1987 in Norway

Events in the year 1987 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Olav V
 * Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party)

Events

 * 12 February – Oslo Central Station (Oslo S) opens.
 * August – the Mosjøen Airport was opened.
 * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Sports

 * The 1987 World Powerlifting Championships are held in Fredrikstad.
 * 4 September – Ingrid Kristiansen wins the 10,000 metres race at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics.

Literature

 * Herbjørg Wassmo is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for Hudløs himmel.

Notable births

 * 22 January – Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, cross-country skier
 * 2 February – Håvard Bøkko, speed skater
 * 18 February – Torstein Horgmo, snowboarder.
 * 27 March – Lene Egeli, model
 * 17 May – Edvald Boasson Hagen, road racing cyclist
 * 11 June – Didrik Solli-Tangen, singer.
 * 16 June – Per Ciljan Skjelbred, footballer
 * 5 July – Alexander Kristoff, road bicycle racer
 * 10 July – Kari Elisabeth Kaski, politician.
 * 31 July – Amrita Acharia, actress
 * 3 August – Alexander Søderlund, footballer
 * 18 August – Siri Tollerød, model
 * 1 September – Mats Zuccarello, ice hockey player
 * 22 September – Tom Hilde, ski jumper
 * 11 October – Mads Østberg, rally driver
 * 21 October – Tonje Brenna, politician.
 * 24 November – Renate Reinsve, actress.

Notable deaths

 * 5 January – Herman Smith-Johannsen, cross-country skier and supercentenarian (born 1875)
 * 20 January – Tove Pihl, educator and politician (born 1924)
 * 14 February – Einar Wøhni, politician (born 1920)
 * 26 February – Leif Efskind, surgeon (born 1904).
 * 26 February – Knut Frydenlund, politician and Minister (born 1927)
 * 1 March – Reidar Andreas Lyseth, politician (born 1904)
 * 3 March – Trygve Owren, politician (born 1912)
 * 29 April – Ludvig Olai Botnen, politician (born 1910).
 * 20 May – Otto Carlmar, film producer, writer and actor (born 1902)
 * 16 June – Aage Myhrvold, cyclist (born 1918).
 * 20 June – Knut Hoem, politician and Minister (born 1924)
 * 30 June – Torborg Nedreaas, author (born 1906)
 * 30 June – Thor Thorvaldsen, sailor and twice Olympic gold medallist (born 1904)
 * 31 July – Sverre Moen, politician (born 1921)
 * 22 August – Arne Brustad, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1912)
 * 28 August – Gunnar Berg, a national director of the Boy Scouts of America (born 1897)
 * 12 September – Bjørn Erling Ytterhorn, politician (born 1923)
 * 19 September – Einar Gerhardsen, politician (born 1897)
 * 6 October – Roald Jensen, international soccer player (born 1943)
 * 26 October – Bjørge Lillelien, sports journalist and commentator (born 1927)
 * 4 November – Tor Halvorsen, trade unionist, politician and Minister (born 1930)
 * 26 November – Ståle Kyllingstad, sculptor (born 1903).
 * 19 December – Ruth Krefting, painter and playwright (born 1900).

Full date unknown

 * Thomas Offenberg Backer, engineer (born 1892)
 * Reidar Carlsen, politician and Minister (born 1908)
 * Finn Isaksen, politician and Minister (born 1924)
 * Aage Samuelsen, evangelist, singer and composer (born 1919)
 * Harald Wergeland, physicist (born 1912)