1970 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Olav V
• Prime Minister – Per Borten

  Events

• 27 April – The oil company Phillips Petroleum makes a new oil discovery in the North Sea. The Ekofisk oil field remains one of the most important oil fields in the North Sea.
• 7 May – Norway's Resistance Museum is opened to the public.
• 17 May – Thor Heyerdahl and his crew sets sail from Morocco towards Latin America aboard Ra II, a papyrus boat modeled after ancient Egyptian sailing vessels, in an attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean and prove his theory that the ancient Egyptians sailed to America in ancient times.
• 19 June – The Nature Conservation Act was adopted.
• 12 July – Ra II arrives in Barbados.
• 20 September – A volcano eruption occurs on Jan Mayen. As a result, the island is evacuated.
• 1 November – Population Census: 3,874,133 inhabitants in Norway.
• Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget is opened for traffic

  Popular culture

Sports

Music

Film

Literature

• Finn Carling, novelist, playwright, poet and essayist, is awarded the RiksmÃ¥l Society Literature Prize.
• Simen Skjønsberg, journalist and writer, is awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize.

  Notable births

• 4 January – Carl Frode Tiller, author, historian and musician
• 28 May – Gry Blekastad AlmÃ¥s, journalist and news anchor
• 11 June – Hilde Magnusson Lydvo, politician
• 24 July – Anja Garbarek, singer-songwriter
• 26 July – Ingvil Aarbakke, artist
• 20 August – Ove Jørstad footballer
• 22 September – Ole Petter Andreassen, musician and producer
• 16 December – Astri Aas-Hansen, politician

  Notable deaths

• 2 February – Hannah Ryggen, textile artist.
• 4 February – Sig Haugdahl, motor racing driver in America
• 7 February – Ole Landmark, architect
• 11 February – Per Næsset, politician
• 12 February – Johan Strand Johansen, politician and Minister
• 18 March – HÃ¥kon Endreson, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
• 18 April – Halfdan Bjølgerud, high jumper
• 5 May – Finn Bjørnseth, geodesist.
• 12 May – Gunvald Tomstad, resistance fighter
• 22 May – Birger Var, rower and Olympic bronze medallist
• 24 May – Harald Hagen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
• 27 June – Lauritz Schmidt, sailor and Olympic silver medallist
• 11 July – Niels Larsen Bruun, naval officer
• 28 July – Ola Teigen, politician
• 29 July – Johannes S. Andersen, renowned career criminal and resistance fighter
• 23 September – Magnus Johansen, politician
• 12 October – Alfred VÃ¥gnes, politician
• 19 October – Conrad Olsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist
• 9 November – John Schjelderup Giæver, author and polar researcher
• 23 November – Alf Prøysen, writer and musician

  Full date unknown

• Halvard Lange, diplomat, politician and Minister
• Ole H. Løvlien, politician
• Sverre Munck, businessperson
• Jakob Martin Pettersen, politician and Minister
• Henry Rudi, huntsman and polar bear hunter