1989 in Norway

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Events in the year 1989 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Olav V of Norway
• Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party) until 16 October, Jan P. Syse (Conservative Party)

Events

• 11 September – The 1989 Parliamentary election takes place.
• 16 October - Gro Harlem Brundtland resigns, with her cabinet, as Prime Minister of Norway for the second time.

Arts and literature

• Gunvor Hofmo, writer and poet, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.
• Åge Rønning, writer and journalist, is awarded the Dobloug Prize literature award.

Deaths

January to March

• 9 January - Øivind Jensen, boxer (b.1905)
• 10 January - Kai Fjell, painter, printmaker and scenographer (b.1907)
• 11 January - Thor Myklebust, politician (b.1908)
• 19 February - Sigurd Marius Johansen, politician (b.1906)
• 2 March - Claus Egil Feyling, politician (b.1916)

April to June

• 7 April - Per Hysing-Dahl, politician (b.1920)
• 7 May - Anton Rønneberg, writer, theatre critic, dramaturg and theatre director (b.1902)
• 17 May - Hallvard Eika, politician and Minister (b.1920)
• 23 June - Arne Tuft, cross country skier (b.1911)

July to December

• 5 August - John Larsen, rifle shooter, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (b.1913)
• 25 August - Hans Børli, poet and writer (b.1918)
• 16 October - Hans Frette, politician (b.1927)
• 22 October - Bjarne Daniel Solli, politician (b.1910)
• 28 October - Johannes Lislerud, politician (b.1911)
• 30 November - Ingeborg Refling Hagen, author and teacher (b.1895)
• 9 December - Gunnar Bøe, economist and politician (b.1917)
• 30 December - Gunn Vigdis Olsen-Hagen, politician (b.1946)

Full date unknown

• Andreas Holmsen, professor and historian (b.1906)
• Leif Iversen, politician (b.1911)
• Paulus Svendsen, historian of literature and ideas (b.1904)