1966 in Norway

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Events in the year 1966 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Olav V of Norway
• Prime Minister - Per Borten (Centre Party)

Events

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The Storskog border control between Norway and the Soviet Union is opened

• 7 August - The Storskog border control between Norway and the Soviet Union is opened. It remains the only legal border crossing from Norway to Russia till this day.
• The first Bislett Games were held at Bislett Stadium in Oslo.

Popular culture

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Sports

Music

Film

Literature

• Karin Bang, poet and novelist, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.^[1]
• Ebba Haslund, novelist, is awarded the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize for the novel Det trange hjerte.^[2]

Notable births

• 9 February - Harald Eia, comedian
• 2 May - Øyvind Rimbereid, author and poet
• 6 June - Hans Ingvald Hansen Ratvik, politician (b.1881)
• 11 July - Arnfinn Bårdsen, judge
• 14 July - Brynjar Lia, historian and research professor
• 27 October - Helene Falch Fladmark, politician
• 27 October - Hege Nerland, politician (d.2007)
• 28 September - Alvhild Hedstein, politician
• 19 December - Sylvia Brustad, politician and Minister

Notable deaths

• 24 March - Morten Ansgar Kveim, pathologist (b.1892)
• 26 March - Wilhelm Engel Bredal, politician (b.1907)
• 2 April - Sverre Hope, politician (b.1902)
• 10 April - Jens Marcus Mottré, politician (b.1886)
• 28 May - Harry Haraldsen, speed skater (b.1911)
• 5 July - Ole Jørgensen, politician (b.1897)
• 14 July - Nils Andresson Lavik, politician (b.1884)
• 17 July - Nils Dahl, middle distance runner (b.1882)
• 16 August - Carl Klæth, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1887)
• 20 August - Marie Ingeborg Skau, politician (b.1890)
• 26 August - Nils Asheim, politician (b.1895)
• 13 September - Alfred Engelsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1893)
• 15 October - Jon Andrå, politician (b.1888)
• 25 November - Hans Reidar Holtermann, commander of Hegra Fortress (b.1895)
• 13 December - Ingvald Johannes Jaklin, politician (b.1896)
• 26 December - Christopher Dahl, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1898)

Full date unknown

• Birger Braadland, politician (b.1879)
• Hans Engen, journalist, diplomat and politician (b.1912)
• Anders Moen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1887)
• Asbjørn Øverås, educator (b.1896)
• Einar Skjæraasen, author (b.1900)

References

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