1967 in Norway

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See also:	List of years in Norway

The following events occurred in Norway in the year 1967.

• Monarch – Olav V
• Prime Minister – Per Borten (Centre Party)

• 1 January – The Norwegian National Insurance Act (Folketrygdloven) was introduced.
• 22 October – The opening of the Tjeldsund Bridge.
• September 22 – The first major electoral test for the four-party bourgeois coalition government.^[1]
• 24 November – The voting age in Norway was set to 20 years of age.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
• The Government Pension Fund of Norway (Norwegian: Statens pensjonsfond Norge or SPN) was established by the Norwegian National Insurance Act (Folketrygdloven)
• Natur og Ungdom is established.^[2]

• 11 to 12 February – The World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men are held in Oslo.^[3][4]
• Walter Presch coaches the Norwegian football team.^[5]

• Per Hansson, journalist and writer, is awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment literature prize.
• Hallvard Rieber-Mohn, writer and Dominican priest, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.
• Astrid Tollefsen, poet, is awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for the poetry collection Hendelser.^[6]
• Johan Borgen is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for the short story collection Nye noveller.^[7]

• 1 January – Trude Brænne Larssen, novelist
• 5 January – Kjetil Skogrand, historian and politician.^[8]
• 10 January – Jan Åge Fjørtoft, footballer.^[9]
• 12 January (in Sweden) – Vendela Kirsebom, model and actress
• 12 January – Stig Kleven, sport wrestler.^[10]
• 14 January (in Sweden) – Rolf Gupta, composer and conductor.^[11]
• 20 January – Ivar Bern, chess player
• 21 January – Geir Waage, politician
• 28 January – Dag-Eilev Fagermo, footballer
• 30 January – Pål Christian Roland, health administrator and politician.^[12]

• 1 February
  • John Hegre, guitarist, songwriter and sound engineer
  • Kjetil Storesletten, economist
• 3 February
  • Gisle Kverndokk, composer.^[13]
  • Børge Petersen-Øverleir, guitarist
• 4 February – Trond-Arne Bredesen, Nordic combined skier.^[14]
• 8 February
  • Kent Bergersen, footballer
  • Lise Davidsen, soprano.^[15]
• 12 February – Stein Inge Brækhus, jazz musician.^[16]
• 15 February – Trond Egil Soltvedt, footballer
• 16 February – Hanne Hogness, handball player.^[17]
• 18 February – Nina Sandberg, politician.^[18]
• 21 February – Marianne Aasen, politician.^[19]
• 22 February – Audun Erlien, jazz musician
• 26 February – Audun Skorgen, jazz musician

• 7 March
  • Helje Solberg, journalist.^[20]
  • Knut Yrvin, software developer
• 9 March
  • Siri Broch Johansen, Sami author, singer, and textbook writer.^[21]
  • Per Espen Stoknes, politician.^[22]
• 11 March
  • Ole Einar Martinsen, footballer
  • Liv Gustavsen, politician.^[23]
  • Håkon Storm-Mathisen, jazz musician
• 13 March – Tone-Helen Toften, politician.^[24]
• 18 March – Kjetil Bjørklund, politician.^[25]
• 19 March – Frode Scheie, handball player.^[26]
• 22 March – Brage Sandmoen, football referee
• 27 March – Sølvi Olsen Meinseth, athlete.^[27]
• 31 March – Ivar Kolve, jazz musician

• 3 April – Berit Digre, handball player.^[28]
• 4 April – Siv Mossleth, politician.^[29]
• 5 April – Erland Johnsen, footballer
• 6 April – Eirin Kristin Sund, politician.^[30]
• 8 April – Margit Bakken, musician
• 14 April – Frode Unneland, musician
• 17 April – Kenneth Blom, painter (born in Denmark).^[31]
• 19 April
  • Bodil Arnesen, operatic soprano.^[32]
  • Tine Sundtoft, civil servant and politician.^[33]
• 20 April – Frode Thomassen, footballer
• 21 April – Knut Erling Granaas, sledge hockey goaltender
• 24 April – Magnus Grønneberg, singer
• 26 April – Alf Kåre Tveit, footballer
• 27 April
  • Dag Stokke, musician (d. 2011)
  • Hege Stendahl, cyclist.^[34]
  • Bjørnar Valstad, orienteering competitor

