1983 in Scotland
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{{Year in Scotland| 1983}}
Events from the year 1983 in Scotland.
Incumbents
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Events
- 11 May – Aberdeen F.C. beat Real Madrid 2–1 (after extra time) to win the European Cup Winner's Cup.
- 21 May – Aberdeen beat Rangers 1–0 to win the Scottish Cup.
- 30 September – Megget Reservoir officially opened.
- 5 October – Harviestoun Brewery established.
- 24 October – Dennis Nilsen goes on trial at the Central Criminal Court in London accused of six murders and two attempted murders. He confesses to murdering "15 or 16" young men.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/24/newsid_3184000/3184987.stm|title=1983: Nilsen 'strangled and mutilated' victims|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2007-11-25|date=1983-10-24}}
- 4 November – Dennis Nilsen is sentenced to life imprisonment.
- 20 December – Aberdeen beat European Cup Winners Hamburg 2–0 to become the first Scottish club to win the UEFA Super Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/20101220/on-this-day_2212158_2243845|work=On This Day|first=Kevin|last=Stirling|title=Tuesday 20 December 1983|publisher=Aberdeen Football Club|access-date=2012-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223090514/http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/20101220/on-this-day_2212158_2243845|archive-date=23 December 2010|url-status=dead}}
- Brae oilfield production begins.
- Glasgow Central Mosque built.
Births
- 1 January – Mark Beaumont, adventurer
- 27 January – Douglas Ross, Conservative politician
- 8 February – Ashley Mulheron, actress and television presenter
- 14 March – Anas Sarwar, Labour politician
- 15 March – Sean Biggerstaff, actor
- 8 June – Allan Dick, field hockey goalkeeper
- 22 August – Julie Kilpatrick, field hockey player
- 20 September – Freya Ross, née Murray, long-distance runner
- 30 September – Louise Munn, field hockey defender
Deaths
- 27 April – Christina Larner, historian (born 1933 in England){{cite book |last1=Ewan |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Pipes |first2=Rose |last3=Rendall |first3=Jane |last4=Reynolds |first4=Siân |title=The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women |date=2018 |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-1-4744-3629-8 |page=240}}
- 5 July – Alec Cheyne, international footballer (born 1907)
- August – Winifred Rushforth, psychoanalyst (born 1885)
- 26 August – Major-General Douglas Wimberley, soldier (born 1896)
- 20 September – Andy Beattie, international footballer and manager (born 1913)
The arts
- 17 February – release of Bill Forsyth's film Local Hero.
- 6 September – ITV broadcasts the Scottish Television-produced police procedural Killer, set in Glasgow, pilot for the series Taggart.{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/fifty-years-on-stv-set-for-studio-switch-1-512174|title=Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=2004-07-03|access-date=2012-04-28}}
- 21 October – Burrell Collection opened in Glasgow.
- Alternative rock band Del Amitri is formed in Glasgow.
- Alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain is formed in East Kilbride.
- Folk rock band The Proclaimers is formed by twins Craig and Charlie Reid of Auchtermuchty.
- Gael Turnbull publishes his poems From the Language of the Heart: Some Imitations from the Gaelic of Sine Reisideach in Glasgow.