1968 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1968 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 19 February – Avalanches occur in Bondalen which kill four people.
• 19 March – The Palace announces that Crown Prince Harald has engaged to Sonja Haraldsen.
• 29 August – Crown Prince Harald married Sonja Haraldsen in the Oslo Cathedral.
• 13 September – Norwegian whaling in the Southern Hemisphere ceases after the last whaling company officially announces it would not send any more whaling expeditions.
• 9 October – the first commercial discovery of petroleum deposit on the Norwegian continental shelf was confirmed.
• The Norwegian Sami Association was founded

Popular culture

Music

See main article: 1968 in Norwegian music.

Literature

• The Norwegian Writers' Center (Norsk forfattersentrum) is established.
• Finn Alnæs, novelist, is awarded the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize and the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for the novel Gemini.^[1]
• Ebba Haslund, novelist, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize for Syndebukkens krets.^[2]

Notable births

• 15 January – Grete Wold, politician.^[3]
• 16 January – Mikkel Gaup, actor.^[4]
• 28 January – Tore Torvbråten, curler.^[5]
• 31 January – May-Helen Molvær Grimstad, politician
• 6 February – Monica Mæland, politician
• 18 February – Frank Edvard Sve, politician.^[6]
• 1 March – Lars Mytting, writer.^[7]
• 19 March – Julie Christiansen, politician
• 22 March – Euronymous, black metal guitarist (died 1993)^[8]
• 7 April – Stein Torleif Bjella, singer and songwriter.^[9]
• 20 May – Vibeke Fürst Haugen, media executive.^[10]
• 27 June – Rikke Lind, politician
• 2 July – Fridtjov Såheim, actor.^[11]
• 5 August – Frode Jacobsen, politician.^[12]
• 8 August – Else Ragni Yttredal, speed skater.^[13]
• 13 August – Ketil Kjenseth, politician.^[14]
• 21 August – Hanne Tømta, theatre instructor and theatre director.^[15]
• 25 August – Rune Erland, handball player.^[16]
• 24 September – Beate Heieren Hundhammer, politician
• 16 October – Vibeke Johnsen, handball player.^[17]
• 1 November – Astrid Danielsen, cyclist.^[18]
• 6 December – Karl Ove Knausgård, author
• 12 December – Anita Valen, cyclist.^[19]

