Minister (born 1901)

Full date missing

 * Christian Astrup, economist and politician for Nasjonal Samling (born 1909).
 * Rasmus Nordbø, politician and Minister (born 1915)
 * Hans Fredrik Wirstad, veterinarian (born 1897)