Events in the year 1996 in Norway.
Incumbents Monarch – Harald V. Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party) until 25 October, Thorbjørn Jagland (Labour Party)
Events
15 January – Nordic Biker War – An explosive device is thrown at the headquarters of the Hells Angels hangaround club Screwdrivers MC in Hamar, Norway.Issues in Global Crime. Department of State publication. The Bureau. 1998. p. 78. 18 January – Nordic Biker War – The Customizers' clubhouse in Oslo is struck with a petrol bomb. 26 January – Nordic Biker War – Seven shots are fired at a car carrying several Outlaws members outside the Customizers' clubhouse in Alnabru, Oslo. 27 February – Arbeider-Avisa ceases publication. 10 March – Nordic Biker War – The Hells Angels carried out a twin attack on Bandidos members at Copenhagen Airport and Oslo Airport, Fornebu. 29 August – Operafjell Accident: Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on Spitsbergen, an island in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, killing all 141 on board. 3 September – Hijacked Hemus Air Flight 7081 lands with 8 crew members at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen at 20:04 UTC+1. 21 September – Såner Station in Vestby, Norway closes. 25 October – Gro Harlem Brundtland resigns as Prime Minister of Norway for the third time. 25 October – Jagland's Cabinet was appointed. 30 October – Nordic Biker War – A car bomb explodes outside the Hells Angels headquarters in Oslo. 1 December –
Popular culture
Sports 19–24 February – The World Ski Orienteering Championships is held in Lillehammer. 23 March – Sportkanalen launches. 19 July–4 August – Norway at the 1996 Summer Olympics. 30 December – Sportkanalen closes. The ice hockey team Viking IK goes bankrupt after their 1996 season.
Music
18 May 18 – 1996 Eurovision Song Contest is hosted in Oslo. Norwegian entrant Elisabeth Andreassen finished in second place with the song "I evighet" and had 114 points. Norwegian rock band Vagabond splits up due to the reformation of TNT. The September When splits up.
Film
Literature Øystein Lønn is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize for Hva skal vi gjøre i dag og andre noveller. Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine by Jostein Gaarder is published."Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine | ISBNdb". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-04-11. Don't Look Back () by Karin Fossum is published. Brødre i blodet by Ingvar Ambjørnsen is published. Naïve. Super. by Erlend Loe is published. Melancholy II by Jon Fosse is published.
Television
ZTV Norway closes down after an unsuccessful year.
Notable births
4 January – Lene Retzius, athleteOlympedia 8 January – Niklas Castro, footballer 22 January – André Sødlund, footballer 23 January – Varg Støvland, footballer. 25 January – Lotte Miller, triathlete. 29 January – Nora Foss al-Jabri, singer 30 January – Kristian Østby, ice hockey player.
7 February – Sondre Rossbach, footballer 13 February – Vebjørn Hoff, footballer 15 February – Per Kristian Bråtveit, footballer 15 February – Synne Jensen, footballer 19 February – Tore Navrestad, BMX riderOlympedia 19 February – Lars-Jørgen Salvesen, footballer 25 February – Jonathan Lindseth, footballer 26 February – Runar Espejord, footballer 26 February – Bjørn Inge Utvik, footballer 28 February – Karsten Warholm, athlete Olympedia
3 March – Tor André Skimmeland Aasheim, footballer 10 March – Aslak Fonn Witry, footballer 14 March – Moa Högdahl, handball player 20 March – Cecilie Fiskerstrand, footballer 21 March – Aurora Mikalsen, footballer 24 March – Karina Sævik, footballer.
8 April – Sander Øverjordet, handball playerOlympedia 10 April – Fabian Wilkens Solheim, alpine skier 13 April – Kristoffer Halvorsen, cyclist 14 April – Rasmus Martinsen, footballer 14 April – Vajebah Sakor, footballer 19 April – Fredrik Michalsen, cross-country skier 22 April – Ivan Näsberg, footballer 24 April – Oda Maria Hove Bogstad, footballer 24 April – Henrik Furuseth, racing driver
1 May – Gustav Iden, triathleteOlympedia 3 May – Morten Konradsen, footballer 5 May – Morten Thorsby, footballer 11 May – Tobias Drevland Lund, politician. 18 May – Josefine Frida Pettersen, actress 23 May – Anna Bjørke Kallestad, handball player 28 May – Mathias Normann, footballer 29 May – Halvor Egner Granerud, ski jumper 30 May – Åse Kristin Ask Bakke, politician.
