# 1971 in Norway

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Events in the year 1971 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Olav V
* Prime Minister – Per Borten (Centre Party) until 17 October, Trygve Bratteli (Labour Party)

## Events

* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
* 17 March – Bratteli's First Cabinet was appointed.
* 22 May – The crew quarters of the Norwegian passenger ship MS Meteor catches on fire outside Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 32 people of the ship's crew are killed in the event.
* 22 September – Princess Märtha Louise of Norway is born.

## Popular culture
### Literature

* Per Arneberg, poet, prosaist and translator is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.
* Gunvor Hofmo, writer and poet, is awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for Gjest på jorden (Guest on Earth).
* Stein Mehren, poet, novelist, essayist and playwright, is awarded the Dobloug Prize literature award.
* Arild Nyquist, novelist, poet, children's writer and musician, is awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize.

## Notable births

* 1 February – Harald Brattbakk, footballer and pilot
* 18 February – May Britt Lagesen, politician
* 18 March – Hilde Synnøve Lid, freestyle skier
* 24 March – Bengt Rune Strifeldt, politician.
* 3 April – Ingvild Vaggen Malvik, politician
* 5 April – Åslaug Sem-Jacobsen, politician
* 6 April – Mona Grudt, model and 1990 Miss Universe
* 13 May – Espen Lind, songwriter, producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist
* 16 May – Pia Wedege, luger
* 15 June – Vibeke Larsen, politician
* 28 June – Dagrun Eriksen, politician
* 28 June – Steinar Opstad, poet
* 20 July – Guro Angell Gimse, politician
* 9 September – Ann Cathrin Eriksen, handball player
* 12 September – Tom Strømstad Olsen, politician
* 29 September – Frida Melvær, politician
* 2 October – Anette Igland, footballer
* 5 October – Ole Robert Reitan, businessperson
* 18 October – Line Henriette Holten Hjemdal, politician
* 17 November – Tonje Sagstuen, handball player
* 22 November – Geir Hartly Andreassen, cinematographer
* 22 November – Gunnar Wærness, poet
* 2 December – Linn T. Sunne, children's writer
* 10 December – Arnfinn Kristiansen, bobsledder

## Notable deaths

* 5 January – Elling M. Solheim, writer (born 1905).
* 16 January – Halfdan Gran Olsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1910)
* 29 January – Bjarne Guldager, sprinter (b.1897)
* 31 January – Gunnar Jahn, jurist, economist and politician (b.1883)
* 21 February – Johs Haugerud, politician (b.1896)
* 24 February – Hartvig Svendsen, politician (b.1902)
* 1 March – Harald Damsleth, cartoonist, illustrator and ad-man (b.1906)
* 11 March – Julius Sundsvik, novelist and newspaper editor (b.1891)
* 1 April – Hans Svarstad, politician (b.1883)
* 2 May – Olaf Barda, chess player, first Norwegian International Master (b.1909)
* 24 May – Haakon Hansen, politician (b.1907)
* 1 June – Aksel Jacobsen Bogdanoff, communist (b.1922)
* 2 June – Per Mathiesen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1885)
* 26 June – Halvor Birkeland, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1894)
* 29 June – Thorstein John Ohnstad Fretheim, politician (b.1886)
* 15 July – Nic. Stang, art historian and writer (b.1908)
* 16 July – Birger Brandtzæg, merchant and owner of a fishing station (b.1893)
* 19 July – Hans Kristian Bromstad, politician (b.1903)
* 20 July – Olaf Ingebretsen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1892)
* 6 August – Finn Moe, politician (b.1902)
* 19 August – Arthur Sundt, politician (b.1899)
* 4 September – Bjarne Lyngstad, politician and Minister (b.1901)
* 23 September – Signy Arctander, statistician and economist (b.1895)
* 29 September – Johannes Lid, botanist (b.1886)
* 5 October – Marit Hemstad, sprinter (b.1928)
* 5 October – Marit Øiseth, cross country skier (b.1928)
* 17 October – Leif Grøner, banker and politician (b.1884)
* 22 October – Håkon Ellingsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1894)
* 18 November – Leif Bjorholt Burull, politician (b.1895)
* 24 November – Nils Hønsvald, politician and Minister (b.1899)
* 2 December – Erling Viksjø, architect (b.1910)
* 10 December – Arne Langset, politician (b.1893)
* 12 December – Kristian Johan Bodøgaard, politician (b.1885)