1983 in Norway

Events in the year 1983 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Olav V.
• Prime Minister – KÃ¥re Willoch (Conservative Party)

Events

• 18 March – Arnfinn Nesset is convicted of poisoning 22 patients with Curacit, a muscle relaxing drug, at a Geriatric institution in Orkdal Municipality, Norway where he was the director since 1977. Nesset was sentenced to 21 years in prison; the maximum punishment possible by Norwegian law.
• 8 June – Willoch's Second Cabinet was appointed.
• 18 August – Much of the Archbishop's Palace in Trondheim burned down.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
• Dagbladet switched to tabloid format.
• 100 years since the foundation of the Norwegian State Railways.

Popular culture

Music

Film

Events

• Odd Abrahamsen, poet, is awarded the RiksmÃ¥l Society Literature Prize.
• Karin Bang, poet and novelist, is awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment literature prize.

Novels

• Kjartan Fløgstad – U 3
• Herbjørg Wassmo – Det stumme rommet

Short stories

• Merethe Lindstrøm – Sexorcisten og andre fortellinger

Notable births

• 4 January – Tarjei Dale, footballer
• 11 January – Kristian P. WilsgÃ¥rd, businessman and politician.
• 16 January – Tommy Eide Møster, footballer
• 3 February – Adil Khan, actor
• 8 February – Agnes Ravatn, novelist, columnist and journalist
• 9 March – Johan Kjølstad, cross-country skier
• 27 March – Maria Bodøgaard, television presenter
• 30 March – Siri Seglem, handball player.
• 20 April – Gaute OrmÃ¥sen, singer
• 7 May – Lars Iver Strand, footballer
• 21 June – Bjørn Helge Riise, footballer
• 1 July – Marit Larsen, singer and songwriter
• 18 July – Hadia Tajik, politician
• 20 July – Stig-André Berge, wrestler.
• 2 August – Marianne Rørvik, curler
• 19 August – Johan Thorbjørnsen, footballer
• 28 October – Øyvind HoÃ¥s, footballer
• 7 November – Patrick Thoresen, ice hockey player
• 18 November – Jon Lech Johansen, programmer
• 9 December – Kristofer Hæstad, footballer

Notable deaths

• 3 January – Ludvig Ellefsrød, politician (born 1894)
• 16 January
• Gunnar S. Gundersen, painter (born 1921)
• Arnfinn Severin Roald, politician (born 1914)
• 24 January – Johan GrøttumsbrÃ¥ten, skier and multiple Olympic gold medallist (born 1899)
• 10 February – Paul Oskar Lindberget, politician (born 1895)
• 7 March – Odd Lundberg, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (born 1917)
• 9 March – Lars Elisæus Vatnaland, politician (born 1892)
• 7 April – Einar Hareide, politician (born 1899)
• 12 April – Jørgen Juve, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1906)
• 14 April – KÃ¥re Hatten, cross-country skier (born 1908).
• 17 April – Kittill Kristoffersen Berg, politician (born 1903)
• 25 April – Hans Struksnæs, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (born 1902)
• 23 May – Finn Mortensen, composer, critic and educator (born 1922)
• 26 May – Asbjørn LillÃ¥s, politician (born 1919)
• 12 June – Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen, priest and politician (born 1898)
• 23 June – Sverre Steen, historian (born 1898).
• 25 June – Oddbjørn Hagen, skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (born 1908)
• 7 August – Henning Thorvaldssøn Astrup, architect (born 1904).
• 16 August – Ragnvald Skrede, author, journalist, literary critic and translator (born 1904)
• 26 August – Hans Christian Henriksen, businessperson (born 1909)
• 10 September – Torstein Selvik, politician (born 1900)
• 12 September – Hans Borgen, politician (born 1908)
• 2 October – Helga Stene, educator (born 1904).
• 4 October – Per Hagen, politician (born 1899)
• 14 October – Halldis Stenhamar, journalist (born 1894).
• 16 October – Øivin Fjeldstad, conductor and violinist (born 1903)
• 17 October – Sonja Hagemann, literary historian and literary critic (born 1898)
• 20 October – Otto Aasen, Nordic skier (born 1894)
• 22 October – Per Thomsen, newspaper editor (born 1905).
• 28 October – Gabriel Langfeldt, psychiatrist (born 1895).
• 7 November – Einar Tommelstad, high jumper (born 1909)
• 18 November – Leo Tallaksen, politician (born 1908)
• 26 November – Oddmund Hoel, politician (born 1910)
• 10 December – Tolv Aamland, politician (born 1893)
• 21 December – Kjell Bondevik, politician and Minister (born 1901)

Full date missing

• Christian Astrup, economist and politician for Nasjonal Samling (born 1909).
• Rasmus Nordbø, politician and Minister (born 1915)
• Hans Fredrik Wirstad, veterinarian (born 1897)

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