Marries Aasa Turid Brække, a fellow student at the Academy. Their son Nicolaus is born. They travel to Italy. Awarded grants from the Thomas Fearnley legacy and the Hans and Helga Reusch fund in 1962.

From 8 – 24 November he participates in the group exhibition at the Holst-Halvorsen Gallery in Oslo. The critics acknowledge Widerberg’s talent but criticise the group for being old fashioned and reactionary. However, the opening of the Munch Museum in Oslo that year might be seen symbolically as inspiration for Widerberg and his fellow figurative, modernist artists. 

Participates in the Norwegian Autumn exhibition in Oslo at the Artists’ House and the Young Artists Association where he exhibits paintings, watercolours, drawings, etchings and woodcuts. The National Gallery, Oslo and Riiks Gallery, Oslo purchase woodcuts for their respective collections.

Produces a series of woodcuts illustrating André Bjerke’s translation of Oscar Wilde’s one-act play Salomé (published in 1976 by Solum Forlag).

The same group of artists from 1963 exhibit again together at Bergen Art Association in the exhibition titled Hexagon. 

Exhibits paintings and woodcuts in the June Exhibition at the Artists’ Association in Oslo. 

Represents Norway at the printmaking biennale in Rostock, Krakow and Ljubljana with a collection of woodcuts. Participates in a group exhibition in New Delhi, India. 

His son Thomas is born.