1989 in Norway

Events in the year 1989 in Norway.

Incumbents

Monarch – Olav V
Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party) until 16 October, Jan P. Syse (Conservative Party)

Events

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23 January – A offshore earthquake of magnitude 5 takes place in western Norway.{{Cite journal |last=Hansen |first=Roger A. |last2=Bungum |first2=Hilmar |last3=Alsaker |first3=Alfred |date=May 1989 |title=Three recent larger earthquakes offshore Norway |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3121.1989.tb00371.x |journal=Terra Nova |language=en |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=284–295 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-3121.1989.tb00371.x |issn=0954-4879}}
30 March – The Oseberg oil field and the first gas pipeline to mainland Norway were opened.
1 June – Pope John Paul II visited Norway for the first time. This was the first time a pope has ever visited Norway.
9 May – the ban on Skateboarding in Norway, which was in act since 1978, is removed.
7 July – The opening of the Atlanterhavsveien Road.
8 September – A Norwegian passenger plane crashed outside Hirtshals. All the 55 on board died.{{Cite web |last=Associated Press |first= |date=1989-09-09 |title=55 Killed in Crash of Norwegian Plane : None Aboard Survive as Craft Plunges Into Sea Near Denmark |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-09-mn-1568-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220085646/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-09-mn-1568-story.html |archive-date=December 20, 2024 |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
11 September – The 1989 Parliamentary election takes place.
9 October – The opening of the Sami Parliament of Norway.
16 October – Gro Harlem Brundtland resigns, with her cabinet, as Prime Minister of Norway for the second time.
16 October – Syse's Cabinet was appointed.

Popular culture

=Sports=

3 November – Torgeir Bryn becomes the first Norwegian to play in the NBA, when he played 2 minutes for the Los Angeles Clippers against Houston Rockets.

= Music =

=Film=

=Literature=

Dag Solstad is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for Roman 1987.{{cite web|url=http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/nordic-council-prizes/nordisk-raads-litteraturpris/winners-of-the-nordic-council-literature-prize/1989 |website=norden.org |title=Nordic Council Literature Prize |archive-date=29 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129003933/http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/nordic-council-prizes/nordisk-raads-litteraturpris/winners-of-the-nordic-council-literature-prize/1989 |accessdate=17 November 2020 }}

Notable births

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1 January – Marianne Haukland, politician.{{cite web |title=Haukland, Marianne |publisher=Stortinget |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=MHAU |language=Norwegian |accessdate=8 October 2017 }}
29 January – Marita Skammelsrud Lund, Norwegian footballer
2 February – Nils Kristen Sandtrøen, politician.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Nils Kristen Sandtrøen |first1=Knut Are |last1=Tvedt |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Nils_Kristen_Sandtrøen |language=no |access-date=16 November 2022}}
10 February – Birgit Skarstein, competitive rower and cross-country skier.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Birgit Skarstein |first1=Magne |last1=Bolme |first2=Svein |last2=Askheim |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Birgit_Skarstein |language=no |access-date=11 September 2021}}
19 February – Torbjørn Vereide, politician.{{cite web |title=Vereide, Torbjørn (1989-) |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=TVER |website=stortinget.no |language=no |access-date=5 October 2021}}
1 March – Espen Lie Hansen, handball player.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/men/2018-19/player/530894/Espen+Lie+Hansen |title=Espen Lie Hansen|website=eurohandball.com |accessdate=19 May 2019}}
8 March – Emily Stang Sando, handball player.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/women/2018-19/player/529862/Emliy+Stang+Sando|title=Emliy Stang Sando|website=eurohandball.com|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 May 2019|archive-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527173739/http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/women/2018-19/player/529862/Emliy%2BStang%2BSando|url-status=dead}}
14 May – Petter Kristiansen, singer and songwriter.
21 June – Kristina Leganger Iversen, writer and literary scholar.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Kristina Leganger Iversen |first=Espen |last=Tørset |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Kristina_Leganger_Iversen |language=no |access-date=26 July 2024 }}
14 July – Jonathan Nordbotten, alpine skier.{{cite web |title=Jonathan Nordbotten |website=olympedia.org |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/137709 |access-date=25 March 2023}}
18 November – Christoffer Rambo, handball player.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/men/2013-14/player/530901/Christoffer+Rambo |title=Christoffer Rambo |website=eurohandball.com |accessdate=19 May 2019 |archive-date=23 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123114622/http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/men/2013-14/player/530901/Christoffer+Rambo |url-status=dead }}

Notable deaths

9 January – Øivind Jensen, boxer (born 1905)
10 January – Kai Fjell, painter, printmaker and scenographer (born 1907)
11 January – Thor Myklebust, politician (born 1908)
4 February – Johanne Reutz Gjermoe, economist and politician (born 1896).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Johanne Reutz Gjermoe |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Lill-Ann |last=Jensen |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Johanne_Reutz_Gjermoe/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=17 August 2013}}
19 February – Sigurd Marius Johansen, politician (born 1906)
2 March – Claus Egil Feyling, politician (born 1916)
7 April – Per Hysing-Dahl, politician (born 1920)
7 May – Anton Rønneberg, writer, theatre critic, dramaturg and theatre director (born 1902).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Anton Rønneberg |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Anton_Rønneberg |language=Norwegian |accessdate=23 July 2024}}
17 May – Hallvard Eika, politician and Minister (born 1920)
25 May – Arne Selberg, bridge engineer (born 1910).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Arne Selberg |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Erik |last=Hjorth-Hansen |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Arne_Selberg/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=6 November 2012}}
23 June – Arne Tuft, cross country skier (born 1911)
5 August – John Larsen, rifle shooter, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (born 1913)
12 August – Lillebil Ibsen, dancer and actress (born 1899)
25 August – Hans Børli, poet and writer (born 1918)
16 October – Hans Frette, politician (born 1927)
22 October – Bjarne Daniel Solli, politician (born 1910)
28 October – Johannes Lislerud, politician (born 1911)
30 November – Ingeborg Refling Hagen, author and teacher (born 1895)
9 December – Gunnar Bøe, economist and politician (born 1917)
30 December – Gunn Vigdis Olsen-Hagen, politician (born 1946)

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Rolf Hauge, army officer (born 1915)
Andreas Holmsen, professor and historian (born 1906)
Leif Iversen, politician (born 1911)
Paulus Svendsen, historian of literature and ideas (born 1904)