Notable Deaths
- 8 January - Olaf Knudson, politician (b.1915)
- 13 February - Willy Arne Wold, politician (b.1929)
- 1 March - Hårek Ludvig Hansen, politician (b.1901)
- 21 March - Sverre Sørsdal, boxer and Olympic silver medallist (b.1900)
- 30 March - Hjalmar Hvam, Nordic skier and inventor of the first safety ski binding (b.1902)
- 2 April – Jens Henrik Nordlie, military officer (b.1910).
- 10 April - Hans Beck, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist (b.1911)
- 10 April - Gunnar Konsmo, speed skater (b.1922)
- 23 April – Edvard Kaurin Barth, resistance member and zoologist (b.1913).
- 1 May - Arvid Johansen, politician (b.1910)
- 20 May - Kristian Lien, politician (d.1915)
- 17 June - Erling Kaas, pole vaulter (b.1915)
- 28 June - Birger Breivik, politician (b.1912)
- 1 July - Einar Hovdhaugen, politician (b.1908)
- 4 July - Magnhild Hagelia, politician (b.1904)
- 19 July - Sverre Wilberg, actor (b.1929)
- 20 July - Bernt Østerkløft, Nordic combined skier (b.1906)
- 26 July - Olav Totland, politician (b.1904)
- 23 August – Sverre Holm, sociologist (b.1910).
- 23 August - Øivind Holmsen, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1912).
- 13 September - Thorvald Wilhelmsen, long distance runner (b.1912)
- 25 September - Helge Jakobsen, politician (b.1901)
- 1 October - Carl Fredrik Engelstad, writer, playwright, journalist, translator and theatre director (b.1915)
- 9 October - Per Asplin, actor (b.1928)
- 11 October - Rolf Wideröe, particle physicist (b.1902)
- 25 October - Eva Lund Haugen, author and editor in America (b.1907)
- 7 November - Sverre Kolterud, Nordic combined skier (b.1908)
- 20 November - Jens Boyesen, diplomat and politician (b.1920)
- 23 November - Torstein Olav Kuvaas, politician (b.1908)
- 29 December - Johan Trandem, shot putter and discus thrower (b.1899)
- 30 December - Erik Heiberg, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1916)
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