1971 in Norway

Events in the year 1971 in Norway.

Incumbents

Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
17 March – Bratteli's First Cabinet was appointed.
22 May - The crew quarters of the Norwegian passenger ship MS Meteor catches on fire outside Vancouver, Canada. 32 people of the ship's crew are killed in the event.
22 September - Princess Märtha Louise of Norway is born.

Per Arneberg, poet, prosaist and translator is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.^[1]
Gunvor Hofmo, writer and poet, is awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for Gjest på jorden (Guest on Earth).
Stein Mehren, poet, novelist, essayist and playwright, is awarded the Dobloug Prize literature award.
Arild Nyquist, novelist, poet, children's writer and musician, is awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize.^[2]

16 January - Halfdan Gran Olsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1910)
29 January - Bjarne Guldager, sprinter (b.1897)
31 January - Gunnar Jahn, jurist, economist and politician (b.1883)
24 February - Hartvig Svendsen, politician (b.1902)
1 March - Harald Damsleth, cartoonist, illustrator and ad-man (b.1906)
1 April - Hans Svarstad, politician (b.1883)
2 May - Olaf Barda, chess player, first Norwegian International Master (b.1909)
24 May - Haakon Hansen, politician (b.1907)
2 June - Per Mathiesen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1885)
26 June - Halvor Birkeland, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1894)
16 July – Birger Brandtzæg, merchant and owner of a fishing station (born 1893).^[3]
19 July - Hans Kristian Bromstad, politician (b.1903)
20 July - Olaf Ingebretsen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1892)
6 August - Finn Moe, politician (b.1902).^[4]
19 August - Arthur Sundt, politician (b.1899)
4 September - Bjarne Lyngstad, politician and Minister (b.1901)
29 September – Johannes Lid, botanist (b.1886).^[5]
5 October - Marit Hemstad, sprinter (b.1928)
5 October - Marit Øiseth, cross country skier (b.1928)
17 October - Leif Grøner, banker and politician (b.1884)
22 October - Håkon Ellingsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1894)
18 November - Leif Bjorholt Burull, politician (b.1895)
10 December - Arne Langset, politician (b.1893)
12 December - Kristian Johan Bodøgaard, politician (b.1885)

^ "Språk- og litteraturpriser" (in Norwegian). Riksmålsforbundet. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
^ "Mads Wiel Nygaards Legat" (in Norwegian). Forfatterportalen.no. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1968). "Brandtzæg, Birger". Hvem er Hvem? (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug.
^ Eriksen, Knut Einar. "Finn Moe". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
^ Sunding, Per. "Johannes Lid". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 November 2012.