• 6 May – Heidi Grande Røys, politician.^[35]
• 12 May – Espen Berntsen, football referee
• 15 May – Simen Agdestein, chess player.^[36]
• 19 May
  • Rannveig Andresen, politician.^[37]
  • Ingjerd Egeberg, actress and theatre director.^[38]
  • Morten Tyldum, film director.^[39]
• 23 May – John Krogstie, computer scientist
• 24 May – Morten Finstad, ice hockey player.^[40]
• 25 May – Knut Holte, footballer
• 26 May – Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen, footballer
• 27 May – Kristen Skjeldal, cross-country skier.^[41]
• 28 May – Hanne Vataker, sport shooter.^[42]
• 29 May – Brynjar Meling, lawyer.^[43]

• 1 June – Endre Brunstad, linguist
• 3 June – Stein Morten Lier, crime fiction writer.^[44]
• 4 June
  • Knut Frostad, competitive sailor.^[45]
  • Terje Sørvik, politician.^[46]
  • Runar Steinstad, Paralympian athlete
• 8 June (in Sweden) – Amy Jönsson Raaholt, tennis player
• 13 June – Sunniva Ørstavik, civil servant.^[47]
• 17 June – Cato Tom Andersen, ice hockey player.^[48]
• 18 June – Berit Opheim, singer.^[49]
• 19 June – Bjørn Dæhlie, cross-country skier and businessman.^[50]
• 20 June
  • Regina Alexandrova, politician.^[51]
  • Grunde Njøs, speed skater.^[52]
• 22 June – Morten Wold, politician.^[53]
• 26 June – Laila Thorsen, politician.^[54]
• 27 June – Runar Søgaard, management coach
• 28 June – Anne Rygh Pedersen, politician.^[55]
• 29 June – Johann Roppen, educator
• 30 June – Sture Fladmark, footballer
• 30 June (in Sweden) – Lars Vågberg, curler.^[56]

• 1 July – Karin Nordstad, politician.^[57]
• 2 July
  • John Christian Elden, barrister and politician.^[58]
  • Torgeir Larsen, diplomat and politician^[59]
• 3 July – Lisbet Rugtvedt, politician.^[60]
• 3 July – Sindre Ekrheim, poet.^[61]
• 4 July – Stig Rasch, handball player
• 10 July – Morten Kræmer, footballer
• 11 July
  • Trygve Allister Diesen, TV and film director, producer and screenwriter
  • Bent-Ove Pedersen, tennis player
• 19 July
  • Wegard Harsvik, politician.^[62]
  • Tom Johansen, ice hockey player.^[63]
• 20 July – Per J. Jordal, jurist and politician
• 25 July – Tommy Skjerven, football referee
• 26 July – Gunn Karin Gjul, politician.^[64]
• 27 July
  • Hans-Christian Gabrielsen, politician and trade unionist.^[65]
  • Hans Mathisen, jazz guitarist

• 1 August
  • Hugo Hansen, footballer
  • Vibeke Karlsen, football referee.^[66]
• 7 August – Gunnar Fosseng, handball player
• 11 August – Petter Wettre, jazz musician.^[67]
• 12 August – Anne Marie Halvorsen, sport wrestler.^[68]
• 17 August – Hilde Strømsvold, footballer
• 22 August – Merete Agerbak-Jensen, politician.^[69]
• 28 August – Solrun Flatås, cyclist.^[70]
• 29 August – Jon Almaas, television presenter and writer.^[71]
• 29 August (in Iceland) – Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, programmer and businessman
• 31 August – Anita Moen, cross-country skier.^[72]

• 1 September – Carl Gunnar Gundersen, ice hockey player.^[73]
• 5 September – Sturla Berg-Johansen, stand-up comedian, imitator, actor and television host
• 9 September (in Australia) – Bjarne Melgaard, artist.^[74]
• 14 September – Jens Lien, film director.^[75]
• 20 September – Pål Jackman, film director and musician.^[76]
• 23 September – Cathrine Roll-Matthiesen, handball player.^[77]

