1968 in Norway - Events

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

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