# 1988 in Norway

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Events in the year 1988 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Olav V
* Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party)

## Events

* May 6 – Widerøe Flight 710, a Dash 7, crashes in Torghatten, Norway in heavy fog, killing all 36 passengers in the worst-ever Dash 7 accident.
* February 23 – Edvard Munch's painting "Vampire" was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo.
* July – Seal hunting inspector Odd F. Lindberg submits a highly critical report on the conditions of the hunt. With the national and international attention that follows this becomes arguably the biggest news story in Norway this year.
* August – 4 people are killed in the Farsund shooting.
* August 15 – 15 people are killed in the Måbødalen bus accident.
* August 21 – The Stolen Munch painting "Vampire" is retrieved.
* December 5 – TVNorge, the first advertising-supported Norwegian channel, begins its broadcasting.

## Popular culture
### Sports

* September 15 – The International Olympic Committee awards the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

### Music

* June 26 – Leonard Cohen concert at Kalvøya, Bærum (Kalvøyafestivalen).

### Literature
## Notable births

* 7 February – Magnus Jøndal, handball player.
* 7 April – Kristoffer Brun, competitive rower.
* 12 April – Tone Damli Aaberge, singer.
* 17 April – Pernille Wibe, team handball player.
* 18 April – Willfred Nordlund, politician.
* 23 April – Sandra Borch, politician.
* 7 May – David Aleksander Sjølie, guitarist
* 17 August – Natalie Sandtorv, jazz musician
* 18 August – Are Strandli, competitive rower.
* 18 September
** Magnus Midtbø, rock climber
** Annette Obrestad, poker player
* 30 September – David Berget, film director and screenwriter
* 4 November – Atle Simonsen, politician.
* 20 November – Veronica Ljosnes, Norwegian circus performer

### Full date missing

* Siri Ulvestad, orienteering competitor.

## Notable deaths

* 1 January – Rolf Presthus, politician and Minister (born 1936)
* 9 January – Peter L. Rypdal, Norwegian fiddler and folk music composer (born 1909)
* 16 January – Inge Einarsen Bartnes, politician (born 1911)
* 21 January – Jørgen Grave, politician (born 1909)
* 18 February – Finn Havrevold, writer and illustrator (born 1905).
* 29 February – Alf Brodal, professor of anatomy (born 1910).
* 29 February – Kaare Wahlberg, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1912)
* 14 March – Johannes Pettersen Løkke, politician (born 1895)
* 17 March – Leif Granli, politician and Minister (born 1909)
* 1 April – Nils Thune, politician (born 1898)
* 17 May – Greta Nissan, actress (born 1906)
* 27 May – Lars Sæter, politician (born 1895)
* 29 May – Henry Johansen, international soccer player (born 1904)
* 8 June – Tollef Landsverk, judge and civil servant (born 1920)
* 21 June – Sverre Riisnæs, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator (born 1897)
* 28 June – Fridtjof Paulsen, speed skater (born 1895)
* 14 July – Erik Braadland, diplomat and politician (born 1910)
* 16 July – Ole Myrvoll, professor in economy, politician and Minister (born 1911)
* 19 July – Erland Asdahl, politician (born 1921)
* 19 July – Vilhelm Aubert, sociologist (born 1922)
* 19 August – Johan Møller Warmedal, politician (born 1914)
* 23 August – Alf Martinsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1911)
* 30 September – Sivert Todal, politician (born 1904)
* 18 October – Aasmund Kulien, politician (born 1893)
* 20 November – Nils Sønnevik, politician (born 1911)
* 30 December – Jan Baalsrud, resistance member (born 1917)
* 31 December – Alfred Thommesen, ship owner and politician (born 1914)

### Full date unknown

* Gunnar Andersen, ski jumper and World Champion (born 1909)
* Per Bratland, newspaper editor (born 1907)
* Olav Brunvand, newspaper editor and politician (born 1912)
* Odd Eidem, writer, journalist and literary critic (born 1913)
* Rolf Jørgen Fuglesang, politician and Minister (born 1909)
* Gerd Grieg, actress (born 1895)
* Gudmund Harlem, politician and Minister (born 1917)
* Oskar Skogly, politician and Minister (born 1908)