2000 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Harald V
• Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party) until 17 March, Jens Stoltenberg (Labour Party)

Events

January

• 19 January – Five people die when a bus is taken by an avalanche in Lyngen Municipality.

March

• 11 March – Three people die when a community center in Målselv Municipality collapsed due to heavy snowfall.
• 17 March – Stoltenberg's First Cabinet was appointed.

April

• 5 April – Two freight trains collide at Lillestrøm Station. 2,000 people were evacuated because of the danger of a gas explosion.

May

• 19 May – Baneheia murders

June

• 23 June – The Frøya Tunnel is opened.
• June – Project Deep Spill: the first intentional deepwater oil and gas spill, which was done in order to study how crude oil behaved at depth.

December

• 1 December – King Harald V of Norway informs the Norwegian government about the engagement between Crown Prince Haakon and Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby.
• 4 December – The state-owned telecommunications company Telenor is partially privatised and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.

Popular culture

Sports

• 19 to 26 February – The Biathlon World Championships 2000 were held in Holmenkollen.

Music

Main article: 2000 in Norwegian music

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 2000s#2000

Literature

Main article: 2000 in literature

• Jon Fosse – Morning and Evening (Morgon og kveld) (novella).

Births

• 10 January – Erik Botheim, footballer
• 6 February – Jørgen Strand Larsen, footballer
• 18 February – Anders Waagan, footballer
• 27 February – Erik Sandberg, footballer
• 29 February – Hugo Vetlesen, footballer
• 7 April – André Klippenberg Grindheim, swimmer.
• 19 April – Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, alpine skier.
• 7 May – Markus Karlsbakk, footballer
• 9 May – Ragne Wiklund, speed skater and orienteer.
• 21 July
  • Erling Haaland, English-born Norwegian footballer.
  • Jens Lurås Oftebro, Nordic combined skier.
• 9 August – Julia Eikeland, politician.
• 18 August – Ida Marie Hagen, Nordic combined skier.
• 19 September – Jakob Ingebrigtsen, middle- and long-distance runner.
• 22 November – Simen Velle, politician.

Notable deaths

January – March

• 9 January – Olaug Hay, politician (b.1902)
• 11 January – Edvard Magnus Edvardsen, politician (b.1910).
• 21 January – Kristian Asdahl, politician (b.1920)
• 27 January – Asle Enger, priest (born 1906).
• 30 January – Gerd Kjølaas, ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1909).
• 3 February – Aslaug Fredriksen, politician (b.1918)
• 16 February – Karsten Solheim, golf club designer and businessman in America (b.1911)
• 2 March – Audun Boysen, middle-distance runner and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1928)
• 3 March – Egil Werner Erichsen, politician (b.1901)
• 6 March – Ole Jacob Hansen, jazz drummer (b.1940).
• 18 March – Randi Hultin, jazz critic and impresario (b.1926).

April – June

• 2 April – Greta Gynt, singer, dancer and actress (b.1916)
• 2 April – Synnøve Anker Aurdal, textile artist (born 1908).
• 11 April – Olav Økern, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1911)
• 22 April – Arnt Eliassen, meteorologist (b.1915)
• 28 April – Anders Skauge, politician (b.1912)
• 19 May – Petter Hugsted, ski jumper and Olympic gold medallist (b.1921)
• 11 June – Aud Alvær, politician (b.1921)
• 17 June – Jæger Dokk, insurance executive (born 1921).
• 22 June – Svein Finnerud, jazz pianist (b.1945).
• 26 June – Arne Thomas Olsen, actor, stage producer and theatre director (b.1909)
• 27 June – Dagmar Maalstad, politician (b.1902)

July – September

• 2 September – Johannes Sandven, educator (born 1909).
• 4 September – Jack Fjeldstad, actor (born 1915).
• 10 September – Haldis Havrøy, politician (b.1925)

October – December

• 17 October – Joachim «Jokke» Nielsen (36), rock musician and poet.
• 26 October – Birgit Wessel, textile designer (born 1911).
• 4 November – Anneliese Dørum, politician (b.1939)
• 18 November – Torstein Tynning, politician (b.1932)
• 28 November – Margith Johanne Munkebye, politician (b.1911)
• 30 December – Tom Blohm, footballer (born 1920).

Full date unknown

• Bjarte Birkeland, literary researcher (b.1920)
• Finn-Egil Eckblad, mycologist and professor (b.1923)
• Jostein Goksøyr, microbiologist (b.1922)
• Kjell Holler, politician and Minister (b.1925)
• Jul Låg, soil researcher (b.1915)
• Arne B. Mollén, sports official (b.1913)
• Odd Narud, businessperson (b.1919)
• Christian Norberg-Schulz, architect, architectural historian and theorist (b.1926)

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