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20 August – King Olav V declares television officially opened in Norway. 6 October – The Akershus University Hospital opens; 1 November – Population Census: 3,591,234 inhabitants in Norway. 9 December – The Norwegian government decides, contrary to the advice of the Norwegian military leadership, that Norway will not acquire any nuclear ...
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The 1960s saw good times for heavy industry and Norway became Europe's largest exporter of aluminum and the world's largest exporter of ferroalloys. [132] The University of Trondheim and the University of Tromsø both opened in 1968, one year before a network of regional colleges started being opened.
March – Ingrid Bjerkås, ordained as first female minister in the Church of Norway; 15 April – The Socialist People's Party was founded. 9 August – Holtaheia Accident: A British passenger plane crashes in Strand. All 39 passengers aboard, including 34 children, are killed. 11 September – The 1961 Parliamentary election takes place.
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 September 1961. [1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 74 of the 150 seats in the Storting.Although it lost the absolute majority it had held since 1945, the Labour Party was able to continue in government.
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2 July – Fredrik Sejersted, jurist, and Attorney General of Norway. [66] 4 July – Erik Johnsen, ski jumper. [67] 8 July – Ingvil Smines Tybring-Gjedde, politician. [68] 10 July – Paul Chaffey, politician. [69] 16 July – Morten Høglund, politician. [70] 24 July – Merete Morken Andersen, author, literature critic and editor
Norway proclaims sovereignty over its continental shelf, establishing state ownership of natural resources, and only the government can award exploration licenses. [1] 21 March – MS Høegh Aronde sank near Morocco during a voyage from Sassandra to Valencia, resulting in the deaths of 15 of the 28 Norwegian crew members. [citation needed]