Events
- 29 August - Operafjell Accident: Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on Spitsbergen, an island in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, killing all 141 on board.
- 25 October - Gro Harlem Brundtland resigns as Prime Minister of Norway for the third time.
- 25 October – Jagland's Cabinet was appointed.
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