1988 in Norway

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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.^{[ citation needed ]}
• February 23 – Edvard Munch's painting "Vampire" was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 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.

Popular culture

Sports

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

Music

Main article: 1988 in Norwegian music

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

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1980s § 1988

Notable births

Sandra Borch

Annette Obrestad

• 7 February – Magnus Jøndal, handball player. ^[1]
• 7 April – Kristoffer Brun, competitive rower. ^[2]
• 12 April – Tone Damli Aaberge, singer.
• 17 April – Pernille Wibe, team handball player. ^[3]
• 18 April – Willfred Nordlund, politician. ^[4]
• 23 April – Sandra Borch, politician. ^[5]
• 7 May – David Aleksander Sjølie, guitarist
• 17 August – Natalie Sandtorv, jazz musician
• 18 August – Are Strandli, competitive rower. ^[6]
• 18 September
  • Magnus Midtbø, rock climber ^[7]
  • Annette Obrestad, poker player
• 30 September – David Berget, film director and screenwriter ^[8]
• 4 November – Atle Simonsen, politician. ^[9]
• 20 November – Veronica Ljosnes, Norwegian circus performer

Full date missing

• Siri Ulvestad, orienteering competitor. ^[10]

Notable deaths

Gerd Grieg

• 1 January – Rolf Presthus, politician and Minister (born 1936)
• 9 January – Peter L. Rypdal, Norwegian fiddler and folk music composer (born 1909)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 16 January – Inge Einarsen Bartnes, politician (born 1911)
• 21 January – Jørgen Grave, politician (born 1909)
• 18 February – Finn Havrevold, writer and illustrator (born 1905). ^[11]
• 29 February – Alf Brodal, professor of anatomy (born 1910). ^[12]
• 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)
• 13 August – Per Digerud, cyclist (born 1933). ^[13]
• 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)

References

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2. Askheim, Svein; Bryhn, Rolf. "Kristoffer Brun". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
3. "Landslagsprofiler – Pernille B. Wibe" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation . Retrieved 5 December 2013.
4. "Nordlund, Willfred". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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6. "Are Strandli". olympedia.org. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
7. "Magnus Rognan Midtbø in Store Norske Leksikon". Archived from the original on 23 October 2016.
8. Pål Nordseth (17 October 2016). "Siden Spielberg ikke har ringt, hvorfor ikke gi sjansen til en ung filmskaper?". Dagbladet.no. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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10. "Siri Ulvestad". IOF Eventor. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
11. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Finn Havrevold". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
12. Larsen, Øivind. "Alf Brodal". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
13. Bryhn, Rolf. "Per Digerud". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 July 2025.