1988 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Olav V
• Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland

  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.
• February 23 – Edvard Munch's painting "Vampire" was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo.
• 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.
• 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.

  Film

Literature

Notable births

• 7 February – Magnus Jøndal, handball player.
• 12 April – Tone Damli Aaberge, singer.
• 17 April – Pernille Wibe, team handball player.
• 7 May – David Aleksander Sjølie, guitarist
• 18 September – Annette Obrestad, poker player

  Notable deaths

• 1 January – Rolf Presthus, politician and Minister
• 16 January – Inge Einarsen Bartnes, politician
• 21 January – Jørgen Grave, politician
• 29 February – Alf Brodal, professor of anatomy.
• 29 February – Kaare Wahlberg, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist
• 14 March – Johannes Pettersen Løkke, politician
• 17 March – Leif Granli, politician and Minister
• 1 April – Nils Thune, politician
• 17 May – Greta Nissan, actress
• 27 May – Lars Sæter, politician
• 29 May – Henry Johansen, international soccer player
• 8 June – Tollef Landsverk, judge and civil servant
• 21 June – Sverre Riisnæs, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator
• 28 June – Fridtjof Paulsen, speed skater
• 14 July – Erik Braadland, diplomat and politician
• 16 July – Ole Myrvoll, professor in economy, politician and Minister
• 19 July – Erland Asdahl, politician
• 19 July – Vilhelm Aubert, sociologist
• 19 August – Johan Møller Warmedal, politician
• 23 August – Alf Martinsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist
• 30 September – Sivert Todal, politician
• 18 October – Aasmund Kulien, politician
• 20 November – Nils Sønnevik, politician
• 30 December – Jan Baalsrud, resistance member
• 31 December – Alfred Thommesen, ship owner and politician

  Full date unknown

• Gunnar Andersen, ski jumper and World Champion
• Per Bratland, newspaper editor
• Olav Brunvand, newspaper editor and politician
• Odd Eidem, writer, journalist and literary critic
• Rolf Jørgen Fuglesang, politician and Minister
• Gerd Grieg, actress
• Gudmund Harlem, politician and Minister
• Oskar Skogly, politician and Minister