1977 in Norway

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Events in the year 1977 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Olav V
• Prime Minister – Odvar Nordli (Labour Party)

Events

• 12 September – The 1977 Parliamentary election takes place.
• 22 April – Ekofisk oil field blowout: an oil well blowout occurred at the Ekofisk Bravo platform, due to an incorrectly installed downhole safety valve. At an estimated 80,000–126,000 barrels (12,700–20,000 m³) total, this is the largest blowout in the North Sea.

Popular culture

Music

Main article: 1977 in Norwegian music

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1970s § 1977

Notable births

Sylvi Listhaug, Minister of Agriculture and Food

• 30 March – Silvia K. Kosmo, politician
• 2 May – Pernille Holmboe, model
• 2 June – Alexandra Beverfjord, crime fiction writer, journalist and newspaper editor.
• 6 June – Trude Gundersen, taekwondo athlete
• 30 June – Zahid Ali, stand-up comedian
• 6 September – Mari Skurdal, journalist and newspaper editor.
• 23 October – Jarle Andhøy, adventurer and sailboat-skipper
• 21 November – Annie, pop artist and DJ
• 3 December – Jennie Johnsen, politician
• 25 December – Sylvi Listhaug, politician

Notable deaths

• 17 January – Erling Fredriksfryd, politician (b.1905)
• 1 February – Edvard Hambro, politician and 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly (b.1911)
• 8 February – Eivind Groven, composer and music-theorist (b.1901)
• 3 March – Kai Knudsen, politician (b.1903)
• 7 March – Jørgen Leonard Firing, politician (b.1894)
• 22 March – Alfred Nilsen, politician (b.1892)
• 27 May – Kristian Birger Gundersen, politician (b.1907)
• 6 June – Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn, politician (b.1908)
• 13 June – Olav Aslakson Versto, politician (b.1892)
• 23 June – Asbjørn Solberg, politician (b.1893)
• 1 July – Torvald Kvinlaug, politician (b.1911)
• 2 July – Christian Schweigaard Stang, linguistics researcher and professor (b.1900)
• 7 July – Nils Kristian Lysø, politician and Minister (b.1905)
• 13 July – Edgar Christensen, boxer (b.1905)
• 24 July – Sigrid Sundby, speed skater (b.1942)
• 2 August – Alfred Sigurd Nilsen, politician (b.1891)
• 5 August – Gunvor Galtung Haavik, interpreter charged with espionage (b.1912)
• 17 August – Harald Økern, Nordic combined skier (b.1898)
• 2 October – Odd Frantzen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1913)
• 4 November – Frede Castberg, jurist (b.1893)
• 4 November – Sigurd Lund Hamran, politician (b.1902)
• 5 November – Gunnar Nordbye, United States federal judge (b.1888)
• 15 November – Olaf Johannessen, rifle shooter (b.1890)
• 24 November – Reidar Dahl, jurist and sports official, president of the Football Association of Norway (born 1893).
• 5 December – Jon Mårdalen, cross country skier (b.1895)
• 25 December – Harald Strøm, speed skater and World Champion (b.1897)

Full date missing

• Birger Bergersen, politician and Minister (b.1891)
• Lars Fletre, sculptor (b.1904)
• John Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (b.1897)
• Kåre Jonsborg, painter and textile artist (b.1912)
• Finn Nagell, military officer, Milorg pioneer, economist and businessperson (born 1899).