1974 in Norway

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2 January - drilling rig "Transocean 3" sinks in the North Sea.
1 February – Lillehammer affair: Five Israeli Mossad agents are sentenced to prison terms for the assassination of Ahmed Bouchiki. The prison terms ranged from two and a half to five years, although all the agents were eventually released within 22 months and deported back to Israel.
15 September - The wreck of the Danish slave ship Fredensborg, which sank during a storm in 1768, is discovered off the coast of Tromøy.
31 October - Parliament rejects a bill on abortion.

Inger Lise Rypdal and Benny Borg win the 1973 Spellemannprisen in the female and male vocalist categories respectively. Christiania Jazzband, Saft, Torkil Bye/Brynjar Hoff, Lillebjørn Nilsen, Bjørn Sand/Totto Osvold and Oddvar Nygaards Kvartett also receive the award. Dizzie Tunes win in the category "Music for children" and Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa win the Special Award.

16 January - Johannes Olai Olsen, politician (b.1895)
7 February - Sigge Johannessen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1884)
14 February - Halfdan Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1893)
May - Leif Høegh, shipowner (b.1896)
19 June - Aasmund Brynildsen, essayist, biographer, magazine editor and publishing house consultant (b.1917)
4 July - Francis Bull, literary historian, professor, essayist and magazine editor (b.1887).^[1]
20 August - Haldor Bjerkeseth, politician (b.1883)
22 August - Sverre Hansen, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1913)
25 September - Hartmann Bjørnsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1889)
18 October - Anders Lange, politician (b.1904)
13 November - Jens Lunde, politician (b.1884)
17 December - Jørgen Bru, sport shooter (b.1881)

Ørnulf Bast, sculptor (b.1907)
Halfdan Haneborg Hansen, military officer, Milorg pioneer and businessman (born 1890).^[2]^[3]
Kirsten Hansteen, politician and Minister, first female member of cabinet in Norway (b.1903)
Sonja Aase Ludvigsen, politician and Minister (b.1928)
Sverre Petterssen, meteorologist (b.1898)
Arne Skaug, politician and Minister (b.1906)
Axel Heiberg Stang, politician and Minister (b.1904)
Gabriel Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1888)
Nils Voss, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1886)

↑ Helle, Knut (ed.). "Francis Bull". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
↑ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Haneborg Hansen, Halfdan Olaf". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 208. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
↑ Moland, Arnfinn (1995). "Hansen, Halfdan Haneborg". In Dahl; Hjeltnes; Nøkleby; Ringdal; Sørensen. Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 159. ISBN 82-02-14138-9.

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