1988 in Norway

Events in the year 1988 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * May 6 – Widerøe Flight 710, a Dash 7, crashes in Torghatten, Norway in heavy fog, killing all 36 passengers in the worst-ever Dash 7 accident.
 * February 23 – Edvard Munch's painting "Vampire" was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo.
 * July – Seal hunting inspector Odd F. Lindberg submits a highly critical report on the conditions of the hunt. With the national and international attention that follows this becomes arguably the biggest news story in Norway this year.
 * August – 4 people are killed in the Farsund shooting.
 * August 15 – 15 people are killed in the Måbødalen bus accident.
 * August 21 – The Stolen Munch painting "Vampire" is retrieved.
 * December 5 – TVNorge, the first advertising-supported Norwegian channel, begins its broadcasting.

Sports

 * September 15 – The International Olympic Committee awards the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

Music

 * June 26 – Leonard Cohen concert at Kalvøya, Bærum (Kalvøyafestivalen).

Notable births

 * 7 February – Magnus Jøndal, handball player.
 * 7 April – Kristoffer Brun, competitive rower.
 * 12 April – Tone Damli Aaberge, singer.
 * 17 April – Pernille Wibe, team handball player.
 * 18 April – Willfred Nordlund, politician.
 * 23 April – Sandra Borch, politician.
 * 7 May – David Aleksander Sjølie, guitarist
 * 17 August – Natalie Sandtorv, jazz musician
 * 18 August – Are Strandli, competitive rower.
 * 18 September
 * Magnus Midtbø, rock climber
 * Annette Obrestad, poker player
 * 30 September – David Berget, film director and screenwriter
 * 4 November – Atle Simonsen, politician.
 * 20 November – Veronica Ljosnes, Norwegian circus performer

Full date missing

 * Siri Ulvestad, orienteering competitor.

Notable deaths

 * 1 January – Rolf Presthus, politician and Minister (born 1936)
 * 9 January – Peter L. Rypdal, Norwegian fiddler and folk music composer (born 1909)
 * 16 January – Inge Einarsen Bartnes, politician (born 1911)
 * 21 January – Jørgen Grave, politician (born 1909)
 * 29 February – Alf Brodal, professor of anatomy (born 1910).
 * 29 February – Kaare Wahlberg, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1912)
 * 14 March – Johannes Pettersen Løkke, politician (born 1895)
 * 17 March – Leif Granli, politician and Minister (born 1909)
 * 1 April – Nils Thune, politician (born 1898)
 * 17 May – Greta Nissan, actress (born 1906)
 * 27 May – Lars Sæter, politician (born 1895)
 * 29 May – Henry Johansen, international soccer player (born 1904)
 * 8 June – Tollef Landsverk, judge and civil servant (born 1920)
 * 21 June – Sverre Riisnæs, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator (born 1897)
 * 28 June – Fridtjof Paulsen, speed skater (born 1895)
 * 14 July – Erik Braadland, diplomat and politician (born 1910)
 * 16 July – Ole Myrvoll, professor in economy, politician and Minister (born 1911)
 * 19 July – Erland Asdahl, politician (born 1921)
 * 19 July – Vilhelm Aubert, sociologist (born 1922)
 * 19 August – Johan Møller Warmedal, politician (born 1914)
 * 23 August – Alf Martinsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1911)
 * 30 September – Sivert Todal, politician (born 1904)
 * 18 October – Aasmund Kulien, politician (born 1893)
 * 20 November – Nils Sønnevik, politician (born 1911)
 * 30 December – Jan Baalsrud, resistance member (born 1917)
 * 31 December – Alfred Thommesen, ship owner and politician (born 1914)

Full date unknown

 * Gunnar Andersen, ski jumper and World Champion (born 1909)
 * Per Bratland, newspaper editor (born 1907)
 * Olav Brunvand, newspaper editor and politician (born 1912)
 * Odd Eidem, writer, journalist and literary critic (born 1913)
 * Rolf Jørgen Fuglesang, politician and Minister (born 1909)
 * Gerd Grieg, actress (born 1895)
 * Gudmund Harlem, politician and Minister (born 1917)
 * Oskar Skogly, politician and Minister (born 1908)