1980
in
Norway

Centuries:
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
See also:List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1980 in Norway.

Incumbents

Events

Part of the bracing that failed during the accident. On display in the Norwegian Petroleum Museum.
  • Ongoing – The Alta controversy, a series of massive protests in the late 1970s and early 1980s concerning the construction of a hydroelectric power plant in Altaelva
  • 27 March – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
  • 1 June – The Oslo Tunnel opened
  • 1 November – Population Census: 4,091,132 inhabitants in Norway.
  • Røros is designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Sports

Music

Film

Literature

Notable births

Marit Bjørgen celebrates sprint gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Leif Erlend Johannessen, chess grandmaster
Lene Marlin in 2009
John Arne Riise has played more matches (110) than any other for the Norway national football team.

Notable deaths

  • 8 December – Sverre Bergh, composer and pianist (born 1915).[12]
  • 25 December – Olav Dalgard, filmmaker and literature and art historian (b.1898)

Full date unknown

References

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  10. Dahl, Hans Fredrik. "Halfdan Olaus Christophersen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
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