* 1972 – Anders Odden, Norwegian musician

* 1972 – Thomas Alsgaard, Norwegian cross-country skier

According to Nalan Koc of the Norwegian Polar Institute this is the first time it has been clear since they began keeping records in 1972.

* 1972 – Alf-Inge Haaland, Norwegian footballer

* 1972 – Ari Behn, Norwegian author

* 1972 – Bente Skari, Norwegian skier

* September 25 – Norwegian EC referendum, 1972: Norway rejects membership in the European Economic Community.

* Hanne Staff ( born 1972 ), Norwegian orienteering athlete

On 24 and 25 September 1972, the Norwegian parliament put to a referendum the question whether Norway should join the European Union.

Membership has been proposed within Norway, and referendums over Norwegian membership were held in 1972 and 1994.

It was not until 1972 that northern teams had the right to gain promotion to the Norwegian top division.

Such innovations are reflected in his personal motto För Sverige, i tiden, " For Sweden, with the times " and also contemporarily in the neighbouring countries: Queen Margrethe II did the same in Denmark in 1972 and the Norwegian Monarch has no extra titles except " King of Norway ".

Statoil ASA is a Norwegian petroleum company established in 1972.

Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap A / S ( Norwegian State Oil Company ) was founded as a private limited company owned by the Government of Norway on 14 July 1972 by a unanimous act passed by the Norwegian parliament Stortinget.

Hobøl was suggested as the replacement site for a new airport to replace Fornebu, and in 1972 the Norwegian parliament voted to build it there.

( 11 January 1910 – 20 November 1984 ) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party and Prime Minister of Norway in 1971 – 1972 and 1973 – 1976.

In 1972, Tandberg purchased Radionette, another large Norwegian electronics firm now focussing on televisions.

In 1972, Tandberg purchased Radionette, another large Norwegian electronics firm that has just begun focusing on televisions.

* Zoologica Scripta ( 1972 -), jointly with the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

Ari Mikael Behn ( né Ari Mikael Bjørshol, born 30 September 1972 ) is a Norwegian author, and is also known as the husband of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway.

In 1972 a Norwegian TV show called Fleksnes Fataliteter aired for the first time.

KrF opposed Norwegian membership in the European Community ahead of the referendum in 1972.

Since 1972, the Centre Party has also maintained a principled opposition to Norwegian membership in the European Union.

* Bloody Sunday ( 1972 ), shooting of unarmed civilian protesters by the British Army ( Parachute Regiment ) in Derry, Northern Ireland

Bloody Sunday ()— sometimes called the Bogside Massacre — was an incident on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, in which 26 unarmed civil-rights protesters and bystanders were shot by soldiers of the British Army.

* 1972 – The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others.

* 1972 – The Troubles: In Belfast, British Army snipers shoot five civilians dead in the Springhill Massacre.

* 1972 – Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.

On 7 October 1972, Gaddafi praised the Lod Airport massacre, carried out by the Japanese Red Army, and demanded Palestinian terrorist groups to carry out similar attacks.

* 1972 – In Tel Aviv, Israel members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport Massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.

* 1972 – The Troubles: a car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army.

* 1972 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.

In 1970, the Vindolanda Trust, a registered charity, was founded to administer the site and its museum, and in 1997, the Trust took over the running of the Roman Army Museum at Carvoran, another Hadrian's Wall fort, which it had acquired in 1972.

*: Belgian Army between 1972 and 1993.

It was accepted for further development by the U. S. Army in 1971 and designated FIM-92 ; the Stinger appellation was chosen in 1972.

In 1972, Shakur was the subject of a nationwide manhunt after the FBI alleged that she was the " revolutionary mother hen " of a Black Liberation Army cell that had conducted a " series of cold-blooded murders of New York City police officers ", including the " execution style murders " of New York Police Officers Joseph Piagentini and Waverly Jones on May 21, 1971 and Gregory Foster and Rocco Laurie on January 28, 1972.

In July 1972, Heath permitted his Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, William Whitelaw, to hold unofficial talks in London with a Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) delegation by Seán Mac Stiofáin.

In 1972, with funding from NASA and the U. S. Army, Bell Helicopter Textron started development of the XV-15, a twin-engine tiltrotor research aircraft.

He attempted to negotiate with the Provisional Irish Republican Army with the then PIRA Chief of Staff Seán MacStiofáin in July 1972.

The 1972 Dad's Army episode Time on My Hands features men hanging precariously from the hands of a clock tower.

He later served as U. S. Army Chief of Staff from 1968 to 1972.

Westmoreland served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1968 to 1972, then retired from the Army.

On 23 October 1972, the UVF carried out an armed raid against King's Park camp, a UDR / Territorial Army depot in Lurgan.

Eventually the Unimog Scout Cars arrived in Ireland in February 1972, their departure having been delayed by a local peace group who thought they were destined for the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( PIRA ).

Another of the major responsibilities of the Army Corps of Engineers is administering the permitting program under Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972.

* On 30 May 1972, 28 passengers were gunned down at Ben Gurion International Airport by members of the Japanese Red Army in collaboration with the PFLP in what became known as the Lod Airport massacre.