• 2 October – Petter Belsvik, footballer.^[78]
• 6 October – Svend Karlsen, strongman, powerlifter, and IFBB professional bodybuilder
• 9 October – Ola Elvestuen, politician.^[79]
• 11 October
  • Minna Nystedt, speed skater.^[80]
  • Erik Pedersen, footballer
• 12 October – Frode Olsen, footballer.^[81]
• 20 October
  • Petter Schjerven, television host
  • Kjersti Toppe, politician.^[82]
• 24 October – Lisbeth Bakken, footballer.^[83]

• 4 November – Jørn Hurum, paleontologist.^[84]
• 10 November – Kårstein Eidem Løvaas, politician^[85] (born in the US)
• 17 November – Mons Ivar Mjelde, footballer
• 29 November – Ole Gustav Gjekstad, handball player and coach.^[86]
• 30 November
  • Arild Andresen, film director
  • Bent Ånund Ramsfjell, curler.^[87]

• 3 December – Sjur Robert Nilsen, ice hockey player
• 12 December – Ingrid Steen, handball player.^[88]
• 14 December
  • Hanne Haugland, high jumper.^[89]
  • Anne Ryg, actress
• 15 December – André Flem, footballer
• 17 December – Ingjerd Thon Hagaseth, politician.^[90]
• 19 December – Stig Traavik, civil servant and diplomat.^[91]
• 21 December – Tonje Skinnarland, military officer.^[92]
• 23 December – Irene Nordli, sculptor

• April – Paal Kibsgaard, petroleum engineer and businessman
• Helge Blakkisrud, political scientist
• Herman Cappelen, philosopher
• Remi Eriksen, businessman
• Steinar Haugli, sport shooter
• Erik W. Jakobsen, business economist
• Linda Johansen, magazine editor and businesswoman
• Thor Alex Kappfjell, offshore worker and BASE jumper (d. 1999).^[93]
• Javed Kurd, music producer
• Johannes W. Løvhaug, historian
• Jelena Porsanger, Sami ethnographer (born in the Soviet Union)
• Petter S. Rosenlund, dramatist
• Oddrun Samdal, academic
• Pål Thonstad Sandvik, historian
• Kjetil Ulven, ski orienteer
• Cecilie Cottis Østreng, poet

