1996 in Norway

Events in the year 1996 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Harald V
 * Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party) until 25 October, Thorbjørn Jagland (Labour Party)

Events

 * 29 August – Operafjell Accident: Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on Spitsbergen, an island in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, killing all 141 on board.
 * 25 October – Gro Harlem Brundtland resigns as Prime Minister of Norway for the third time.
 * 25 October – Jagland's Cabinet was appointed.

Sports

 * 19–24 February – The World Ski Orienteering Championships is held in Lillehammer.
 * 19 July–4 August – Norway at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Literature

 * Øystein Lønn is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize for Hva skal vi gjøre i dag og andre noveller.

Notable births



 * 4 January – Lene Retzius, athlete
 * 8 January – Niklas Castro, footballer
 * 22 January – André Sødlund, footballer
 * 23 January – Varg Støvland, footballer.
 * 25 January – Lotte Miller, triathlete.
 * 29 January – Nora Foss al-Jabri, singer
 * 30 January – Kristian Østby, ice hockey player.


 * 7 February – Sondre Rossbach, footballer
 * 13 February – Vebjørn Hoff, footballer
 * 15 February – Per Kristian Bråtveit, footballer
 * 15 February – Synne Jensen, footballer
 * 19 February – Tore Navrestad, BMX rider
 * 19 February – Lars-Jørgen Salvesen, footballer
 * 25 February – Jonathan Lindseth, footballer
 * 26 February – Runar Espejord, footballer
 * 26 February – Bjørn Inge Utvik, footballer
 * 28 February – Karsten Warholm, athlete


 * 3 March – Tor André Skimmeland Aasheim, footballer
 * 10 March – Aslak Fonn Witry, footballer
 * 14 March – Moa Högdahl, handball player
 * 20 March – Cecilie Fiskerstrand, footballer
 * 21 March – Aurora Mikalsen, footballer
 * 24 March – Karina Sævik, footballer.


 * 8 April – Sander Øverjordet, handball player
 * 10 April – Fabian Wilkens Solheim, alpine skier
 * 13 April – Kristoffer Halvorsen, cyclist
 * 14 April – Rasmus Martinsen, footballer
 * 14 April – Vajebah Sakor, footballer
 * 19 April – Fredrik Michalsen, cross-country skier
 * 22 April – Ivan Näsberg, footballer
 * 24 April – Oda Maria Hove Bogstad, footballer
 * 24 April – Henrik Furuseth, racing driver


 * 1 May – Gustav Iden, triathlete
 * 3 May – Morten Konradsen, footballer
 * 5 May – Morten Thorsby, footballer
 * 11 May – Tobias Drevland Lund, politician.
 * 18 May – Josefine Frida Pettersen, actress
 * 23 May – Anna Bjørke Kallestad, handball player
 * 28 May – Mathias Normann, footballer
 * 29 May – Halvor Egner Granerud, ski jumper
 * 30 May – Åse Kristin Ask Bakke, politician.




 * 3 June – Elise Skinnehaugen, handball player
 * 6 June – Kristoffer Madsen, cyclist
 * 15 June – Aurora Aksnes, singer and songwriter
 * 22 June – Kristian Sæverås, handball player
 * 29 June – Kristin Lysdahl, alpine skier
 * 29 June – Alexandra Rotan, singer


 * 3 July – Maria Hjertner, handball player
 * 6 July – Sigrid Schjetne, murder victim (d. 2012)
 * 12 July – Sverre Bjørkkjær, footballer
 * 15 July – Iver Fossum, footballer
 * 17 July – Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen, footballer
 * 19 July – Sheriff Sinyan, footballer
 * 21 July – Mikael Ingebrigtsen, footballer
 * 21 July – Viljar Myhra, footballer
 * 21 July – Markus Nakkim, footballer
 * 23 July – Alexandra Andresen, heiress
 * 23 July – Maria Mollestad, windsurfer
 * 28 July – Rasmus Tiller, cyclist

August

 * 4 August – Moses Mawa, footballer
 * 4 August – Mohamed Ofkir, footballer
 * 6 August – Kristine Bjørdal Leine, footballer
 * 8 August – Syver Wærsted, cyclist
 * 13 August – Christian Bull, ice hockey player
 * 13 August – Mattis Stenshagen, cross-country skier
 * 30 August – Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen, footballer
 * 31 August – Robin Pedersen, ski jumper




