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Events in the year 1988 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Olav V
• Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party)

Events

• May 6 – Widerøe Flight 710, a Dash 7, crashes in Torghatten, Norway in heavy fog, killing all 36 passengers in the worst-ever Dash 7 accident.^{[citation needed]}
• February 23 – Edvard Munch's painting "Vampire" was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo.^{[citation needed]}
• July – Seal hunting inspector Odd F. Lindberg submits a highly critical report on the conditions of the hunt. With the national and international attention that follows this becomes arguably the biggest news story in Norway this year.[1]
• August – 4 people are killed in the Farsund shooting.
• August 15 – 15 people are killed in the Måbødalen bus accident.
• August 21 – The Stolen Munch painting "Vampire" is retrieved.
• December 5 – TVNorge, the first advertising-supported Norwegian channel, begins its broadcasting.

Popular culture

Sports

• September 15 – The International Olympic Committee awards the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

Music

• June 26 – Leonard Cohen concert at Kalvøya, Bærum (Kalvøyafestivalen).

Film

Literature

Notable births

• 7 February – Magnus Jøndal, handball player.^[1]
• 7 April – Kristoffer Brun, competitive rower.^[2]
• 12 April – Tone Damli Aaberge, singer.
• 17 April – Pernille Wibe, team handball player.^[3]
• 18 April – Willfred Nordlund, politician.^[4]
• 23 April – Sandra Borch, politician.^[5]
• 7 May – David Aleksander Sjølie, guitarist
• 17 August – Natalie Sandtorv, jazz musician
• 18 August – Are Strandli, competitive rower.^[6]
• 18 September
  • Magnus Midtbø, rock climber ^[7]
  • Annette Obrestad, poker player
• 30 September – David Berget, film director and screenwriter^[8]
• 4 November – Atle Simonsen, politician.^[9]
• 20 November – Veronica Ljosnes, Norwegian circus performer

Full date missing

• Siri Ulvestad, orienteering competitor.^[10]

Notable deaths

• 1 January – Rolf Presthus, politician and Minister (born 1936)
• 9 January – Peter L. Rypdal, Norwegian fiddler and folk music composer (born 1909)^{[citation needed]}
• 16 January – Inge Einarsen Bartnes, politician (born 1911)
• 21 January – Jørgen Grave, politician (born 1909)
• 29 February – Alf Brodal, professor of anatomy (born 1910).^[11]
• 29 February – Kaare Wahlberg, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1912)
• 14 March – Johannes Pettersen Løkke, politician (born 1895)
• 17 March – Leif Granli, politician and Minister (born 1909)
• 1 April – Nils Thune, politician (born 1898)
• 17 May – Greta Nissan, actress (born 1906)
• 27 May – Lars Sæter, politician (born 1895)
• 29 May – Henry Johansen, international soccer player (born 1904)
• 8 June – Tollef Landsverk, judge and civil servant (born 1920)
• 21 June – Sverre Riisnæs, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator (born 1897)
• 28 June – Fridtjof Paulsen, speed skater (born 1895)
• 14 July – Erik Braadland, diplomat and politician (born 1910)
• 16 July – Ole Myrvoll, professor in economy, politician and Minister (born 1911)
• 19 July – Erland Asdahl, politician (born 1921)
• 19 July – Vilhelm Aubert, sociologist (born 1922)
• 19 August – Johan Møller Warmedal, politician (born 1914)
• 23 August – Alf Martinsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1911)
• 30 September – Sivert Todal, politician (born 1904)
• 18 October – Aasmund Kulien, politician (born 1893)
• 20 November – Nils Sønnevik, politician (born 1911)
• 30 December – Jan Baalsrud, resistance member (born 1917)
• 31 December – Alfred Thommesen, ship owner and politician (born 1914)

Full date unknown

• Gunnar Andersen, ski jumper and World Champion (born 1909)
• Per Bratland, newspaper editor (born 1907)
• Olav Brunvand, newspaper editor and politician (born 1912)
• Odd Eidem, writer, journalist and literary critic (born 1913)
• Rolf Jørgen Fuglesang, politician and Minister (born 1909)
• Gerd Grieg, actress (born 1895)
• Gudmund Harlem, politician and Minister (born 1917)
• Oskar Skogly, politician and Minister (born 1908)