1988 in Norway

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Incumbents

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 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.

1 January - Rolf Presthus, politician and Minister (born 1936)
16 January - Inge Einarsen Bartnes, politician (born 1911)
21 January - Jørgen Grave, politician (born 1909)
29 February - Alf Brodal, professor of anatomy (born 1910).^[2]
29 February - Kaare Wahlberg, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1912)
14 March - Johannes Pettersen Løkke, politician (born 1895)
17 March - Leif Granli, politician and Minister (born 1909)
1 April - Nils Thune, politician (born 1898)
17 May - Greta Nissan, actress (born 1906)
27 May - Lars Sæter, politician (born 1895)
29 May - Henry Johansen, international soccer player (born 1904)
8 June - Tollef Landsverk, judge and civil servant (born 1920)
21 June - Sverre Riisnæs, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator (born 1897)
28 June - Fridtjof Paulsen, speed skater (born 1895)
14 July - Erik Braadland, diplomat and politician (born 1910)
16 July - Ole Myrvoll, professor in economy, politician and Minister (born 1911)
19 July - Erland Asdahl, politician (born 1921)
19 July - Vilhelm Aubert, sociologist (born 1922)
19 August - Johan Møller Warmedal, politician (born 1914)
23 August - Alf Martinsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1911)
30 September - Sivert Todal, politician (born 1904)
18 October - Aasmund Kulien, politician (born 1893)
20 November - Nils Sønnevik, politician (born 1911)
30 December - Jan Baalsrud, resistance member (born 1917)
31 December - Alfred Thommesen, ship owner and politician (born 1914)

↑ "Landslagsprofiler – Pernille B. Wibe" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
↑ Larsen, Øivind. "Alf Brodal". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 November 2012.

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