1989 in Norway

Events in the year 1989 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Olav V
 * Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party) until 16 October, Jan P. Syse (Conservative Party)

Events

 * 23 January – A offshore earthquake of magnitude 5 takes place in western Norway.
 * 30 March – The Oseberg oil field and the first gas pipeline to mainland Norway were opened.
 * 1 June – Pope John Paul II visited Norway for the first time. This was the first time a pope has ever visited Norway.
 * 9 May – the ban on Skateboarding in Norway, which was in act since 1978, is removed.
 * 7 July – The opening of the Atlanterhavsveien Road.
 * 8 September – A Norwegian passenger plane crashed outside Hirtshals. All the 55 on board died.
 * 11 September – The 1989 Parliamentary election takes place.
 * 9 October – The opening of the Sami Parliament of Norway.
 * 16 October – Gro Harlem Brundtland resigns, with her cabinet, as Prime Minister of Norway for the second time.
 * 16 October – Syse's Cabinet was appointed.

Sports
3 November – Torgeir Bryn becomes the first Norwegian to play in the NBA, when he played 2 minutes for the Los Angeles Clippers against Houston Rockets.

Literature

 * Dag Solstad is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for Roman 1987.

Notable births



 * 1 January – Marianne Haukland, politician.
 * 29 January – Marita Skammelsrud Lund, Norwegian footballer
 * 2 February – Nils Kristen Sandtrøen, politician.
 * 10 February – Birgit Skarstein, competitive rower and cross-country skier.
 * 19 February – Torbjørn Vereide, politician.
 * 1 March – Espen Lie Hansen, handball player.
 * 8 March – Emily Stang Sando, handball player.
 * 14 May – Petter Kristiansen, singer and songwriter.
 * 14 July – Jonathan Nordbotten, alpine skier.
 * 18 November – Christoffer Rambo, handball player.

Notable deaths

 * 9 January – Øivind Jensen, boxer (born 1905)
 * 10 January – Kai Fjell, painter, printmaker and scenographer (born 1907)
 * 11 January – Thor Myklebust, politician (born 1908)
 * 4 February – Johanne Reutz Gjermoe, economist and politician (born 1896).
 * 19 February – Sigurd Marius Johansen, politician (born 1906)
 * 2 March – Claus Egil Feyling, politician (born 1916)
 * 7 April – Per Hysing-Dahl, politician (born 1920)
 * 7 May – Anton Rønneberg, writer, theatre critic, dramaturg and theatre director (born 1902)
 * 17 May – Hallvard Eika, politician and Minister (born 1920)
 * 25 May – Arne Selberg, bridge engineer (born 1910).
 * 23 June – Arne Tuft, cross country skier (born 1911)
 * 5 August – John Larsen, rifle shooter, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (born 1913)
 * 12 August – Lillebil Ibsen, dancer and actress (born 1899)
 * 25 August – Hans Børli, poet and writer (born 1918)
 * 16 October – Hans Frette, politician (born 1927)
 * 22 October – Bjarne Daniel Solli, politician (born 1910)
 * 28 October – Johannes Lislerud, politician (born 1911)
 * 30 November – Ingeborg Refling Hagen, author and teacher (born 1895)
 * 9 December – Gunnar Bøe, economist and politician (born 1917)
 * 30 December – Gunn Vigdis Olsen-Hagen, politician (born 1946)

Full date unknown

 * Rolf Hauge, army officer (born 1915)
 * Andreas Holmsen, professor and historian (born 1906)
 * Leif Iversen, politician (born 1911)
 * Paulus Svendsen, historian of literature and ideas (born 1904)