Notable deaths

• 12 January – John Aae, politician (born 1890)
• 18 January – Trygve Knudsen, philologist, linguist and lexicographer (born 1897).^[20]
• 21 January – Jacob Gundersen, freestyle wrestler and Olympic silver medallist (born 1875).^[21]
• 11 February
  • Jørgen Wilhelm Rudolph, businessperson (born 1881)^[22]
  • Herman Willoch, painter (born 1892).^[23]
• 29 February – Tore Ørjasæter, poet (born 1886).^[24]
• 2 March – Odd Hølaas, journalist and writer (born 1898).^[25]
• 12 March – Einar Kristian Haugen, politician (born 1905)
• 19 March – Aagot Didriksen, actress (born 1874).^[26]
• 25 March – Arnulf Øverland, author (born 1889).^[27]
• 31 March – Christen Wiese, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1876)
• 15 April – Martin Stenersen, sport shooter (born 1879)
• 25 April – Gunnar Andersen, international soccer player and ski jumper (born 1890)
• 27 April – Anton Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1897)
• 29 April – Aasa Helgesen, midwife and politician (born 1877).^[28]
• 11 May – Johan Andersen, politician (born 1902)
• 23 May – Georg Braathe, long-distance runner (born 1903)
• 24 May – Paal Olav Berg, politician and Minister (born 1873)
• 25 May – Kasper Idland, resistance member (born 1918)
• 1 June – Harald Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1888)
• 3 June – John Bjørnstad, rowing coxswain (born 1888).^[29]
• 29 June – Thorry Kiær, industrialist (born 1888).^[30]
• 6 July – Johan Sæterhaug, boxer (born 1893)
• 16 July – Sigurd Pedersen, politician (born 1893)
• 25 July – Hallvard Sandnes, writer (born 1893).^[31]
• 6 August – Tore Foss, singer, actor and theatre director (born 1901).^[32]
• 13 August – Øystein Ore, mathematician (born 1899)
• 16 August – Paul Ingebretsen, politician (born 1904)
• 29 August – Arne Korsmo, architect (born 1900)
• 4 September – Engebret Skogen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1887)
• 24 September – Kjell Tellander, politician (born 1899)
• 3 October – Jens Martin Arctander Jenssen, politician (born 1885)
• 2 December – Arne Damm, publisher (born 1894).^[33]
• 15 December – Håkon Bryhn, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1901)
• 20 December – Anders Endreson Skrondal, politician (born 1891)
• 29 December – Bergljot Larsson, nurse and organizational leader (born 1883).^[34]
• 30 December – Trygve Lie, politician, the first elected United Nations Secretary-General (born 1896)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tidligere vinnere av Kritikerprisen . NRK . 2002 . Norwegian . 21 October 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060906144537/http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/kultur/1697341.html . 6 September 2006 .
2. Web site: Språk- og litteraturpriser . Norwegian . . 28 March 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100401160415/http://www.riksmalsforbundet.no/Spr%C3%A5k--og-litteraturpriser.aspx . 1 April 2010 .
3. Web site: Wold, Grete (1968-) . stortinget.no . no . 1 October 2021.
4. Encyclopedia: Mikkel Gaup . Lillian . Bikset . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 21 November 2022.
5. Web site: Tore Torvbråten . olympedia.org . 21 August 2021.
6. Web site: Sve, Frank Edvard (1968-) . stortinget.no . no . 3 October 2021.
7. Encyclopedia: Lars Mytting . Hans H. . Skei . Hans H. Skei . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 1 September 2022.
8. Web site: Euronymous' headstone . 16 March 2009 . 7 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607162135/http://members.home.nl/adnanderks/images/gallery_mayhem91.jpg . dead .
9. Encyclopedia: Stein Torleif Bjella . Jon Vidar . Bergan . Espen . Tørset . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 11 March 2023.
10. Encyclopedia: Vibeke Fürst Haugen . Olav . Garvik . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 10 December 2022.
11. Encyclopedia: Fridtjov Såheim . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 20 December 2022.
12. Encyclopedia: Frode Jacobsen . Knut Are . Tvedt . Knut Are Tvedt . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 15 October 2021.
13. Web site: Else Ragni Yttredal . olympedia.org . 24 August 2021.
14. Encyclopedia: Ketil Kjenseth . Knut Are . Tvedt . Knut Are Tvedt . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 19 August 2021.
15. Encyclopedia: Hanne Tømta . Lillian . Bikset . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 17 July 2021.
16. Encyclopedia: Rune Erland . Rolf . Bryhn . Thomas . Aune . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 21 December 2022.
17. Web site: Vibeke Johnsen . olympedia.org . 20 August 2021.
18. Web site: Astrid Danielsen . olympedia.org . 30 August 2021.
19. Web site: Anita Valen . olympedia.org . 22 August 2021.
20. Encyclopedia: Trygve Kristofer Knudsen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 21 November 2022.
21. Web site: Jacob Gundersen . olympedia.org . 21 November 2022.
22. Encyclopedia: Rudolph, J(ørgen) W(ilh.). Merkantilt biografisk leksikon. Yrkesforlaget. Oslo. 1st. Hoffstad. Einar. Einar Hoffstad. 1935. 650. 28 August 2012. Norwegian.
23. Encyclopedia: Herman Willoch . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 21 November 2022.
24. Encyclopedia: Tore Ørjasæter . Erik . Helleve . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 21 November 2022.
25. Encyclopedia: Odd Hølaas . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 21 November 2022.
26. Encyclopedia: Aagot Didriksen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 21 November 2022.
27. Encyclopedia: Arnulf Øverland . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 21 November 2022.
28. Encyclopedia: Aasa Helgesen . Ånund . Haugland . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 8 January 2024.
29. Web site: John Bjørnstad . Sports-reference.com . 25 August 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105071150/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bj/john-bjornstad-1.html . 5 November 2012 .
30. Encyclopedia: Thorry Meyer Kjær . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 3 February 2024.
31. Encyclopedia: Hallvard Sandnes . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 10 December 2022.
32. Encyclopedia: Tore Ejnarssøn Foss . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian . 23 November 2020.
33. Encyclopedia: 1973. Fortegnelse over personer som siste gang er omtalt i utgaven 1968 med angivelse av deres dødsdatum . Hvem er hvem?. Steenstrup, Bjørn. Aschehoug. Oslo. 625 . Norwegian. 8 October 2020.
34. Encyclopedia: Bergljot Larsson . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 7 January 2024.