List of events
Events in the year 1971 in Norway .
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Literature
Per Arneberg , poet, prosaist and translator is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize .
Gunvor Hofmo , writer and poet, is awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for Gjest på jorden (Guest on Earth ).
Stein Mehren , poet, novelist, essayist and playwright, is awarded the Dobloug Prize literature award.
Arild Nyquist , novelist, poet, children's writer and musician, is awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize.
Notable births
Dagrun Eriksen
Linn T. Sunne
1 February – Harald Brattbakk , footballer and pilot
18 February – May Britt Lagesen , politician.
18 March – Hilde Synnøve Lid , freestyle skier.
24 March – Bengt Rune Strifeldt , politician.
3 April – Ingvild Vaggen Malvik , politician
5 April – Åslaug Sem-Jacobsen , politician.
6 April – Mona Grudt , model and 1990 Miss Universe
13 May – Espen Lind , songwriter, producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist
16 May – Pia Wedege , luger.
15 June – Vibeke Larsen , politician.
28 June – Dagrun Eriksen , politician
28 June – Steinar Opstad , poet.
20 July – Guro Angell Gimse , politician
9 September – Ann Cathrin Eriksen , handball player.
29 September – Frida Melvær , politician.
2 October – Anette Igland , footballer
5 October – Ole Robert Reitan , businessperson.
18 October – Line Henriette Holten Hjemdal , politician
17 November – Tonje Sagstuen , handball player.
22 November – Geir Hartly Andreassen , cinematographer
22 November – Gunnar Wærness , poet.
2 December – Linn T. Sunne , children's writer.
10 December – Arnfinn Kristiansen , bobsledder.
Notable deaths
Gunnar Jahn
Olaf Barda
Erling Viksjø
16 January – Halfdan Gran Olsen , rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1910)
29 January – Bjarne Guldager , sprinter (b.1897)
31 January – Gunnar Jahn , jurist, economist and politician (b.1883)
21 February – Johs Haugerud , politician (b.1896)
24 February – Hartvig Svendsen , politician (b.1902)
1 March – Harald Damsleth , cartoonist, illustrator and ad-man (b.1906)
11 March – Julius Sundsvik , novelist and newspaper editor (b.1891)
1 April – Hans Svarstad , politician (b.1883)
2 May – Olaf Barda , chess player, first Norwegian International Master (b.1909)
24 May – Haakon Hansen , politician (b.1907)
1 June – Aksel Jacobsen Bogdanoff , communist (b. 1922 )
2 June – Per Mathiesen , gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1885)
26 June – Halvor Birkeland , sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1894)
29 June – Thorstein John Ohnstad Fretheim , politician (b.1886)
15 July – Nic. Stang , art historian and writer (b.1908)
16 July – Birger Brandtzæg , merchant and owner of a fishing station (born 1893).
19 July – Hans Kristian Bromstad , politician (b.1903)
20 July – Olaf Ingebretsen , gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1892)
6 August – Finn Moe , politician (b.1902).
19 August – Arthur Sundt , politician (b.1899)
4 September – Bjarne Lyngstad , politician and Minister (b.1901)
29 September – Johannes Lid , botanist (b.1886).
5 October – Marit Hemstad , sprinter (b.1928)
5 October – Marit Øiseth , cross country skier (b.1928)
17 October – Leif Grøner , banker and politician (b.1884)
22 October – Håkon Ellingsen , rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1894)
18 November – Leif Bjorholt Burull , politician (b.1895)
24 November – Nils Hønsvald , politician and Minister (b.1899)
2 December – Erling Viksjø , architect (born 1910).
10 December – Arne Langset , politician (b.1893)
12 December – Kristian Johan Bodøgaard , politician (b.1885)
See also