1999 in Norway

Events in the year 1999 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Harald V.
• Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party)

Events

• 1 February – The Coastal Party () is founded.
• 23 April – Arve Beheim Karlsen drowns in Sogndalselva
• 30 September – Metropol TV starts broadcasting.
• 26 November – The boat MS Sleipner collided with a rock in the notorious part of the North Sea called "Sletta", just north of the town of Haugesund. The ship sank and 16 of the people on board died.
• Saga Petroleum, Norway's third largest petroleum company, is acquired by Norsk Hydro.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Popular culture

Sports

Music

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Film

Literature

Television

Notable births

• 11 January – Jeanette Hegg Duestad, sport shooter.
• 8 February – Kristine StavÃ¥s Skistad, cross-country skier.
• 9 February – Henny Reistad, handball player.
• 16 February – Girl in Red (Marie Ulven), singer-songwriter.
• 28 April – Silje Opseth, ski jumper.
• 4 June – Aryan Tari, chess player.
• 16 July – Frida Maanum, footballer.
• 23 August – Jesper Saltvik Pedersen, para-alpine skier.
• 24 December – Maksim Guttormsen RÃ¥skhof, politician.

Notable deaths

January

• 2 January – Aase Lionæs, politician (b.1907).
• 4 January – Fredrik Mellbye, physician and chief medical officer (born 1917).
• 12 January – Gerda Ring, actress (born 1891).
• 19 January – Odd Vigestad, politician (b.1915).
• 21 January – Magne Lystad, orienteering champion (b.1932).

February

• 1 February – Martin Skaaren, politician (b.1905).
• 8 February – Øistein Parmann, journalist and publisher (born 1921).
• 9 February – Bernhard Paus, orthopedic surgeon and Grand Master of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons (b.1910)
• 10 February – Birger Leirud, high jumper (b.1924)
• 13 February – KÃ¥re Hovda, biathlete (b.1944).
• 26 February – Bjørn Wiik, physicist (b.1937)

March

• 7 March
• Else Granheim, librarian and civil servant (born 1926).
• Olav Hagesæther, bishop (born 1909).
• 14 March
• Frithjof Jacobsen, diplomat (born 1914).
• Marius Müller, rock musician (born 1958).
• 16 March –
• Trygve Bull, politician (born 1905).
• Åsta Holth, writer (born 1904).
• 17 March – Elling ØvergÃ¥rd, sport shooter (born 1947).
• 20 March – Grete Nash, ceramist (born 1939).
• 24 March – Odd Sannes, sport shooter (born 1922).
• 26 March
• Olle Johan Eriksen, politician (b.1923).
• Nils O. Golten, politician (born 1936).
• Eva Kolstad, politician and Minister (b.1918).
• 27 March – Oskar Øksnes, politician (born 1921).
• 28 March – Jens Book-Jenssen, popular singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director (b.1910).
• 29 March – Helmer Dahl, electrical engineer (born 1908).
• 31 March – Curt James Haydn, bobsledder (born 1919).

April

• 9 April – Ingolv Helland, politician (born 1906).
• 13 April – Knut Hauge, writer (born 1911).
• 14 April – Tor Bjerkmann, publisher (b. 1939).
• 16 April – Osmund Faremo, politician (born 1921).
• 27 April – Gunnar Brunvoll, impresario and opera administrator (b. 1924).

May

• 4 May – Henry Tiller, boxer (born 1914).
• 7 May – Randi Anda, politician (b.1898).
• 9 May – Albert Henrik Mohn, journalist (born 1918).
• 25 May – Lydolf Lind Meløy, politician (born 1908).
• 31 May – Carl Viggo Manthey Lange, politician (b.1904).

June

• 5 June – Magne Kleiven, gymnast (born 1921).
• 10 June – Ingrid Øvre Wiik, actress (born 1918).
• 12 June – Ola Bauer, novelist and playwright (born 1943).
• 16 June – Thor Lund, politician (b.1921).
• 19 June – Karl J. Brommeland, politician (b.1913).
• 22 June
• Petter Furberg, politician (b.1923).
• Eva Scheer, journalist, literary critic, translator and author (b. 1915).
• 25 June – Borghild Rud, illustrator (born 1910).

July

• 4 July – Georg Johansen, gymnast (born 1924).
• 12 July – Trond Øyen, violinist (born 1929).
• 20 July – Kirsten Ohm, diplomat (born 1930).
• 21 July – Arne Sletsjøe, violist (born 1916).
• 23 July – Yngvar Barda, chess player (born 1935).
• 26 July – Trygve Haavelmo, economist, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (b.1911)

August

• 12 August – Olav Hummelvold, politician (born 1903).
• 25 August – Jan Iversen, politician (b.1916).

September

• 7 September – Bjarne Iversen, cross country skier and Olympic silver medallist (b.1912).
• 13 September
• Erik Diesen, revue writer and radio and television personality (born 1922).
• Ragnar Rygel, ice hockey player (born 1930).
• 19 September – Kjell Kristiansen, footballer (born 1925).

October

• 1 October – Thore Boye, diplomat (born 1912).
• 5 October – Lars Breie, jurist, auditor and politician (b.1907).
• 6 October – Randi Kolstad, actress (born 1925).
• 9 October – Per HÃ¥land, newspaper editor (born 1919).
• 20 October – Asbjørn Skarstein, diplomat (born 1922).
• 24 October – Nicolai Johansen, sports official (born 1917).

November

• 9 November – Hersleb Vogt, diplomat (born 1912).
• 24 November – Per Hohle, writer (born 1918).
• 25 November – Oddvar Berrefjord, jurist, politician and Minister (b.1918).

December

• 8 December
• Bjarne Flem, politician (b.1914).
• Kjell Moe, international footballer (b.1909)
• 11 December – Oddleif Fagerheim, politician (b.1911).
• 21 December – Elsa Rastad BrÃ¥ten, politician (b.1918).
• 22 December – Per Aabel, comic actor (b.1902).
• 23 December – Valter Gabrielsen, politician (b.1921).
• 25 December – Arne Ileby, footballer (born 1913).
• 26 December
• Wilhelm Aarek, philologist and educationalist (born 1907).
• Ola SkjÃ¥k Bræk, banker, politician and Minister (b.1912).
• 28 December – Dagmar Lahlum, resistance member and agent (born 1923).
• 30 December – Kjølv Egeland, politician (b.1918).
• 31 December
• Ferdinand Finne, artist (b.1910).
• Johannes Seland, politician (b.1912).

Full date unknown

• Erling Anger, civil servant (b.1909)
• Karl Olsen, civil servant (b.1910)
• Hans Skjervheim, philosopher (b.1926)

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