3 June – Elise Skinnehaugen, handball player 6 June – Kristoffer Madsen, cyclist 15 June – Aurora Aksnes, singer and songwriter 22 June – Kristian Sæverås, handball playerOlympedia 29 June – Kristin Lysdahl, alpine skierOlympedia 29 June – Alexandra Rotan, singer
3 July – Maria Hjertner, handball player 6 July – Sigrid Schjetne, murder victim (d. 2012) 12 July – Sverre Bjørkkjær, footballer 15 July – Iver Fossum, footballer 17 July – Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen, footballer 19 July – Sheriff Sinyan, footballer 21 July – Mikael Ingebrigtsen, footballer 21 July – Viljar Myhra, footballer 21 July – Markus Nakkim, footballer 23 July – Alexandra Andresen, heiress 23 July – Maria Mollestad, windsurferOlympedia 28 July – Rasmus Tiller, cyclist
August 4 August – Moses Mawa, footballer 4 August – Mohamed Ofkir, footballer 6 August – Kristine Bjørdal Leine, footballer 8 August – Syver Wærsted, cyclist 13 August – Christian Bull, ice hockey player 13 August – Mattis Stenshagen, cross-country skier 30 August – Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen, footballer 31 August – Robin Pedersen, ski jumper
5 September – Sigrid Raabe, singer and songwriter 14 September – Zymer Bytyqi, footballer (born in Belgium) 15 September – Fredrik Michalsen, footballer 17 September – Herman Kleppa, footballer 20 September – Mathias Skjold, cyclist 22 September – Bent Sørmo, footballer 23 September – Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, biathleteOlympedia 28 September – Erik Resell, racing cyclist 29 September Lotta Udnes Weng, cross-country skier Tiril Udnes Weng, cross-country skier
1 October – Melanie Stokke, tennis player 9 October Henrik Christiansen, swimmer. Tonje Haug Lerstad, handball player Sondre Ringen, ski jumper. 10 October – Fredrik Flo, footballer 13 October – Jonathan Quarcoo, athlete 16 October – Ludvig Hoff, ice hockey playerOlympedia 20 October – Henrik Fagerli Rukke, speed skaterOlympedia 22 October – Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, cross-country skier. 29 October – Astrid S, singer, songwriter and model 30 October – Vetle Langedahl, politician.
1 November – Alexander Betten Hansen, footballer 4 November – Adelén Steen, singer 9 November – Kevin Gulliksen, handball playerOlympedia 12 November – Sunniva Næs Andersen, handball player 24 November – Thea Louise Stjernesund, alpine skier
5 December – Solveig Skaugvoll Foss, politician 27 December – Timon Haugan, alpine skier 26 December – Erik Hægstad, mountain bikerOlympedia
Full date missing Thea Sofie Loch Næss, actress
Notable deaths January
5 January – Knut Løfsnes, politician (born 1918). 8 January – Olaf Knudson, politician (b. 1915) 13 January – Johannes Kvittingen, bacteriologist and resistance member (b. 1906) 15 January – Nils Jørgensen, fencer (b. 1911)Olympedia 18 January – Kirsten Langbo, children's writer, singer-songwriter, radio entertainer and puppeteer (b. 1909). 24 January – Sigurd Bratlie, church leader (b. 1905) 20 January – Bente Grønli, para-athlete (b. 1956) 25 January – Arnold Juklerød, activist (b. 1925) 25 January – Sigmund Gjesdal, politician (b. 1929)
February
4 February – Sigmund Moren, author (b. 1913). 6 February – Knut Blom, judge (b. 1916) 13 February – Willy Arne Wold, politician (b. 1929)
March 1 March – Hårek Ludvig Hansen, politician (b. 1901) 1 March – Thorleif Vangen, cross-country skier (b. 1920)Olympedia 4 March – Knut Skaaluren, politician (b. 1916) 11 March – Thorleif Olsen, footballer (b. 1921)Olympedia 14 March – Maj Sønstevold, Swedish composer (b. 1917) 19 March – Erik Egeland, journalist and art critic (b. 1921) 21 March – Sverre Sørsdal, boxer (b. 1900)Olympedia 27 March – Bjarne Vik, politician (b. 1916) 28 March – Jacob R. Kuhnle, newspaper editor (b. 1907) 30 March – Hjalmar Hvam, Nordic skier and inventor (b. 1902)
