1989 in Norway

• Monarch – Olav V.^[1]
• Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party) until 16 October, Jan P. Syse (Conservative Party)

• 23 January – An offshore earthquake of magnitude 5 takes place in western Norway.^[2]
• 30 March – The Oseberg oil field and the first gas pipeline to mainland Norway were opened.
• 1 June – Pope John Paul II visited Norway for the first time. This was the first time a pope has ever visited Norway.^[3]
• 9 May – the ban on Skateboarding in Norway, which was in act since 1978, is removed.
• 7 July – The opening of the Atlanterhavsveien Road.
• 8 September – A Norwegian passenger plane crashed outside Hirtshals. All the 55 on board died.^[4]
• 11 September – The 1989 Parliamentary election takes place.
• 9 October – The opening of the Sami Parliament of Norway.
• 16 October – Gro Harlem Brundtland resigns, with her cabinet, as Prime Minister of Norway for the second time.
• 16 October – Syse's Cabinet was appointed.

3 November – Torgeir Bryn becomes the first Norwegian to play in the NBA, when he played 2 minutes for the Los Angeles Clippers against Houston Rockets.

• Dag Solstad is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for Roman 1987.^[5]

• 1 January – Marianne Haukland, politician.^[6]
• 29 January – Marita Skammelsrud Lund, Norwegian footballer
• 2 February – Nils Kristen Sandtrøen, politician.^[7]
• 10 February – Birgit Skarstein, competitive rower and cross-country skier.^[8]
• 19 February – Torbjørn Vereide, politician.^[9]
• 1 March – Espen Lie Hansen, handball player.^[10]
• 8 March – Emily Stang Sando, handball player.^[11]
• 14 May – Petter Kristiansen, singer and songwriter.
• 21 June – Kristina Leganger Iversen, writer and literary scholar.^[12]
• 14 July – Jonathan Nordbotten, alpine skier.^[13]
• 18 November – Christoffer Rambo, handball player.^[14]

• 9 January – Øivind Jensen, boxer (born 1905)
• 10 January – Kai Fjell, painter, printmaker and scenographer (born 1907)
• 11 January – Thor Myklebust, politician (born 1908)
• 4 February – Johanne Reutz Gjermoe, economist and politician (born 1896).^[15]
• 19 February – Sigurd Marius Johansen, politician (born 1906)
• 2 March – Claus Egil Feyling, politician (born 1916)
• 7 April – Per Hysing-Dahl, politician (born 1920)
• 7 May – Anton Rønneberg, writer, theatre critic, dramaturg and theatre director (born 1902).^[16]
• 17 May – Hallvard Eika, politician and Minister (born 1920)
• 25 May – Arne Selberg, bridge engineer (born 1910).^[17]
• 23 June – Arne Tuft, cross country skier (born 1911)
• 5 August – John Larsen, rifle shooter, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (born 1913)
• 12 August – Lillebil Ibsen, dancer and actress (born 1899)
• 25 August – Hans Børli, poet and writer (born 1918)
• 16 October – Hans Frette, politician (born 1927)
• 22 October – Bjarne Daniel Solli, politician (born 1910)
• 28 October – Johannes Lislerud, politician (born 1911)
• 30 November – Ingeborg Refling Hagen, author and teacher (born 1895)
• 9 December – Gunnar Bøe, economist and politician (born 1917)
• 30 December – Gunn Vigdis Olsen-Hagen, politician (born 1946)

• Rolf Hauge, army officer (born 1915)
• Andreas Holmsen, professor and historian (born 1906)
• Leif Iversen, politician (born 1911)
• Paulus Svendsen, historian of literature and ideas (born 1904)