1977 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Olav V
• Prime Minister – Odvar Nordli

  Events

• 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. At an estimated total, this is the largest blowout in the North Sea.

  Popular culture

Sports

Music

Film

Literature

Notable births

• 30 March – Silvia K. Kosmo, politician
• 2 May – Pernille Holmboe, model
• 2 June – Alexandra Beverfjord, crime fiction writer, journalist and newspaper editor.
• 6 June – Trude Gundersen, taekwondo athlete
• 30 June – Zahid Ali, stand-up comedian
• 6 September – Mari Skurdal, journalist and newspaper editor.
• 23 October – Jarle Andhøy, adventurer and sailboat-skipper
• 21 November – Annie, pop artist and DJ
• 3 December – Jennie Johnsen, politician
• 25 December – Sylvi Listhaug, politician

  Notable deaths

• 17 January – Erling Fredriksfryd, politician
• 1 February – Edvard Hambro, politician and 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly
• 8 February – Eivind Groven, composer and music-theorist
• 3 March – Kai Knudsen, politician
• 7 March – Jørgen Leonard Firing, politician
• 22 March – Alfred Nilsen, politician
• 27 May – Kristian Birger Gundersen, politician
• 6 June – Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn, politician
• 13 June – Olav Aslakson Versto, politician
• 23 June – Asbjørn Solberg, politician
• 1 July – Torvald Kvinlaug, politician
• 2 July – Christian Schweigaard Stang, linguistics researcher and professor
• 7 July – Nils Kristian Lysø, politician and Minister
• 13 July – Edgar Christensen, boxer
• 24 July – Sigrid Sundby, speed skater
• 2 August – Alfred Sigurd Nilsen, politician
• 5 August – Gunvor Galtung Haavik, interpreter charged with espionage
• 17 August – Harald Økern, Nordic combined skier
• 2 October – Odd Frantzen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist
• 4 November – Frede Castberg, jurist
• 4 November – Sigurd Lund Hamran, politician
• 5 November – Gunnar Nordbye, United States federal judge
• 15 November – Olaf Johannessen, rifle shooter
• 24 November – Reidar Dahl, jurist and sports official, president of the Football Association of Norway.
• 5 December – Jon Mårdalen, cross country skier
• 25 December – Harald Strøm, speed skater and World Champion

  Full date missing

• Birger Bergersen, politician and Minister
• Lars Fletre, sculptor
• John Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker
• Kåre Jonsborg, painter and textile artist
• Finn Nagell, military officer, Milorg pioneer, economist and businessperson.