1999 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Harald V
• Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik

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

Music

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Notable births

• 11 January – Jeanette Hegg Duestad, sport shooter.
• 8 February – Kristine Stavås Skistad, cross-country skier.
• 9 February – Henny Reistad, handball player.
• 16 February – Girl in Red, 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 Råskhof, politician.

Notable deaths

January

• 2 January – Aase Lionæs, politician.
• 4 January – Fredrik Mellbye, physician and chief medical officer.
• 12 January – Gerda Ring, actress.
• 19 January – Odd Vigestad, politician.
• 21 January – Magne Lystad, orienteering champion.

February

• 1 February – Martin Skaaren, politician.
• 8 February – Øistein Parmann, journalist and publisher.
• 9 February – Bernhard Paus, orthopedic surgeon and Grand Master of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons
• 10 February – Birger Leirud, high jumper
• 13 February – Kåre Hovda, biathlete.
• 26 February – Bjørn Wiik, physicist

March

• 7 March
• * Else Granheim, librarian and civil servant.
• * Olav Hagesæther, bishop.
• 14 March
• * Frithjof Jacobsen, diplomat.
• * Marius Müller, rock musician.
• 16 March –
• * Trygve Bull, politician.
• * Åsta Holth, writer.
• 17 March – Elling Øvergård, sport shooter.
• 20 March – Grete Nash, ceramist.
• 24 March – Odd Sannes, sport shooter.
• 26 March
• * Olle Johan Eriksen, politician.
• * Nils O. Golten, politician.
• * Eva Kolstad, politician and Minister.
• 27 March – Oskar Øksnes, politician.
• 28 March – Jens Book-Jenssen, popular singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director.
• 29 March – Helmer Dahl, electrical engineer.
• 31 March – Curt James Haydn, bobsledder.

April

• 9 April – Ingolv Helland, politician.
• 13 April – Knut Hauge, writer.
• 14 April – Tor Bjerkmann, publisher.
• 16 April – Osmund Faremo, politician.
• 27 April – Gunnar Brunvoll, impresario and opera administrator.

May

• 4 May – Henry Tiller, boxer.
• 7 May – Randi Anda, politician.
• 9 May – Albert Henrik Mohn, journalist.
• 25 May – Lydolf Lind Meløy, politician.
• 31 May – Carl Viggo Manthey Lange, politician.

June

• 5 June – Magne Kleiven, gymnast.
• 10 June – Ingrid Øvre Wiik, actress.
• 12 June – Ola Bauer, novelist and playwright.
• 16 June – Thor Lund, politician.
• 19 June – Karl J. Brommeland, politician.
• 22 June
• * Petter Furberg, politician.
• * Eva Scheer, journalist, literary critic, translator and author.
• 25 June – Borghild Rud, illustrator.

July

• 4 July – Georg Johansen, gymnast.
• 12 July – Trond Øyen, violinist.
• 20 July – Kirsten Ohm, diplomat.
• 21 July – Arne Sletsjøe, violist.
• 23 July – Yngvar Barda, chess player.
• 26 July – Trygve Haavelmo, economist, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

August

• 12 August – Olav Hummelvold, politician.
• 25 August – Jan Iversen, politician.

September

• 7 September – Bjarne Iversen, cross country skier and Olympic silver medallist.
• 13 September
• * Erik Diesen, revue writer and radio and television personality.
• * Ragnar Rygel, ice hockey player.
• 19 September – Kjell Kristiansen, footballer.

October

• 1 October – Thore Boye, diplomat.
• 5 October – Lars Breie, jurist, auditor and politician.
• 6 October – Randi Kolstad, actress.
• 9 October – Per Håland, newspaper editor.
• 20 October – Asbjørn Skarstein, diplomat.
• 24 October – Nicolai Johansen, sports official.

November

• 9 November – Hersleb Vogt, diplomat.
• 24 November – Per Hohle, writer.
• 25 November – Oddvar Berrefjord, jurist, politician and Minister.

December

• 8 December
• * Bjarne Flem, politician.
• * Kjell Moe, international footballer
• 11 December – Oddleif Fagerheim, politician.
• 21 December – Elsa Rastad Bråten, politician.
• 22 December – Per Aabel, comic actor.
• 23 December – Valter Gabrielsen, politician.
• 25 December – Arne Ileby, footballer.
• 26 December
• * Wilhelm Aarek, philologist and educationalist.
• * Ola Skjåk Bræk, banker, politician and Minister.
• 28 December – Dagmar Lahlum, resistance member and agent.
• 30 December – Kjølv Egeland, politician.
• 31 December
• * Ferdinand Finne, artist.
• * Johannes Seland, politician.

Full date unknown

• Erling Anger, civil servant
• Karl Olsen, civil servant
• Hans Skjervheim, philosopher