Notable Deaths
- 9 January - Olaug Hay, politician (b.1902)
- 11 January - Edvard Magnus Edvardsen, politician (b.1910).
- 21 January - Kristian Asdahl, politician (b.1920)
- 3 February - Aslaug Fredriksen, politician (b.1918)
- 16 February - Karsten Solheim, golf club designer and businessman in America (b.1911)
- 2 March - Audun Boysen, middle distance runner and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1928)
- 3 March - Egil Werner Erichsen, politician (b.1901)
- 2 April - Greta Gynt, singer, dancer and actress (b.1916)
- 11 April - Olav Økern, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1911)
- 22 April - Arnt Eliassen, meteorologist (b.1915)
- 28 April - Anders Skauge, politician (b.1912)
- 19 May - Petter Hugsted, ski jumper and Olympic gold medallist (b.1921)
- 11 June - Aud Alvær, politician (b.1921)
- 26 June - Arne Thomas Olsen, actor, stage producer and theatre director (b.1909)
- 27 June - Dagmar Maalstad, politician (b.1902)
- 10 September - Haldis Havrøy, politician (b.1925)
- 4 November - Anneliese Dørum, politician (b.1939)
- 18 November - Torstein Tynning, politician (b.1932)
- 28 November - Margith Johanne Munkebye, politician (b.1911)
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