# 1983 in Norway

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Events in the year 1983 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Olav V
* Prime Minister – Kåre Willoch (Conservative Party)

## Events

* 18 March – Arnfinn Nesset is convicted of poisoning 22 patients with Curacit, a muscle relaxing drug, at a Geriatric institution in Orkdal Municipality, Norway where he was the director since 1977. Nesset was sentenced to 21 years in prison; the maximum punishment possible by Norwegian law.
* 8 June – Willoch's Second Cabinet was appointed.
* 18 August – Much of the Archbishop's Palace in Trondheim burned down.
* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
* Dagbladet switched to tabloid format.
* 100 years since the foundation of the Norwegian State Railways.

## Popular culture
### Literature
#### Events

* Odd Abrahamsen, poet, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.
* Karin Bang, poet and novelist, is awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment literature prize.

#### Novels

* Kjartan Fløgstad – U 3
* Herbjørg Wassmo – Det stumme rommet

#### Short stories

* Merethe Lindstrøm – Sexorcisten og andre fortellinger

## Notable births

* 4 January – Tarjei Dale, footballer
* 11 January – Kristian P. Wilsgård, businessman and politician.
* 16 January – Tommy Eide Møster, footballer
* 3 February – Adil Khan, actor
* 8 February – Agnes Ravatn, novelist, columnist and journalist
* 9 March – Johan Kjølstad, cross-country skier
* 27 March – Maria Bodøgaard, television presenter
* 30 March – Siri Seglem, handball player.
* 20 April – Gaute Ormåsen, singer
* 7 May – Lars Iver Strand, footballer
* 21 June – Bjørn Helge Riise, footballer
* 1 July – Marit Larsen, singer and songwriter
* 18 July – Hadia Tajik, politician
* 20 July – Stig-André Berge, wrestler.
* 2 August – Marianne Rørvik, curler
* 19 August – Johan Thorbjørnsen, footballer
* 28 October – Øyvind Hoås, footballer
* 7 November – Patrick Thoresen, ice hockey player
* 18 November – Jon Lech Johansen, programmer
* 9 December – Kristofer Hæstad, footballer

## Notable deaths

* 3 January – Ludvig Ellefsrød, politician (born 1894)
* 16 January
** Gunnar S. Gundersen, painter (born 1921)
** Arnfinn Severin Roald, politician (born 1914)
* 24 January – Johan Grøttumsbråten, skier and multiple Olympic gold medallist (born 1899)
* 10 February – Paul Oskar Lindberget, politician (born 1895)
* 7 March – Odd Lundberg, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (born 1917)
* 9 March – Lars Elisæus Vatnaland, politician (born 1892)
* 7 April – Einar Hareide, politician (born 1899)
* 12 April – Jørgen Juve, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1906)
* 14 April – Kåre Hatten, cross-country skier (born 1908).
* 17 April – Kittill Kristoffersen Berg, politician (born 1903)
* 25 April – Hans Struksnæs, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (born 1902)
* 23 May – Finn Mortensen, composer, critic and educator (born 1922)
* 26 May – Asbjørn Lillås, politician (born 1919)
* 12 June – Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen, priest and politician (born 1898)
* 23 June – Sverre Steen, historian (born 1898).
* 25 June – Oddbjørn Hagen, skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (born 1908)
* 7 August – Henning Thorvaldssøn Astrup, architect (born 1904).
* 16 August – Ragnvald Skrede, author, journalist, literary critic and translator (born 1904)
* 26 August – Hans Christian Henriksen, businessperson (born 1909)
* 10 September – Torstein Selvik, politician (born 1900)
* 12 September – Hans Borgen, politician (born 1908)
* 2 October – Helga Stene, educator (born 1904).
* 4 October – Per Hagen, politician (born 1899)
* 14 October – Halldis Stenhamar, journalist (born 1894).
* 16 October – Øivin Fjeldstad, conductor and violinist (born 1903)
* 17 October – Sonja Hagemann, literary historian and literary critic (born 1898)
* 20 October – Otto Aasen, Nordic skier (born 1894)
* 22 October – Per Thomsen, newspaper editor (born 1905).
* 28 October – Gabriel Langfeldt, psychiatrist (born 1895).
* 7 November – Einar Tommelstad, high jumper (born 1909)
* 18 November – Leo Tallaksen, politician (born 1908)
* 26 November – Oddmund Hoel, politician (born 1910)
* 10 December – Tolv Aamland, politician (born 1893)
* 21 December – Kjell Bondevik, politician and Minister (born 1901)

### Full date missing

* Christian Astrup, economist and politician for Nasjonal Samling (born 1909).
* Rasmus Nordbø, politician and Minister (born 1915)
* Hans Fredrik Wirstad, veterinarian (born 1897)