1986 in Norway

• 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 Song Contest 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. Music Film Literature 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). ==See also==