1989 in Norway

← 1988 1987 1986 1989 in Norway → 1990 1991 1992
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1989 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Olav V
• Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party) until 16 October, Jan P. Syse (Conservative Party)

Events

The Sami Parliament of Norway was opened on 11 September.

• 30 March – The Oseberg oil field and the first gas pipeline to mainland Norway were opened.
• 1 June – Pope John Paul II visited Norway for the first time. This was the first time a pope has ever visited Norway.
• 9 May - the ban on Skateboarding in Norway, which was in act since 1978, is removed.
• 7 July – The opening of the Atlanterhavsveien Road.
• 8 September – A Norwegian passenger plane crashed outside Hirtshals. All the 55 on board died.
• 11 September – The 1989 Parliamentary election takes place.
• 9 October – The opening of the Sami Parliament of Norway.
• 16 October – Gro Harlem Brundtland resigns, with her cabinet, as Prime Minister of Norway for the second time.
• 16 October – Syse's Cabinet was appointed.

Popular culture

Sports

3 November - Torgeir Bryn becomes the first Norwegian to play in the NBA, when he played 2 minutes for the Los Angeles Clippers against Houston Rockets.

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1980s § 1989

Notable deaths

• 9 January - Øivind Jensen, boxer (born 1905)
• 10 January - Kai Fjell, painter, printmaker and scenographer (born 1907)
• 11 January - Thor Myklebust, politician (born 1908)
• 4 February – Johanne Reutz Gjermoe, economist and politician (born 1896).
• 19 February - Sigurd Marius Johansen, politician (born 1906)
• 2 March - Claus Egil Feyling, politician (born 1916)
• 7 April - Per Hysing-Dahl, politician (born 1920)
• 7 May - Anton Rønneberg, writer, theatre critic, dramaturg and theatre director (born 1902)
• 17 May - Hallvard Eika, politician and Minister (born 1920)
• 25 May – Arne Selberg, bridge engineer (born 1910).
• 23 June - Arne Tuft, cross country skier (born 1911)
• 5 August - John Larsen, rifle shooter, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (born 1913)
• 12 August - Lillebil Ibsen, dancer and actress (born 1899)
• 25 August - Hans Børli, poet and writer (born 1918)
• 16 October - Hans Frette, politician (born 1927)
• 22 October - Bjarne Daniel Solli, politician (born 1910)
• 28 October - Johannes Lislerud, politician (born 1911)
• 30 November - Ingeborg Refling Hagen, author and teacher (born 1895)
• 9 December - Gunnar Bøe, economist and politician (born 1917)
• 30 December - Gunn Vigdis Olsen-Hagen, politician (born 1946)

Full date unknown

• Rolf Hauge, army officer (born 1915)
• Andreas Holmsen, professor and historian (born 1906)
• Leif Iversen, politician (born 1911)
• Paulus Svendsen, historian of literature and ideas (born 1904)