1981 in Norway

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Events in the year 1981 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Olav V of Norway
• Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli (Labour Party) until 4 February, Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party) until 14 October, Kåre Willoch (Conservative Party)

Events

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Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes the first female Prime Minister of Norway

• 4 February – Brundtland's First Cabinet was appointed.Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes the first female Prime Minister of Norway
• 14 October - The government of Gro Harlem Brundtland resigns
• 14 October – Willoch's First Cabinet was appointed.
• 5 November - Five people are killed when a seaplane crashes in the Forsand municipality.
• 6 December – The 1981 Parliamentary election takes place.
• Norway becomes the first country in the world to enact a law to prevent discrimination against homosexuals.
• The Hessdalen light UFO phenomenon emerged in December and occurred with high frequency for the next several years.

Popular culture

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Sports

Music

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Literature

Notable births

• 1 July - Kirsti Bergstø, politician
• 9 August - Azar Karadaş, soccer player
• 29 October - Lene Alexandra, singer and model

Notable deaths

• 12 January - Olav Marensius Strandås, politician (b.1900)
• 16 January - Birger Haug, high jumper (b.1908)
• 22 January - Torgeir Svendsen, politician (b.1910)
• 1 February - Geirr Tveitt, composer and pianist (b.1908)
• 11 February - Haakon Olsen Wika, politician (b.1899)
• 11 March - Jonas Enge, politician (b.1908)
• 11 May - Odd Hassel, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (b.1897)
• 7 June - Asbjørn Listerud, politician (b.1905)
• 11 August - Arne Skaare, politician (b.1907)
• 28 August - Bjarne Fjærtoft, politician (b.1899)
• 31 October - Bent Røiseland, politician (b.1902)
• 4 November - Sverre Helgesen, high jumper (b.1903)
• 25 November Sigbjørn Hølmebakk, author (b.1922)
• 18 December - Olav Rasmussen Langeland, politician (b.1904)

Full date unknown

• Alf-Jørgen Aas, painter (b.1915)
• Per Arneberg, poet, prosaist and translator (b.1901)
• Jens Gram Dunker, architect (b.1892)
• Olav Larssen, newspaper editor (b.1894)
• Knut Robberstad, jurist and philologist (b.1899)

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