1988 in Norway
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Events in the year 1988 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
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- May 6 – Widerøe Flight 710, a Dash 7, crashes in Torghatten, Norway in heavy fog, killing all 36 passengers in the worst-ever Dash 7 accident.[citation needed]
- February 23 - Edvard Munch's painting "Vampire" was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo.[citation needed]
- July – Seal hunting inspector Odd F. Lindberg submits a highly critical report on the conditions of the hunt. With the national and international attention that follows this becomes arguably the biggest news story in Norway this year.[1]
- August 15 – 15 people are killed in the Måbødalen bus accident.
- August 21 - The Stolen Munch painting "Vampire" is retrieved.
- December 5 - TVNorge, the first advertising-supported Norwegian channel, begins its broadcasting.
Popular culture
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Sports
Music
- June 26 - Leonard Cohen concert at Kalvøya, Bærum (Kalvøyafestival).
Film
Literature
Notable births
- 12 April - Tone Damli Aaberge, singer.
- 17 April - Pernille Wibe, team handball player.[1]
- 18 September – Annette Obrestad, poker player
Notable deaths
- 1 January - Rolf Presthus, politician and Minister (born 1936)
- 16 January - Inge Einarsen Bartnes, politician (born 1911)
- 21 January - Jørgen Grave, politician (born 1909)
- 29 February - Alf Brodal, professor of anatomy (born 1910).[2]
- 29 February - Kaare Wahlberg, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1912)
- 14 March - Johannes Pettersen Løkke, politician (born 1895)
- 17 March - Leif Granli, politician and Minister (born 1909)
- 1 April - Nils Thune, politician (born 1898)
- 17 May - Greta Nissan, actress (born 1906)
- 27 May - Lars Sæter, politician (born 1895)
- 29 May - Henry Johansen, international soccer player (born 1904)
- 8 June - Tollef Landsverk, judge and civil servant (born 1920)
- 21 June - Sverre Riisnæs, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator (born 1897)
- 28 June - Fridtjof Paulsen, speed skater (born 1895)
- 14 July - Erik Braadland, diplomat and politician (born 1910)
- 16 July - Ole Myrvoll, professor in economy, politician and Minister (born 1911)
- 19 July - Erland Asdahl, politician (born 1921)
- 19 July - Vilhelm Aubert, sociologist (born 1922)
- 19 August - Johan Møller Warmedal, politician (born 1914)
- 23 August - Alf Martinsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1911)
- 30 September - Sivert Todal, politician (born 1904)
- 18 October - Aasmund Kulien, politician (born 1893)
- 20 November - Nils Sønnevik, politician (born 1911)
- 30 December - Jan Baalsrud, resistance member (born 1917)
- 31 December - Alfred Thommesen, ship owner and politician (born 1914)
Full date unknown
- Gunnar Andersen, ski jumper and World Champion (born 1909)
- Per Bratland, newspaper editor (born 1907)
- Olav Brunvand, newspaper editor and politician (born 1912)
- Odd Eidem, writer, journalist and literary critic (born 1913)
- Rolf Jørgen Fuglesang, politician and Minister (born 1909)
- Gerd Grieg, actress (born 1895)
- Gudmund Harlem, politician and Minister (born 1917)
- Oskar Skogly, politician and Minister (born 1908)
References
- ^ "Landslagsprofiler – Pernille B. Wibe" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ^ Larsen, Øivind. "Alf Brodal". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
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