1983 in Scotland

Events from the year 1983 in Scotland.

Incumbents

 * Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – George Younger

Law officers

 * Lord Advocate – Lord Mackay of Clashfern
 * Solicitor General for Scotland – Peter Fraser

Judiciary

 * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Emslie
 * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Wheatley
 * Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Elliott

Events

 * 11 May – Aberdeen F.C. beat Real Madrid 2–1 (after extra time) to win the European Cup Winner's Cup.
 * 21 May – Aberdeen beat Rangers 1-0 to win the Scottish Cup.
 * 30 September – Megget Reservoir officially opened.
 * 5 October – Harviestoun Brewery established.
 * 24 October – Dennis Nilsen goes on trial at the Central Criminal Court in London accused of six murders and two attempted murders. He confesses to murdering "15 or 16" young men.
 * 4 November – Dennis Nilsen is sentenced to life imprisonment.
 * 20 December – Aberdeen beat European Cup Winners Hamburg 2-0 to become the first Scottish club to win the UEFA Super Cup.
 * Brae oilfield production begins.
 * Glasgow Central Mosque built.

Births

 * 1 January – Mark Beaumont, adventurer
 * 27 January – Douglas Ross, Conservative politician
 * 8 February – Ashley Mulheron, actress and television presenter
 * 14 March – Anas Sarwar, Labour politician
 * 15 March – Sean Biggerstaff, actor
 * 8 June – Allan Dick, field hockey goalkeeper
 * 22 August – Julie Kilpatrick, field hockey player
 * 20 September – Freya Ross, née Murray, long-distance runner
 * 30 September – Louise Munn, field hockey defender

Deaths

 * 27 April – Christina Larner, historian (born 1933 in England)
 * 5 July – Alec Cheyne, international footballer (born 1907)
 * August – Winifred Rushforth, psychoanalyst (born 1885)
 * 26 August – Major-General Douglas Wimberley, soldier (born 1896)
 * 20 September – Andy Beattie, international footballer and manager (born 1913)

The arts

 * 17 February – release of Bill Forsyth's film Local Hero.
 * 6 September – ITV broadcasts the Scottish Television-produced police procedural Killer, set in Glasgow, pilot for the series Taggart.
 * 21 October – Burrell Collection opened in Glasgow.
 * Alternative rock band Del Amitri is formed in Glasgow.
 * Alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain is formed in East Kilbride.
 * Folk rock band The Proclaimers is formed by twins Craig and Charlie Reid of Auchtermuchty.
 * Gael Turnbull publishes his poems From the Language of the Heart: Some Imitations from the Gaelic of Sine Reisideach in Glasgow.