1993 in Norway

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Events in the year 1993 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Harald V of Norway
• Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party)

Events

• 30 April - Norway's registered partnership civil union law is passed.
• 1 August - Norway's registered partnership civil union law comes into effect, granting same-sex couples the same rights as married couples, except for the right to adopt or marry in a church..
• 10 August - Black metal musician Varg Vikernes murders Euronymous, another black metal musician. Vikernes gets sentenced to 21 years in prison (maximum sentence under Norwegian law).
• 20 August – Negotiations concerning agreements between the government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) are conducted secretly in Oslo and eventually conclude with the signing of the first agreement in the Oslo Accords between by Foreign Minister Shimon Peres for Israel, Mahmoud Abbas for the PLO and Secretary of State Warren Christopher for the United States.
• 13 September – The 1993 Parliamentary election takes place. The Labour Party won a plurality of seats, and Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland remained in office.
• 11 October - The Norwegian publisher William Nygaard was shot three times outside his home in Dagaliveien in Oslo. The assassination attempt was most likely committed by Islamic fundamentalists whom wanted to kill him for publishing the Norwegian edition of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses.
• 27 October - Widerøe Flight 744, a De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, crashes in Overhalla, Norway on approach to Namsos Airport, killing both pilots and four passengers; the crash is also known as the Namsos Accident.
• Alta Museum receives the European Museum of the Year Award.

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Notable deaths

• 12 January - Margit Tøsdal, politician (b.1918)
• 25 January - Nils Kristen Jacobsen, politician (b.1908)
• 28 January - Erik Herseth, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1892)
• 31 January - Frithjof Ulleberg, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1911)
• 7 February - Erling Dekke Næss, shipowner and businessman (b.1901)
• 17 March - Thorstein Treholt, politician and Minister (b.1911)
• 28 March - Per Sonerud, politician (b.1915)
• 17 April - Torstein Eckhoff, civil servant and professor of law (b.1916)
• 18 June - Brynjulf Bull, lawyer, Supreme Court advocate and politician (b.1906)
• 24 June - Odd Sagør, politician and Minister (b.1918)
• 30 June - Iver Johan Unsgård, politician (b.1903)
• 30 July - Sigmund Søfteland, speed skater (b.1923)
• 10 August - Euronymous, black metal guitarist (b.1968)^[1]
• 21 August - Thor Fossum, politician (b.1916)
• 14 September - Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug, rifle shooter, Olympic gold medallist and multiple World Champion (b.1915)
• 14 October - Harald Hennum, international soccer player (b.1928)
• 18 November - Arvid Fladmoe, composer and conductor (b.1915)
• 27 November - Einar Landvik, Nordic skier (b.1898)
• 6 December - Jørgen Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson (b.1901)

Full date unknown

• Aagot Børseth, actor (b.1898)
• Johan Hambro, journalist (b.1915)
• Hans Andreas Ihlebæk, journalist (b.1930)
• Jens Christian Mellbye, judge (b.1914)
• Nils Johan Rud, novelist, short story writer and magazine editor (b.1908)
• Simen Skjønsberg, journalist and writer (b.1920)
• Tor Skjønsberg, resistance leader, politician and Minister (b.1903)
• Olav Torpp, traffic engineer and civil servant (b.1907)
• Johan Vestly, illustrator (b.1923)

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