Events in the year 1972 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
Music
Film
Literature
Notable births
January
February
March
April
May
- 1 May â Steinar Nilsen, footballer
- 3 May â Gard Kristiansen, footballer
- 9 May â Christian Holter, footballer
- 12 May â André Nevstad, footballer
- 12 May â Sander Solberg, footballer
- 15 May â Rune Vindheim, footballer
- 16 May â Kirsti Husby, newspaper editor.
- 16 May â Frank Strandli, footballer
- 20 May â BÃÂ¥rd Borgersen, footballer
- 29 May â Tor ÃÂ
ge Larsen, footballer
- 31 May â Frode Estil, cross-country skier
June
July
August
- 1 August â Christer Basma, footballer
- 4 August â ÃÂyvind VÃÂ¥gnes, writer, editor, and professor of media science (died 2025).
- 7 August â Vegar Barlie, ice hockey player
- 11 August â Stian Larsen, footballer
- 12 August â Espen Skistad, footballer
- 24 August â Christian Ruud, tennis player.
- 27 August â Espen Horsrud, footballer
- 30 August â Vegard Strøm, footballer
September
October
November
December
Notable deaths
- 5 January â Olav Midttun, philologist, media executive and magazine editor (born 1883).
- 6 January â Hans Mikal Solsem, politician (b.1912)
- 2 February â Einar Staff, wholesaler (born 1889).
- 3 February â Sverre Grøner, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1890)
- 3 March â Oskar Slaaen, politician (b.1907)
- 29 March â Reidar Magnus Aamo, politician (b.1898)
- 4 April â Haldis Tjernsberg, politician (b.1903)
- 7 April â Mons Arntsen Løvset, politician (b.1891)
- 11 April â Reidar ÃÂdegaard, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1901)
- 22 April âÂÂ
- Isak Abrahamsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1891)
- Arne Espeland, writer (b. 1885)
- 18 May â Gunnar Thoresen, bobsledder (b.1921)
- 7 June â Bjarne Eilif Thorvik, politician (b.1908)
- 13 June â Per Severin Hjermann, politician (b.1891)
- 16 July â Knut Severin Jakobsen Vik, politician (b.1892)
- 17 July â Oscar Engelstad, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1882)
- 30 July â Arne Sunde, politician, Olympic shooter, army officer and diplomat (b.1883)
- 1 September â Tor Lund, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1888)
- 6 September â Terje Wold, judge, politician and Minister (b.1899)
- 14 September â Oddmund Myklebust, politician and Minister (b.1915)
- 15 September â Erik Hesselberg, sailor and crew member on the Kon-Tiki expedition (b. 1914)
- 18 September â Gunvald Engelstad, politician (b.1900)
- 22 September â Olaf Solumsmoen, newspaper editor and politician (b.1896)
- 26 September â Carl Bonnevie, jurist and politician (born 1881).
- 28 September â Ole Bae, civil servant (b.1902)
- 29 September â Nils Ebbessøn Astrup, ship owner (born 1901).
- 8 October â Karl Johan Fjermeros, politician (b.1885)
- 11 October â Nils Fixdal, athlete (b.1889)
- 17 October â Alf Gowart Olsen, shipowner (born 1912).
- 19 October â Jacob Christie Kielland, architect (b.1897)
- October â Reidar Rye Haugan, newspaper publisher in America (b.1893)
- 11 November â Guri Johannessen, politician (b.1911)
- 1 December â Harald Houge Torp, politician (b.1890)
- 7 December â Arne Kildal, librarian and civil servant (b.1885)
- 12 December â Rasmus Birkeland, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1888).
Full date unknown
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