1991 in Norway

Events in the year 1991 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Olav V (until January 17), then Harald V
 * Regent: Harald (until January 17)
 * Prime Minister: Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party)

Events

 * 17 January – Olav V, King of Norway dies
 * Rjukanbanen railway line closes (opened in 1909).
 * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Sports
The World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 1991 are held in Geilo and Hemsedal.

Notable births



 * 12 January – Sondre Nordstad Moen, long-distance runner.
 * 12 February – Ragnhild Haga, cross-country skier.
 * 15 February – Kari Brattset, handball player.
 * 17 March – Øystein Mathisen, politician.
 * 4 April – Martine Ek Hagen, cross-country skier.
 * 5 April – Nora Mørk, handball player.
 * 5 April – Thea Mørk, handball player.
 * 29 June – Helene Næss, competitive sailor.
 * 13 July – Sebastian Foss Solevåg, alpine skier.
 * 25 July – Amanda Kurtović, handball player.
 * 25 September – Stine Bredal Oftedal, handball player.
 * 19 November – Ingvild Wetrhus Thorsvik, politician.
 * 31 December – Sandra Bruflot, politician.

Notable deaths

 * 12 January – Kåre Berven Fjeldsaa, ceramics designer (born 1918)
 * 17 January
 * Olav V of Norway, King of Norway (born 1903)
 * Alf Sanengen, resistance member, chemist, research administrator (born 1913)
 * 22 January – Arnholdt Kongsgård, ski jumper (born 1914)
 * 25 January – Per Gjelten, Nordic skier (born 1927).
 * 31 January –
 * Einar Hildrum, landscape architect and magazine editor (born 1902)
 * Åge Rønning, writer and journalist (born 1925).
 * 5 February
 * Torgeir Andersen, politician (born 1916)
 * Tora Øyna, politician (born 1898)
 * 7 February – Arne Randers Heen, mountain climber (born 1905).
 * 21 February – Oscar Christian Gundersen, politician (born 1908)
 * 25 February – Sverre Hansen, long jumper (born 1899)
 * 8 April – Pelle "Dead" Ohlin, vocalist (born 1969)
 * 10 April – Otto Berg, long jumper (born 1906)
 * 11 April – Dag Ramsøy Bryn, diplomat and politician (born 1909)
 * 17 April – Gulborg Nygaard, politician (born 1902)
 * 21 April – Andreas Frivåg, politician (born 1925)
 * 24 April – Haakon Tranberg, sprinter (born 1917)
 * 2 May – Jens Haugland, politician (born 1910)
 * 3 May – Sverre Heiberg, photographer (born 1912).
 * 17 May – Lars L'Abée-Lund, police (born 1910).
 * 10 June – Anders Sæterøy, politician (born 1901)
 * 10 July – Aase Bye, actress (born 1904)
 * 25 July – Per Almaas, politician (born 1898)
 * 28 July – Lars Tangvik, politician (born 1902)
 * 2 August – Alf Martin Bjørnø, politician (born 1923)
 * 3 August – Olaf Aarvold, priest and politician (born 1899)
 * 6 August – Georg Krog, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (born 1915)
 * 24 August – Åge Ramberg, politician (born 1921)
 * 7 September – Haakon Pedersen, speed skater (born 1906)
 * 8 September – Odd Bull, air force officer, Chief of Air Staff (born 1907)
 * 17 October – Håkon Johnsen, politician (born 1914)
 * 18 October – Gunnar Sønstevold, composer (born 1912)
 * 29 October – Johan Støa, multi-sportsman (born 1900)
 * 3 November – Finn Alnæs, novelist (born 1932).
 * 20 November – Kåre Kivijärvi, photographer (born 1938)
 * 15 December – Reidar Andersen, ski jumper (born 1911)
 * 27 December – Arne Holst, bobsledder (born 1904)
 * 31 December – Elise Fliflet, politician (born 1893)

Full date unknown

 * Eigil Gullvåg, newspaper editor and politician (born 1921)
 * Olav Harald Jensen, economist (born 1917)
 * Selmer Nilsen, fisherman who spied for the KGB (born 1931)