1990 in Norway

← 1989 1988 1987 1990 in Norway → 1991 1992 1993
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1990 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Olav V
• Prime Minister - Jan P. Syse (Conservative Party) until 3 November, Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party)

Events

• 1 January - The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise is founded as a merger of the Federation of Norwegian Industries, the Norwegian Employers' Confederation and the Federation of Norwegian Craftsmen.^[1]
• 8 April - Passenger Ferry MS Scandinavian Star catches fire en route from Norway to Denmark. 159 people are killed in the event.
• 15 April - Miss Norway Mona Grudt is crowned Miss Universe in Los Angeles, USA.
• 3 November -
  • Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes Prime Minister of Norway for the third time
  • Brundtland's Third Cabinet was appointed.
  • Population Census: 4,247,546 inhabitants in Norway.

Popular culture

Film

Notable births

• 22 February - Scott Winkler, ice hockey player (d.2013)

Notable deaths

Carsten Byhring

• 1 January - Ingvald Bjerke, boxer (b.1907)
• 2 February – Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa, folk musician, fiddler (b.1910).^[2]
• 7 February - Anna Sofie Herland, politician (b.1913)
• 22 March - Eivind Holmsen, sport shooter (b.1894)
• 6 April - Carsten Byhring, actor (b.1918)
• 12 April - Borghild Bondevik Haga, politician (b.1906)
• 14 April - Alv Kjøs, politician (b.1894)
• 13 May - Arnljot Karstein Eidnes, politician (b.1909)
• 13 June - Gidsken Jakobsen, aviation pioneer (b.1908)
• 27 June - Olav Benum, politician (b.1896)
• 15 July - Magnus Jensen, historian and educator (born 1902).^[3]
• 19 July - Egil Aarvik, politician (b.1912)
• 27 July - Rolf Andersen, politician (b.1916)
• 1 August - Roar Berthelsen, long jumper (b.1934)
• 25 August - Ingvarda Røberg, politician (b.1895)
• 10 October - Erling Gjone, architect (born 1898).^[4]
• 12 October - Leif Larsen, naval officer (b.1906)
• 12 October - Peter Wessel Zapffe, author and philosopher (b.1899)
• 21 October - Eugen Haugland, triple jumper (b.1912)
• 29 October - Albert Andreas Mørkved, politician (b.1898)
• 4 November - Håkon Melberg, linguist (b.1911)
• 7 November - Sigurd Monssen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1902)
• 8 November - Nils Reinhardt Christensen, film director and screenwriter (b.1919)
• 21 December - Per Høybråten, politician (b.1932)
• 22 December - Claus Marius Neergaard, politician (b.1911)
• 24 December - Thorbjørn Egner, playwright, songwriter and illustrator (b.1912)
• 27 December - Kåre Rønning, politician (b.1929)

Full date unknown

• Sigurd Anderson, nineteenth Governor of South Dakota (b.1904)
• Karl Egil Aubert, mathematician (b.1924)
• Per Bergersen, musician (b.1960)
• Leonard Borgzinner, essayist, political philosopher, science fiction author, illustrator and fanzine editor (b.1957
• Arne Dagfin Dahl, military officer (b.1894)
• Inger Koppernæs, politician and Minister (b.1928)
• Odd Kvaal Pedersen, journalist, author and translator (b.1935)
• Niels Werring, shipowner (b.1897)

References

External links

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