2026 in Norway

Events in the year 2026 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Harald V.

Events

January

• 15 January–1 February – 2026 European Men's Handball Championship in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
• 26 January – Two executives of Hemla Africa Holding, a subsidiary of energy firm PetroNor E&P, are charged with paying $25 million in bribes to Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso and his family.

February

• 1 February – Marius Borg Høiby is arrested on charges of assault, threats with a knife and violation of a restraining order.
• 6–22 February – Norway at the 2026 Winter Olympics
• 8 February – Mona Juul resigns as ambassador to Jordan after she and her husband, Terje Rød-Larsen, are named in the Epstein files.
• 12 February – Former prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland is charged with "gross corruption" after being named in the Epstein files.

March

• 8 March – An explosion occurs at the US embassy in Oslo, causing minor damage to the complex. Three brothers are subsequently arrested on suspicion of involvement.
• 15 March – Sentimental Value, directed by Joachim Trier, wins the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Oscars, the first Norwegian film to do so.
• 26 March – Norway's Storting passes a bill temporarily cutting petrol<nowiki/>and diesel taxes in response to surging energy costs amid the Strait of Hormuz crisis.

Predicted and scheduled events

• 22–24 May – 2026 UEFA Women's Champions League final

Holidays

• 1 January New Year's Day
• 2 April Maundy Thursday
• 3 April Good Friday
• 5 April Easter Sunday
• 6 April Easter Monday
• 1 May Labour Day
• 14 May Ascension Day
• 17 May Constitution Day
• 24 May Pentecost
• 25 May Whit Monday
• 24 December Christmas Eve
• 25 December Christmas Day
• 26 December 2nd Day of Christmas

Deaths

January

• 4 January – Sverre Anker Ousdal, actor (born 1944).
• 8 January – Kjersti Scheen, writer and illustrator (born 1943).
• c.11 January – Grete Salomonsen, film director (born 1951).
• 24 January – StÃ¥l Aanderaa, mathematician (born 1931).
• 28 January – Rune E. Kristiansen, politician (born 1948).
• 29 January – Stig Millehaugen, convicted murderer (born 1969).

February

• 3 February – Janken Varden, theatre director (born 1938).
• 4 February – Kari Garmann, politician (born 1945).
• 14 February – Ivar Bjørklund, anthropologist and writer (born 1949).
• 15 February – Roger Hverven, handball player (born 1944).
• 18 February – Svein Jarvoll, writer (born 1946).
• 24 February – Petter Bjørheim, politician (born 1965).
• 25 February – Petter Planke, businessman (born 1936).

March

• 1 March – Dagfinn Føllesdal, philosopher (born 1932).
• 3 March – Unni-Lise Jonsmoen, illustrator (born 1936).
• 14 March – Odd Holten, politician (born 1940).
• 16 March – Bjørn Nilsen, poet and journalist (born 1934).
• 18 March – Finn-Erik Vinje, philologist (born 1936).
• 22 March – Per Hegna, tennis player (born 1945).
• 25 March – John Andreassen, television producer (born 1943).
• 25 March – Tordis Ørjasæter, writer and literary critic (born 1927).
• 29 March – Willy Ustad, writer (born 1946).

Full date missing

• Amina Sewali, musician and actress (born 1989).
• Bjarte Baasland, convicted fraudster (born 1974).

References

External links

• Online calendar