 * 5 September – Sigrid Raabe, singer and songwriter
 * 14 September – Zymer Bytyqi, footballer (born in Belgium)
 * 15 September – Fredrik Michalsen, footballer
 * 17 September – Herman Kleppa, footballer
 * 20 September – Mathias Skjold, cyclist
 * 22 September – Bent Sørmo, footballer
 * 23 September – Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, biathlete
 * 28 September – Erik Resell, racing cyclist
 * 29 September
 * Lotta Udnes Weng, cross-country skier
 * Tiril Udnes Weng, cross-country skier




 * 1 October – Melanie Stokke, tennis player
 * 9 October
 * Henrik Christiansen, swimmer.
 * Tonje Haug Lerstad, handball player
 * Sondre Ringen, ski jumper.
 * 10 October – Fredrik Flo, footballer
 * 13 October – Jonathan Quarcoo, athete
 * 16 October – Ludvig Hoff, ice hockey player
 * 20 October – Henrik Fagerli Rukke, speed skater
 * 22 October – Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, cross-country skier.
 * 29 October – Astrid S, singer, songwriter and model
 * 30 October – Vetle Langedahl, politician.


 * 1 November – Alexander Betten Hansen, footballer
 * 4 November – Adelén Steen, singer
 * 9 November – Kevin Gulliksen, handball player
 * 12 November – Sunniva Næs Andersen, handball player
 * 24 November – Thea Louise Stjernesund, alpine skier


 * 5 December – Solveig Skaugvoll Foss, politician
 * 27 December – Timon Haugan, alpine skier
 * 26 December – Erik Hægstad, mountain biker


 * Full date missing
 * Thea Sofie Loch Næss, actress

Notable deaths



 * 5 January – Knut Løfsnes, politician (born 1918).
 * 8 January – Olaf Knudson, politician (b. 1915)
 * 13 January – Johannes Kvittingen, bacteriologist and resistance member (b. 1906)
 * 15 January – Nils Jørgensen, fencer (b. 1911)
 * 18 January – Kirsten Langbo, children's writer, singer-songwriter, radio entertainer and puppeteer (b. 1909).
 * 24 January – Sigurd Bratlie, church leader (b. 1905)
 * 20 January – Bente Grønli, para-athlete (b. 1956)
 * 25 January – Arnold Juklerød, activist (b. 1925)
 * 25 January – Sigmund Gjesdal, politician (b. 1929)


 * 4 February – Sigmund Moren, author (b. 1913).
 * 6 February – Knut Blom, judge (b. 1916)
 * 13 February – Willy Arne Wold, politician (b. 1929)


 * 1 March – Hårek Ludvig Hansen, politician (b. 1901)
 * 1 March – Thorleif Vangen, cross-country skier (b. 1920)
 * 4 March – Knut Skaaluren, politician (b. 1916)
 * 11 March – Thorleif Olsen, footballer (b. 1921)
 * 14 March – Maj Sønstevold, Swedish composer (b. 1917)
 * 19 March – Erik Egeland, journalist and art critic (b. 1921)
 * 21 March – Sverre Sørsdal, boxer (b. 1900)
 * 27 March – Bjarne Vik, politician (b. 1916)
 * 28 March – Jacob R. Kuhnle, newspaper editor (b. 1907)
 * 30 March – Hjalmar Hvam, Nordic skier and inventor (b. 1902)


 * 2 April – Jens Henrik Nordlie, military officer (b.1910).
 * 10 April – Hans Beck, ski jumper (b. 1911)
 * 10 April – Gunnar Konsmo, speed skater (b. 1922)
 * 11 April – Trygve Brodahl, cross-country skier (b. 1904)
 * 11 April – Caspar Stephansen, civil servant (b. 1923)
 * 16 April – Rolf Haugland, politician (b. 1925)
 * 18 April – Richard August Riekeles, barrister (b. 1904)
 * 23 April – Edvard Kaurin Barth, resistance member and zoologist (b.1913).
 * 23 April – Gunnar Henningsmoen, palaeontologist (b. 1919)
 * 26 April – Anders Hauge, politician (b. 1903)


 * 1 May – Arvid Johansen, politician (b. 1910)
 * 5 May – Bjarne Hervik, politician (b. 1911)
 * 12 May – Kirsten Sand, architect (b. 1895)
 * 20 May – Kristian Lien, politician (d. 1915)
 * 11 June – Kari Berggrav, photographer (b. 1911)
 * 15 June – Petra Mohn, politician (b. 1911)
 * 17 June – Erling Kaas, athlete (b. 1915, died in France)
 * 27 June – Victor Borg, physician and writer (b. 1916).
 * 28 June – Birger Breivik, politician (b. 1912)
 * 28 June – Ola Solum, film director (b. 1943)


