Events in the year 1998 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
Popular culture
Music
- 3 May - Norwegian pop band a-ha release the album Stay on These Roads, their third studio album.
Film
Literature
Television
Notable births
- 14 February â Sander Berge, footballer
- 25 February â Andrea Berntzen, actress and student
- 8 March â Jenny Stene, sport shooter.
- 17 April
- Kristoffer Ajer, footballer
- Anna Odine Strøm, ski jumper.
- 10 June â Johan-Sebastian Christiansen, chess player.
- 15 June â Emil Hansson, Footballer
- 20 June â Kajsa Vickhoff Lie, alpine skier.
- 21 July â Magnus Bøe, cross-country skier (born in South Korea)
- 6 August â Einar LurÃÂ¥s Oftebro, Nordic combined skier
- 21 August â Fredrik André Bjørkan, footballer
- 7 September â Ola Solbakken, footballer
- 30 September â Narve Gilje NordÃÂ¥s, athlete competing in middle-distance and long-distance events.
- 17 December â Martin ÃÂdegaard, footballer
- 22 December â Casper Ruud, tennis player
Notable deaths
- 8 January â Audun Hetland, illustrator (born 1920).
- 26 January â Olaf Kortner, politician (b.1920)
- 28 January â Asbjørn Berg-Hansen, boxer (b.1912)
- 4 February â Odd Winger, journalist and writer (born 1923).
- 18 February â Rolv Ryssdal, judge (b.1914)
- 1 April â Anne Gullestad, actress and theatre director (b.1925)
- 3 April â Paul Svarstad, politician (b.1917)
- 9 May – Frithjof Clausen, wrestler (born 1916).
- 8 June â Eva R. Finstad, politician (b.1933)
- 13 June â Birger Ruud, ski jumper, twice Olympic gold medallist and three time World Champion (b.1911)
- 17 June â Aage Eriksen, wrestler and Olympic silver medallist (b.1917)
- 28 June â Brita Collett Paus, humanitarian leader and founder of Fransiskushjelpen (b.1917)
- 9 July â Knut Bergsland, linguist (b.1914)
- 9 July â Halvor J. Sandsdalen, farmer, journalist, poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer (b. 1911).
- 18 July â Lars Mathias Hille Esmark, civil servant and business person in the tourist industry (born 1908).
- 19 July â Rune Nilsen, triple jumper (b.1923)
- 26 July â Olav Bø, folklorist (born 1918).
- 28 July â Yngvar Løchen, sociologist (born 1931)
- 30 July â Axel Buch, politician (b.1930)
- 30 July â Laila Schou Nilsen, speed skater, alpine skier and tennis player (b.1919)
- 31 July â Erling Evensen, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1914)
- 23 August â Rolf Søder, actor (b.1918)
- 1 September â Eystein Bærug, politician (b.1923)
- 8 September â ÃÂystein Elgarøy, astronomer (born 1929)
- 13 September â Trygve Moe, politician (b.1920)
- 16 September â John Systad, long-distance runner (b.1912)
- 26 September â Gudrun Dorothea Ræder, diplomat (born 1908).
- 1 October â Sjur Lindebrække, banker and politician (b.1909)
- 5 October â Arne ÃÂien, economist, politician and Minister (b.1928)
- 13 October â Thomas Byberg, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (b.1916)
- 27 October â Reidar Kvammen, international soccer player (b.1914)
- 2 November â Sverre Brodahl, Nordic skier and Olympic silver medallist (b.1909)
- 7 November â KÃÂ¥re Orud, sculptor (born 1914)
- 11 November â Sam Melberg, sports diver and sports instructor (b. 1912).
- 12 November â Bjørn Endreson, actor, stage producer and theatre director (b.1922)
- 15 November â Asbjørn ÃÂye, politician (b.1902)
- 4 December â Egil Johansen, jazz drummer, teacher, composer and arranger (b.1934)
- 4 December â Lilli Gjerløw, archivist (b.1910).
- 10 December â Trygve Haugeland, politician and Minister (b.1914)
- 31 December â Erling Norvik, politician (b.1928)
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