# 1991 in Norway

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Events in the year 1991 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Olav V (until January 17), then Harald V
* Regent: Harald (until January 17)
* Prime Minister: Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party)

## Events

* 17 January – Olav V, King of Norway dies
* 3 September – The siblings Aase Helene and Arne Odvar Nordby, aged 78 and 74, were murdered and then were robbed in their home in Tistedalen.
* Rjukanbanen railway line closes (opened in 1909).
* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

## Popular culture
### Sports

The World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 1991 are held in Geilo and Hemsedal.

### Literature
## Notable births

* 12 January – Sondre Nordstad Moen, long-distance runner.
* 12 February – Ragnhild Haga, cross-country skier.
* 15 February – Kari Brattset, handball player.
* 17 March – Øystein Mathisen, politician.
* 4 April – Martine Ek Hagen, cross-country skier.
* 5 April – Nora Mørk, handball player.
* 5 April – Thea Mørk, handball player.
* 29 June – Helene Næss, competitive sailor.
* 13 July – Sebastian Foss Solevåg, alpine skier.
* 25 July – Amanda Kurtović, handball player.
* 29 August – Mari Holm Lønseth, politician.
* 25 September – Stine Bredal Oftedal, handball player.
* 19 November – Ingvild Wetrhus Thorsvik, politician.
* 31 December – Sandra Bruflot, politician.

## Notable deaths
### January to March

* 12 January – Kåre Berven Fjeldsaa, ceramics designer (born 1918)
* 17 January
** Olav V of Norway, King of Norway (born 1903)
** Alf Sanengen, resistance member, chemist, research administrator (born 1913)
* 22 January – Arnholdt Kongsgård, ski jumper (born 1914)
* 23 January – Ole Peder Arvesen, engineer and mathematician (born 1895).
* 25 January – Per Gjelten, Nordic skier (born 1927).
* 29 January – Ingebrigt Davik, singer and songwriter (born 1925).
* 31 January –
** Einar Hildrum, landscape architect and magazine editor (born 1902)
** Åge Rønning, writer and journalist (born 1925).
* 5 February
** Torgeir Andersen, politician (born 1916)
** Tora Øyna, politician (born 1898)
* 7 February – Arne Randers Heen, mountain climber (born 1905).
* 21 February – Oscar Christian Gundersen, politician (born 1908)
* 25 February – Sverre Hansen, long jumper (born 1899)

### April to June

* 8 April – Pelle "Dead" Ohlin, vocalist (born 1969)
* 10 April – Otto Berg, long jumper (born 1906)
* 11 April – Dag Ramsøy Bryn, diplomat and politician (born 1909)
* 17 April – Gulborg Nygaard, politician (born 1902)
* 21 April – Andreas Frivåg, politician (born 1925)
* 24 April – Haakon Tranberg, sprinter (born 1917)
* 2 May – Jens Haugland, politician (born 1910)
* 3 May – Sverre Heiberg, photographer (born 1912).
* 17 May – Lars L'Abée-Lund, police (born 1910).
* 10 June – Anders Sæterøy, politician (born 1901)
* 30 June – Harald L. Tveterås, librarian (born 1904).

### July to September

* 10 July – Aase Bye, actress (born 1904)
* 25 July – Per Almaas, politician (born 1898)
* 28 July – Lars Tangvik, politician (born 1902)
* 2 August – Alf Martin Bjørnø, politician (born 1923)
* 3 August – Olaf Aarvold, priest and politician (born 1899)
* 6 August – Georg Krog, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (born 1915)
* 24 August – Åge Ramberg, politician (born 1921)
* 7 September – Haakon Pedersen, speed skater (born 1906)
* 8 September – Odd Bull, air force officer, Chief of Air Staff (born 1907)

### October to December

* 17 October – Håkon Johnsen, politician (born 1914)
* 18 October – Gunnar Sønstevold, composer (born 1912)
* 29 October – Johan Støa, multi-sportsman (born 1900)
* 3 November – Finn Alnæs, novelist (born 1932).
* 20 November – Kåre Kivijärvi, photographer (born 1938)
* 15 December – Reidar Andersen, ski jumper (born 1911)
* 20 December – Sigri Welhaven, sculptor (born 1894).
* 27 December – Arne Holst, bobsledder (born 1904)
* 31 December – Elise Fliflet, politician (born 1893)

### Full date unknown

* Eigil Gullvåg, newspaper editor and politician (born 1921)
* Olav Harald Jensen, economist (born 1917)
* Selmer Nilsen, fisherman who spied for the KGB (born 1931)