 * 1 July – Einar Hovdhaugen, politician (b. 1908)
 * 2 July – Arvid Brodersen, sociologist (b. 1904).
 * 2 July – Olaf Kolstad, businessman (b. 1920)
 * 4 July – Stein Åros, politician (b. 1952)
 * 4 July – Magnhild Hagelia, politician (b. 1904)
 * 13 July – Karen Simensen, figure skater (b. 1907)
 * 15 July – Hans Svendsgård, politician (b. 1937)
 * 16 July – Jan Krogh Jensen, Danish mobster (b. 1958)
 * 19 July – Sverre Wilberg, actor (b. 1929)
 * 20 July – Bernt Østerkløft, Nordic combined skier (b. 1906)
 * 21 July – Inger Jacobsen, singer and actress (b. 1923)
 * 23 July – Georg Lous Jr., barrister (b. 1916)
 * 25 July – Nini Haslund Gleditsch, activist (b. 1908).
 * 26 July – Olav Totland, politician (b. 1904)


 * 1 August – Else Høst, literary historian (b. 1908)
 * 5 August – Helge Kvamme, jurist and businessman (b. 1938)
 * 20 August – Bjarne Øverhaug, journalist and politician (b. 1927)
 * 22 August – Kjell Borgen, politician (b. 1939)
 * 23 August – Sverre Holm, sociologist (b.1910).
 * 23 August – Øivind Holmsen, footballer (b. 1912).


 * 3 September – Erling Christie, author (b. 1928)
 * 4 September – Gunvor Blich, politician (b. 1908)
 * 13 September – Thorvald Wilhelmsen, athlete (b. 1912)
 * 14 September – Odin Hansen, politician (b. 1918)
 * 20 September – Max Manus, resistance member and memoirist (b. 1914)
 * 25 September – Helge Jakobsen, politician (b. 1901)
 * 25 September – Arne Lie, civil servant and politician (b. 1927)
 * 27 September – Johnny Larntvet, ice hockey player (b. 1916)


 * 1 October – Carl Fredrik Engelstad, writer and theatre director (b. 1915).
 * 9 October – Per Asplin, actor (b. 1928)
 * 11 October – Rolf Wideröe, physicist (b. 1902)
 * 11 October – Lasse Glomm, film director (b. 1944)
 * 15 October – Leo Eitinger, psychiatrist, author and educator (b. 1912)
 * 16 October – Einar Johansen, engineer and resistance member (b. 1915)
 * 25 October – Eva Lund Haugen, author and editor (b. 1907)
 * 25 October – Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen, first person born and raised in South Georgia (b. 1913)
 * 27 October – Kaare Melhuus, politician (b. 1915)


 * 2 November – Egil Eriksen, educator and politician (b. 1909)
 * 3 November – Martin Siem, businessman and resistance member (b. 1915).
 * 4 November – Kjetil Mårdalen, Nordic combined skier (b. 1925)
 * 5 November – Arne Hendriksen, ceramicist and opera singer (b. 1911)
 * 7 November – Sverre Kolterud, Nordic combined skier (b. 1908)
 * 13 November – Katja Medbøe actress (b. 1945)
 * 20 November – Jens Boyesen, diplomat and politician (b.1920).
 * 23 November – Torstein Olav Kuvaas, politician (b. 1908)
 * 23 November – Annar Poulsson, businessman (b. 1911)
 * 29 November – Olav Hestenes, barrister (b. 1930).


 * 5 December – Adolf Bredo Stabell, diplomat (b. 1908)
 * 5 December – John Engh, architect (b. 1915)
 * 11 December – Kirsten Myklevoll, politician (b. 1928)
 * 14 December – Jan Didriksen, jurist and businessman (b. 1917).
 * 24 December – Carsten Boysen, architect (b. 1906)
 * 25 December – Olav Tendeland, barrister and sports administrator (b. 1904)
 * 29 December – Johan Trandem, athlete (b. 1899)
 * 30 December – Erik Heiberg, sailor (b. 1916)

Full date missing

 * Jan Greve, psychiatrist (b. 1907)
 * Kjell Henriksen, scientist (b.1938)
 * Jac Jacobsen, designer (b. 1901)
 * Gudmund Seland, resistance member and newspaper editor (b. 1907)