# 1987 in Norway

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Events in the year 1987 in Norway.

## Incumbents

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

## Events

* 12 February – Oslo Central Station (Oslo S) opens.
* August – the Mosjøen Airport was opened.
* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

## Popular culture
### Sports

* The 1987 World Powerlifting Championships are held in Fredrikstad.
* 4 September – Ingrid Kristiansen wins the 10,000 metres race at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics.

### Literature

* Herbjørg Wassmo is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for Hudløs himmel.

### Television
## Notable births

* 22 January – Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, cross-country skier
* 2 February – Håvard Bøkko, speed skater
* 18 February – Torstein Horgmo, snowboarder.
* 27 March – Lene Egeli, model
* 17 May – Edvald Boasson Hagen, road racing cyclist
* 11 June – Didrik Solli-Tangen, singer.
* 16 June – Per Ciljan Skjelbred, footballer
* 5 July – Alexander Kristoff, road bicycle racer
* 10 July – Kari Elisabeth Kaski, politician.
* 31 July – Amrita Acharia, actress
* 3 August – Alexander Søderlund, footballer
* 18 August – Siri Tollerød, model
* 1 September – Mats Zuccarello, ice hockey player
* 22 September – Tom Hilde, ski jumper
* 11 October – Mads Østberg, rally driver
* 21 October – Tonje Brenna, politician.
* 24 November – Renate Reinsve, actress.

## Notable deaths

* 5 January – Herman Smith-Johannsen, cross-country skier and supercentenarian (born 1875)
* 20 January – Tove Pihl, educator and politician (born 1924)
* 14 February – Einar Wøhni, politician (born 1920)
* 26 February – Leif Efskind, surgeon (born 1904).
* 26 February – Knut Frydenlund, politician and Minister (born 1927)
* 1 March – Reidar Andreas Lyseth, politician (born 1904)
* 3 March – Trygve Owren, politician (born 1912)
* 29 April – Ludvig Olai Botnen, politician (born 1910).
* 13 May – Signe Amundsen, operatic soprano (born 1899)
* 20 May – Otto Carlmar, film producer, writer and actor (born 1902)
* 31 May – Kolbein Lauring, WWII resistance member (born 1914)
* 16 June – Aage Myhrvold, cyclist (born 1918).
* 20 June – Knut Hoem, politician and Minister (born 1924)
* 30 June – Torborg Nedreaas, author (born 1906)
* 30 June – Thor Thorvaldsen, sailor and twice Olympic gold medallist (born 1904)
* 31 July – Sverre Moen, politician (born 1921)
* 22 August – Arne Brustad, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1912)
* 28 August – Gunnar Berg, a national director of the Boy Scouts of America (born 1897)
* 12 September – Bjørn Erling Ytterhorn, politician (born 1923)
* 19 September – Einar Gerhardsen, politician (born 1897)
* 6 October – Roald Jensen, international soccer player (born 1943)
* 26 October – Bjørge Lillelien, sports journalist and commentator (born 1927)
* 4 November – Tor Halvorsen, trade unionist, politician and Minister (born 1930)
* 26 November – Ståle Kyllingstad, sculptor (born 1903).
* 7 December – Petter Jacob Semb Meyer, judge and politician (born 1902).
* 19 December – Ruth Krefting, painter and playwright (born 1900).

### Full date unknown

* Thomas Offenberg Backer, engineer (born 1892)
* Reidar Carlsen, politician and Minister (born 1908)
* Finn Isaksen, politician and Minister (born 1924)
* Aage Samuelsen, evangelist, singer and composer (born 1919)
* Harald Wergeland, physicist (born 1912)