1970 in Norway

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Events in the year 1970 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Olav V
• Prime Minister – Per Borten (Centre Party)

Events

Thor Heyerdahl and his crew sets sail from Morocco for Latin America aboard Ra II

• 27 April – The oil company Phillips Petroleum makes a new oil discovery (Ekofisk oil field) in the North Sea. The Ekofisk oil field remains one of the most important oil fields in the North Sea.
• 7 May – Norway's Resistance Museum is opened to the public.
• 17 May – Thor Heyerdahl and his crew sets sail from Morocco towards Latin America aboard Ra II, a papyrus boat modeled after ancient Egyptian sailing vessels, in an attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean and prove his theory that the ancient Egyptians sailed to America in ancient times.
• 19 June – The Nature Conservation Act (Naturvernlova) was adopted.
• 12 July – Ra II arrives in Barbados.
• 20 September – A volcano eruption occurs on Jan Mayen. As a result, the island is evacuated.
• 1 November – Population Census: 3,874,133 inhabitants in Norway.
• Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget is opened for traffic

Popular culture

Music

Main article: 1970 in Norwegian music

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1970s § 1970

Literature

• Finn Carling, novelist, playwright, poet and essayist, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.
• Simen Skjønsberg, journalist and writer, is awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize.

Notable births

Jørn Lier Horst

Linn Skåber

• 4 January – Carl Frode Tiller, author
• 12 January – Line Johansen, sport wrestler. ^[1]
• 15 January – Geir Tangen, crime novelist. ^[2]
• 25 January – Margunn Haugenes, footballer. ^[3]
• 4 February – Nina Nilsen, sport wrestler. ^[4]
• 6 February – Trine Lise Sundnes, politician and trade unionist. ^[5]
• 23 February – Heidi Marie Kriznik, novelist and organizational leader. ^{[6] [7]}
• 27 February – Jørn Lier Horst, crime fiction writer. ^[8]
• 22 March – Gunhild Ørn, cyclist. ^[9]
• 30 March – Signe Trosten, biathlete. ^[10]
• 31 March – Linn Skåber, actress, singer, comedian, text writer and TV personality. ^[11]
• 2 April – Anette Tønsberg, speed skater. ^[12]
• 7 April – Maria Strømme, physicist
• 8 April – Torill Eidsheim, politician. ^[13]
• 16 April – Margreth Olin, film director. ^[14]
• 28 May – Gry Blekastad Almås, journalist and news anchor
• 11 June – Hilde Magnusson Lydvo, politician
• 12 June – Henriette Henriksen, handball player. ^[15]
• 13 July – Gudrun Høie, sport wrestler. ^[16]
• 24 July – Anja Garbarek, singer-songwriter
• 26 July – Ingvil Aarbakke, artist (d.2005)
• 20 August – Ove Jørstad footballer (d.2008) ^[17]
• 24 August – Mona Dahle, handball player. ^[18]
• 27 August – Gisle Elvebakken, speed skater. ^[19]
• 15 September – Hege Reitan, sport wrestler. ^[20]
• 15 September – Monica Valvik, racing cyclist. ^[21]
• 22 September – Ole Petter Andreassen, musician and producer
• 27 October – Cathrine Marie Lofthus, physician and civil servant. ^[22]
• 13 November – Kjerstin Wøyen Funderud, politician. ^[23]
• 22 November – Nils-Ole Foshaug, politician. ^[24]
• 8 December – Mads Ousdal, actor. ^[25]
• 16 December – Astri Aas-Hansen, politician

Full date missing

• Nina Schanke Funnemark, tax director. ^[26]

Notable deaths

Bokken Lasson

Alf Prøysen

• 2 February – Hannah Ryggen, textile artist (born 1894). ^[27]
• 4 February – Sig Haugdahl, motor racing driver in America (b.1891)
• 7 February – Ole Landmark, architect (b.1885)
• 11 February – Per Næsset, politician (b.1898)
• 12 February – Johan Strand Johansen, politician and Minister (b.1903)
• 18 March – Håkon Endreson, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1891)
• 2 April – Agnes Hvoslef, operatic soprano (born 1883). ^[28]
• 18 April – Halfdan Bjølgerud, high jumper (b.1884)
• 5 May – Finn Bjørnseth, geodesist (born 1892). ^{[29] [30]}
• 12 May – Gunvald Tomstad, resistance fighter (b.1918)
• 22 May – Birger Var, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1893)
• 24 May – Harald Hagen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1902)
• 27 June – Lauritz Schmidt, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1897)
• 11 July – Niels Larsen Bruun, naval officer (born 1893)
• 28 July – Ola Teigen, politician (b.1937)
• 29 July – Johannes S. Andersen, renowned career criminal and resistance fighter (b.1898)
• 3 August – Bokken Lasson, concert and cabaret singer (born 1871). ^[31]
• 23 September – Magnus Johansen, politician (b.1886)
• 12 October – Alfred Vågnes, politician (b.1880)
• 19 October – Conrad Olsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1891)
• 9 November – John Schjelderup Giæver, author and polar researcher (b.1901)
• 23 November – Alf Prøysen, writer and musician (b.1914). ^[32]

Full date unknown

• Halvard Lange, diplomat, politician and Minister (b.1902)
• Ole H. Løvlien, politician (b.1897)
• Sverre Munck, businessperson (b.1898)
• Jakob Martin Pettersen, politician and Minister (b.1899)
• Henry Rudi, huntsman and polar bear hunter (b.1889)
• Isdal Woman, Belgian or French tourist murdered in Ulriken, Bergen, November 1970.

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