# 1986 in Norway

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Events in the year 1986 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Olav V
* Prime Minister – Kåre Willoch (Conservative Party) until 9 May, Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party)

## Events

* 5 March – Eleven Norwegian soldiers are killed in an avalanche near Narvik in Nordland County.
* 3 May – Eurovision 1986 is held in Bergen.
* 9 May – Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes Prime Minister of Norway for the second time.
* 9 May – Brundtland's Second Cabinet was appointed.
* Norsk Hydro acquires Årdal og Sunndal Verk in a merger to create the light metal division Hydro Aluminium.

## Popular culture
### Sports

* 5 July – Ingrid Kristiansen breaks her own world record in the 10,000 metres at Bislett stadion, recording a time of 30:13.74 minutes.

### Television
## Notable births

* 10 February – Joakim Hykkerud, handball player.
* 27 February – Tom Kalsås, politician.
* 10 March – Jon Aaraas, ski jumper.
* 7 April – Stine Kufaas, athlete.
* 18 April – Tina Bru, politician.
* 9 May – Gine Cornelia Pedersen, writer and actress.
* 2 June – Lars Berrum, comedian.
* 22 June – Christian Spanne, handball player.
* 27 June – Stine Tomb, athlete.
* 8 July – Gisle Meininger Saudland, politician.
* 15 July – Arif Salum, rapper and singer.
* 24 July (in Somalia) – Marian Abdi Hussein, politician.
* 31 August – Elisabeth Slettum, athlete.
* 8 October – Camilla Herrem, handball player.
* 9 October – Jan Christian Vestre, businessperson and politician.
* 26 November – Åshild Bruun-Gundersen, politician.
* 5 December – Cathrine Larsåsen, athlete.

### Full date missing

* Mari Moen Holsve, writer.

## Notable deaths

* 5 January – Eivind Sværen, shot putter (born 1917)
* 15 January – Knut Brynildsen, international soccer player (born 1917)
* 24 February – Arthur Rydstrøm, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1896)
* 26 March – Asbjørn Ruud, ski jumper and World Champion (born 1919)
* 23 April – Harald Nicolai Samuelsberg, politician (born 1911)
* 6 May – Toralf Westermoen, engineer, pioneer for the development of high speed craft (born 1914)
* 19 May – Knut Rød, police officer responsible for the transfer of Jewish people to SS troops in Oslo, acquitted (born 1900)
* 23 June – Kåre Siem, musician and writer (born 1914).
* 6 August – Hans-Jørgen Holman, musicologist and educationalist (born 1925)
* 10 August – Jon Snersrud, skier and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1902)
* 8 September – Idar Norstrand, civil servant and politician (born 1915)
* 24 September – Harald Selås, politician (born 1908)
* 25 September – Hans Vogt, linguist (born 1903)
* 18 October – Sverre Ingolf Haugli, speed skater and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1925)
* 22 October – Thorgeir Stubø, jazz guitarist, band leader, and composer (born 1943)
* 30 October – Olaf Hansen, boxer (born 1906)
* 31 October – Alfred Hauge, novelist, poet and historian (born 1915)
* 4 November – Thorolf Rafto, human rights activist and professor in Economic History (born 1922)
* 15 November – Erling Fjellbirkeland, research administrator (born 1911).
* 23 November – Olaf Hoffsbakken, Nordic skier, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion (born 1908)
* 8 December – Harald Throne-Holst, industrial leader (born 1905).
* 11 December – Olav O. Nomeland, politician (born 1919)
* 13 December – Jarl Johnsen, boxer (born 1913)
* 14 December – John Anker Johansen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1894)
* 21 December – Helge Sivertsen, discus thrower, politician and Minister (born 1913)
* 31 December – Ole Johansen, politician (born 1904)

### Full date unknown

* Sverre Marstrander, professor in archaeology (born 1910).