Incumbents

Monarch – Olav V
Prime Minister – Odvar Nordli (Labour Party)

Events

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12 September – The 1977 Parliamentary election takes place.
22 April – Ekofisk oil field blowout: an oil well blowout occurred at the Ekofisk Bravo platform, due to an incorrectly installed downhole safety valve.^[1] At an estimated 80,000–126,000 barrels (12,700–20,000 m³) total, this is the largest blowout in the North Sea.

Popular culture

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Sports

Music

Main article: 1977 in Norwegian music

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1970s § 1977

Literature

Notable births

17 January – Sverre Rotevatn, Nordic combined skier.^[2]
25 February – Ingrid Sternhoff, footballer.^[3]
7 March – Pål Grotnes, ice hockey player.^[4]
7 March – Mia Hundvin, handball player.^[5]
15 March – Anita Tomulevski, gymnast.^[6]
22 March – Linda Ørmen, footballer.^[7]
30 March – Silvia K. Kosmo, politician.^[8]
19 April – Kristin Bekkevold, footballer.^[9]
22 April – Linn Torp, cyclist.^[10]
2 May – Pernille Holmboe, model
5 May – Silje Jørgensen, footballer.^[11]
18 May – Bjarne Solbakken, alpine skier.^[12]
2 June – Alexandra Beverfjord, crime fiction writer, journalist and newspaper editor.^[13]
6 June – Trude Gundersen, taekwondo athlete.^[14]
30 June – Zahid Ali, stand-up comedian
30 June – Kjersti Horn, theater director.^[15]
24 July – Anita Rapp, footballer.^[16]
16 August – Sigmund Løvåsen, novelist and playwright.^[17]
20 August – Henning Stensrud, ski jumper.^[18]
26 August – Linda Cathrine Hofstad Helleland, politician.^[19]
6 September – Mari Skurdal, journalist and newspaper editor.^[20]
12 September – Pia Tjelta, actress.^[21]
30 September – Audun Lysbakken, politician.^[22]
7 October – Vegard Arnhoff, sailor.^[23]
23 October – Jarle Andhøy, adventurer and sailboat-skipper
12 November – Anne Molin Kongsgård, snowboarder.^[24]
21 November – Annie, pop artist and DJ
3 December – Jennie Johnsen, politician
25 December – Sylvi Listhaug, politician.^[25]
28 December – Olaug Nilssen, writer.^[26]

Notable deaths

17 January – Erling Fredriksfryd, politician (b.1905)
1 February – Edvard Hambro, politician and 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly (b.1911)
8 February – Eivind Groven, composer and music-theorist (b.1901)
3 March – Kai Knudsen, politician (b.1903)
7 March – Jørgen Leonard Firing, politician (b.1894)
22 March – Alfred Nilsen, politician (b.1892)
27 May – Kristian Birger Gundersen, politician (b.1907)
6 June – Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn, politician (b.1908)
13 June – Olav Aslakson Versto, politician (b.1892)
23 June – Asbjørn Solberg, politician (b.1893)
1 July – Torvald Kvinlaug, politician (b.1911)
2 July – Christian Schweigaard Stang, linguistics researcher and professor (b.1900)
7 July – Nils Kristian Lysø, politician and Minister (b.1905)
13 July – Edgar Christensen, boxer (b.1905)
14 July – Birger Bergersen, politician and minister (b.1891)
24 July – Sigrid Sundby, speed skater (b.1942)
2 August – Alfred Sigurd Nilsen, politician (b.1891)
5 August – Gunvor Galtung Haavik, interpreter charged with espionage (b.1912)
17 August – Harald Økern, Nordic combined skier (b.1898)
2 October – Odd Frantzen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1913)
18 October – Kristian Hauger, pianist, orchestra leader and composer (b. 1905).^[27]
4 November – Frede Castberg, jurist (b.1893)
4 November – Sigurd Lund Hamran, politician (b.1902)
5 November – Gunnar Nordbye, United States federal judge (b.1888)
15 November – Olaf Johannessen, rifle shooter (b.1890)
24 November – Reidar Dahl, jurist and sports official, president of the Football Association of Norway (born 1893).^[28]^[29]
5 December – Jon Mårdalen, cross country skier (b.1895)
25 December – Harald Strøm, speed skater and World Champion (b.1897)

Full date missing

Reidar Eriksen, trade unionist and politician (b.1894)^[30]
Lars Fletre, sculptor (b.1904)
John Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (b.1897)
Kåre Jonsborg, painter and textile artist (b.1912)
Finn Nagell, military officer, Milorg pioneer, economist and businessperson (born 1899).^[31]^[32]
Ola Solberg, newspaper editor and politician (b. 1886)