1985 in Norway

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Events in the year 1985 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Olav V of Norway
• Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch (Conservative Party)

Events

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• 25 February - The trial of the accused spy Arne Treholt starts.
• 20 June – Arne Treholt was sentenced to 20 years in prison for espionage.
• 9 September – The 1985 Parliamentary election takes place.
• 3 December - The Rock carvings at Alta, Norway's only prehistoric World Heritage Site, is designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
• The volcano Beerenberg on the Norwegian volcanic island Jan Mayen erupts.

Popular culture

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Sports

Music

A-ha in concert in 2005

• 4 May - With the song "La det swinge" ("Let it swing"), Norway's Norwegian pop duo Bobbysocks! wins Eurovision Song Contest 1985.
• 16 September - Norwegian Pop band A-ha releases a new version of their single Take On Me, which debuted last year, featuring a cartoon music video of a motor race; within weeks it is a number one hit worldwide in countries including the United Kingdom and the United States of America.^{[citation needed]}

Film

Literature

• Fredrik Skagen, writer, is awarded the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize.
• Harald Sverdrup, poet and children's writer, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.^[1]

Notable births

• 16 April - Ingeborg Gjærum, environmentalist
• 29 May - Benjamin Hermansen, murder victim (d.2001)
• 2 July - Gunnhold Sundli, singer and actor
• 12 August - Kirby Ann Basken, model
• 15 September - Iselin Steiro, model
• 11 October - Margaret Berger, electropop singer and songwriter

Notable deaths

• 10 January - André Bjerke, writer and poet (b.1918)
• 16 January - Arnt Njargel, politician (b.1901)
• 19 January - Svein Rosseland, astrophysicist (b.1894)
• 6 February - Inger Hagerup, author, playwright and poet (b.1905)
• 6 February - Harald Johan Løbak, politician and Minister (b.1904)
• 4 March - Odd Rasdal, long distance runner (b.1911)
• 4 March - Sverre Strandli, hammer thrower and European Champion (b.1925)
• 12 March - Ragnvald Marensius Gundersen, politician (b.1907)
• 7 April - Torstein Børte, politician (b.1899)
• 23 April - Asbjørn Sunde, sailor, saboteur and spy (b.1909)
• 24 April - Bernt Ingvaldsen, politician (b.1902)
• 26 April - Kåre Martin Hansen, politician (b.1913)
• 28 May - Haakon Hansen, boxer (b.1907)
• 29 May - Einar Thorsrud, psychologist, researcher and professor (b.1923)
• 26 June - Torstein Kvamme, politician (b.1893)
• 9 July - Trygve Braarud, botanist (b.1903)
• 5 August - Olav Kielland, composer and conductor (b.1901)
• 12 August - Halvor Bjellaanes, politician (b.1925)
• 12 August - Kåre Stokkeland, politician (b.1918)
• 22 August - Peter Torleivson Molaug, politician (b.1902)
• 26 August - Ole Rømer Aagaard Sandberg, politician (b.1900)
• 7 September - Finn Seemann, international soccer player (b.1944)
• 4 October - Trond Halvorsen Wirstad, politician (b.1904)
• 30 October - Nils Hjelmtveit, politician and Minister (b.1892)
• 10 November - Olav Sunde, javelin thrower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1903)
• 22 November - Gudolf Blakstad, architect (b.1893)

Full date unknown

• Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen, poet and travel writer (b.1915)
• Jan Bull, author and theatre instructor (b.1927)
• Thorbjørn Feyling, ceramist and designer (b.1907)

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