April 2 April – Jens Henrik Nordlie, military officer (b.1910). 10 April – Hans Beck, ski jumper (b. 1911)Olympedia 10 April – Gunnar Konsmo, speed skater (b. 1922)Olympedia 11 April – Trygve Brodahl, cross-country skier (b. 1904)Olympedia 11 April – Caspar Stephansen, civil servant (b. 1923) 16 April – Rolf Haugland, politician (b. 1925) 18 April – Richard August Riekeles, barrister (b. 1904) 23 April – Edvard Kaurin Barth, resistance member and zoologist (b.1913). 23 April – Gunnar Henningsmoen, palaeontologist (b. 1919) 26 April – Anders Hauge, politician (b. 1903)
May
1 May – Arvid Johansen, politician (b. 1910) 5 May – Bjarne Hervik, politician (b. 1911) 12 May – Kirsten Sand, architect (b. 1895) 20 May – Kristian Lien, politician (d. 1915)
June
11 June – Kari Berggrav, photographer (b. 1911) 15 June – Petra Mohn, politician (b. 1911) 17 June – Erling Kaas, athlete (b. 1915, died in France)Olympedia 27 June – Victor Borg, physician and writer (b. 1916). 28 June – Birger Breivik, politician (b. 1912) 28 June – Ola Solum, film director (b. 1943)
July 1 July – Einar Hovdhaugen, politician (b. 1908) 2 July – Arvid Brodersen, sociologist (b. 1904). 2 July – Olaf Kolstad, businessman (b. 1920) 4 July – Stein Åros, politician (b. 1952) 4 July – Magnhild Hagelia, politician (b. 1904) 13 July – Karen Simensen, figure skater (b. 1907)Olympedia 15 July – Hans Svendsgård, politician (b. 1937) 16 July – Jan Krogh Jensen, Danish mobster (b. 1958) 19 July – Sverre Wilberg, actor (b. 1929) 20 July – Bernt Østerkløft, Nordic combined skier (b. 1906)Olympedia 21 July – Inger Jacobsen, singer and actress (b. 1923) 23 July – Georg Lous Jr., barrister (b. 1916) 25 July – Nini Haslund Gleditsch, activist (b. 1908). 26 July – Olav Totland, politician (b. 1904)
August 1 August – Else Høst, literary historian (b. 1908) 5 August – Helge Kvamme, jurist and businessman (b. 1938) 20 August – Bjarne Øverhaug, journalist and politician (b. 1927) 22 August – Kjell Borgen, politician (b. 1939) 23 August – Sverre Holm, sociologist (b.1910). 23 August – Øivind Holmsen, footballer (b. 1912).Olympedia
September
3 September – Erling Christie, author (b. 1928) 4 September – Gunvor Blich, politician (b. 1908) 13 September – Thorvald Wilhelmsen, athlete (b. 1912) 14 September – Odin Hansen, politician (b. 1918) 20 September – Max Manus, resistance member and memoirist (b. 1914) 25 September – Helge Jakobsen, politician (b. 1901) 25 September – Arne Lie, civil servant and politician (b. 1927) 27 September – Johnny Larntvet, ice hockey player (b. 1916)Olympedia
October
1 October – Carl Fredrik Engelstad, writer and theatre director (b. 1915). 9 October – Per Asplin, actor (b. 1928) 11 October – Rolf Wideröe, physicist (b. 1902) 11 October – Lasse Glomm, film director (b. 1944) 15 October – Leo Eitinger, psychiatrist, author and educator (b. 1912) 16 October – Einar Johansen, engineer and resistance member (b. 1915) 25 October – Eva Lund Haugen, author and editor (b. 1907) 25 October – Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen, first person born and raised in South Georgia (b. 1913) 27 October – Kaare Melhuus, politician (b. 1915)
November 2 November – Egil Eriksen, educator and politician (b. 1909) 3 November – Martin Siem, businessman and resistance member (b. 1915). 4 November – Kjetil Mårdalen, Nordic combined skier (b. 1925)Olympedia 5 November – Arne Hendriksen, ceramicist and opera singer (b. 1911) 7 November – Sverre Kolterud, Nordic combined skier (b. 1908)Olympedia 13 November – Katja Medbøe actress (b. 1945) 20 November – Jens Boyesen, diplomat and politician (b.1920). 23 November – Torstein Olav Kuvaas, politician (b. 1908) 23 November – Annar Poulsson, businessman (b. 1911) 29 November – Olav Hestenes, barrister (b. 1930).
December 5 December – Adolf Bredo Stabell, diplomat (b. 1908) 5 December – John Engh, architect (b. 1915)