• 3 January – H. O. Bergqvist, engineer, businessman and politician (b. 1889)
• 12 January – Per Øisang, journalist and radio and television presenter^[94] (b.1920)
• 21 January – Halfdan Magnus Mustad, businessman (b. 1874).^[95]
• 27 January – Christian A. R. Christensen, newspaper editor (b. 1906).^[95][96]
• 28 January – Leonhard Seppala, sled dog breeder, trainer and musher (b. 1877).^[97]
• 29 January – Gunnar Ousland, writer, editor and politician for the Labour Party(b.1877).^[98]
• 31 January – Peder Nikolai Leier Jacobsen, politician (b.1888).^[95]
• 10 February – Harald Warholm, politician (b.1920).^[99]
• 13 February – Edvin Alten, judge (b.1876).^[95][100]
• 15 February – Rasmus Sørnes, inventor, clockmaker and radio technician (b.1893).^[101]
• 16 February – Amund Rydland, stage and film actor and theatre director (b. 1888).^[102]
• 25 February – Olaf Willums, painter and printmaker (b. 1886).^[103]
• 26 or 27 February – Thor Solberg, aviation pioneer (b. 1893).^[95][104]
• 28 February – Kaare Strøm, limnologist (b.1902).^[105]
• 3 March – Mons Lid, politician and Minister (b.1896).^[95]
• 3 March – Jan Petersen, archaeologist (b. 1887).^[95]
• 8 March – Asbjørn Lindboe, politician (b. 1889).^[95]
• 16 March – Jakob Sande, writer, poet and folk singer (b.1906).^[106]
• 20 March – Anders Bjørgaard, illustrator (b. 1891).^[107]
• 23 March – Lalla Carlsen, singer and actress (b. 1889).^[95][108]
• 2 April – Richard Peterson, tennis player (b. 1884).^[109]
• 5 April – Johan Falkberget, author (b.1879).^[110]
• 14 April – Bertha Bele, politician (b. 1893).^[111]
• 20 April – Birger Ljungberg, politician and minister (b.1884).^[112]
• 2 May – Paul Martin Dahlø, politician (b.1885).^[113]
• 5 May – Hans Amundsen, journalist and politician (b. 1885).^[95]
• 14 May – Jens Isak de Lange Kobro, politician and Minister (b.1882).^[95][114]
• 22 May – Knut Gysler, equestrian (b. 1888).^[115]
• 24 May – Dagfinn Dahl, barrister (b. 1887).^[95][116]
• 26 May – Astri Welhaven Heiberg, painter (b. 1881).^[117]
• 7 June – Finn Schiander, sailor (b. 1889).^[118]
• 9 June – Gunnar Neels-Hansson, theatre director (b. 1883).^[95]
• 10 June – Halvard Angaard, sport shooter (b. 1898).^[119]
• 11 June – Johan Sigurd Karlsen, politician (b.1894).^[120]
• 15 June – H. Chr. J. Borchgrevink, engineer and politician (b. 1891).^[95]
• 16 June – Ragnar Vold, journalist (b. 1906).^[121]
• 20 June – Hans Oskar Evju, politician (b.1886).^[122]
• 23 June – Otto Lous Mohr, medical doctor (b. 1886).^[95][123]
• 11 July – Martin Tranmæl, socialist leader (b.1879).^{[95][124][125]}
• 25 July – Anton Marius Jenssen, merchant and politician (b. 1879).^[95]
• 26 July – Arne Ording, historian and politician (b. 1898).^[95][126]
• 2 August – Haavard Martinsen, chemist and industrial leader (b. 1879).^[95][127]
• 11 August – Olav Moe, fiddler (b. 1872).^[95]
• 13 August – Trygve Pedersen, sailor and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1884).^[128]
• 16 August – Arthur Omre, novelist and writer of short stories (b. 1887).^[129]
• 16 August – Marguerite Thoresen, ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1908).^[130][131]
• 18 August – Ivar Bae, politician (b.1896).^[95]
• 27 August – Herman Sotaaen, track and field athlete (b. 1888).^[132]
• 28 August – Nils Langhelle, politician and Minister (b.1907).^[133]
• 5 September – Thorleif Dahl, philologist and businessman (b. 1891).^[95][134]
• 5 September – Alfred Maurstad, actor, movie director and theatre manager (b. 1896).^[95][135]
• 15 September – Hannibal Fegth, rower (b. 1879).^[136]
• 17 September – Sven Thaulow, sport swimmer (b. 1905).^[137]
• 19 September – Andreas Hagelund, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1881).^[138]
• 6 October – Sigurd Moen, speed skater and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1897).^[139]
• 8 October – Johan Schreiner, historian (b. 1903).^[140]
• 15 October – Ejnar Tønsager, rower (b.1888).^[141]
• 20 October – Sverre Iversen, trade unionist, civil servant and politician (b. 1879).^[95][142]
• 21 October – Fridtjof Mjøen, actor and theatre director (born 1897).^[95][143]
• 29 October – Roy Mikkelsen, a Norwegian born, American Olympic ski jumper (b. 1907).^[144]
• 2 November – Leif Rode, competitive rower, jurist, sports official, poet and playwright (b. 1885).^[95][145]
• 5 November – Erling Johnson, chemical engineer (b. 1893)
• 21 November – Gunvald Bøe, archivist and historian (b. 1903/1904)
• 26 November – Johannes Hanssen, bandmaster, composer and teacher (b.1874).^[146]
• 1 December – Elen Christensen, sculptor (b. 1904).^[147]
• 2 December – Johannes Andersen, long-distance runner (b.1888).^[148]
• 7 December – Daniel Johansen, track and field athlete (b.1885).^[149]
• 9 December – Ragnar Solberg, poet (b. 1898).^[150]
• 12 December – Alf Larsen, poet, essayist and magazine editor (b. 1885).^[95][151]
• 22 December – Wilhelm Faye, military officer and war historian (b. 1881).^[95]
• 30 December – Kjell Gjøstein Aabrek, politician (b.1901).^[152]

• Erling Tambs, writer and sailor (b. 1888)
• Harry Ivarson, film director and screenwriter (b. 1892)