2002 in Norway

Events in the year 2002 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

Events

February

• 27 February – Metropol TV ceases broadcasting because of financial difficulties.
• 20 February - Ole Einar Bjørndalen swept all four gold medal in the biathlon.

March

April

May

• 24 May – Ari Behn marries Princess Märtha Louise of Norway in Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.

June

• June – World Bank Oslo 2002 Protests

July

• 12-15 July - Norway announced that they would not extend their Microsoft contract.

August

September

October

November

December

Popular culture

Sports

Music

Film

Literature

• Lars Saabye Christensen is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for The Half Brother.

Television

Notable births

• 21 February – Marcus & Martinus Gunnarsen, two identical brothers singers
• 12 May – Birgitta Elisa Oftestad, cellist
• 22 July – Konstanse Marie Alvær, politician
• 5 September – Alessandra Mele, Norwegian-Italian singer

Notable deaths

• 1 January – Arne Røgden, bobsledder (born 1917)
• 20 January – Knut Thomassen, actor and theatre director (born 1921).
• 24 January – Ragnar Horn, politician (born 1913)
• 31 January – Jens P. FlÃ¥, politician (born 1923)
• 1 February – Sigurd Berge, composer (born 1928)
• 27 February – Tord Godal, bishop (born 1909).
• 19 March – Egil Storbekken, folk musician (born 1911).
• 18 April – Thor Heyerdahl, ethnographer and adventurer (born 1914)
• 29 April – Sverre Bratland, military leader (born 1917)
• 1 May – Birger Tvedt, physician (born 1910).
• 17 June – Stein Ove Berg, singer and songwriter (born 1948).
• 29 June – Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist (born 1931)
• 10 August – Kristen Nygaard, mathematician, computer programming language pioneer and politician (born 1926)
• 26 September – Eleonore Bjartveit, politician and Minister (born 1924)
• 2 October – Martin Mehren, businessperson and sportsperson (born 1905).
• 4 October – Per Bronken, actor and writer (born 1935).
• 10 October – Joseph Grimeland, sculptor (born 1916).
• 10 October – Sverre L. Mo, politician (born 1915)
• 19 October – Guy Krohg, painter, scenographer (born 1917).
• 25 October – Edith Ranum, crime fiction writer (born 1922).
• 31 October – Knut Rumohr, painter (born 1916).
• 15 November – Hans Jørgen Toming, visual artist and designer (b. 1933).
• 24 November – Odd Lien, newspaper editor and politician (born 1915)
• 5 December – Magnar Sætre, politician (born 1940)
• 20 December – Tore Tønne, politician and Minister (born 1948)
• 21 December – Arnljot Høyland, mathematical statistician (born 1924).
• 21 December – Harald U. Lied, politician (born 1927)
• 24 December – Kjell Aukrust, author, poet and artist (born 1920).

Full date unknown

• Odd Chr. Gøthe, civil servant and politician (born 1919)
• Johan Berthin Holte, businessperson (born 1915)
• Nils Peder Langvand, judge (born 1929)
• Oddrunn Pettersen, politician and Minister (born 1937)
• Fritz Røed, sculptor (born 1928)
• Einar Skinnarland, resistance fighter (born 1918)
• Knut Tjønneland, politician (born 1907)

See also

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