Notable Deaths
- 18 January - Trygve Knudsen, philologist, linguist and lexicographer (born 1897)
- January - Jacob Gundersen, freestyle wrestler and Olympic silver medallist (born 1875)
- 29 February - Tore Ørjasæter, poet (born 1886)
- 12 March - Einar Kristian Haugen, politician (born 1905)
- 19 March - Aagot Didriksen, actress (born 1874)
- 25 March - Arnulf Øverland, author (born 1889)
- 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)
- 11 May - Johan Andersen, politician (born 1902)
- 23 May - Georg Braathe, long distance runner (born 1903)
- 25 May - Kasper Idland, resistance member (born 1918)
- 1 June - Harald Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1888)
- 6 July - Johan Sæterhaug, boxer (born 1893)
- 16 July - Sigurd Pedersen, politician (born 1893)
- 13 August - Øystein Ore, mathematician (born 1899)
- 16 August - Paul Ingebretsen, politician (born 1904)
- 29 August - Arne Korsmo, architect (born 1900 in Norway)
- 24 September - Kjell Tellander, politician (born 1899)
- 3 October - Jens Martin Arctander Jenssen, politician (born 1885)
- 15 December - Håkon Bryhn, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1901)
- 20 December - Anders Endreson Skrondal, politician (born 1891)
- 30 December - Trygve Lie, politician, the first elected United Nations Secretary-General (born 1896)
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