2000 in Norway
The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Harald V
- Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik until 17 March, Jens Stoltenberg
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
Literature
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
- 11 January – Edvard Magnus Edvardsen, politician.
- 21 January – Kristian Asdahl, politician
- 27 January – Asle Enger, priest.
- 30 January – Gerd Kjølaas, ballet dancer and choreographer.
- 3 February – Aslaug Fredriksen, politician
- 16 February – Karsten Solheim, golf club designer and businessman in America
- 2 March – Audun Boysen, middle-distance runner and Olympic bronze medallist
- 3 March – Egil Werner Erichsen, politician
- 6 March – Ole Jacob Hansen, jazz drummer.
- 18 March – Randi Hultin, jazz critic and impresario.
April – June
- 2 April – Greta Gynt, singer, dancer and actress
- 2 April – Synnøve Anker Aurdal, textile artist.
- 11 April – Olav Økern, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist
- 22 April – Arnt Eliassen, meteorologist
- 28 April – Anders Skauge, politician
- 19 May – Petter Hugsted, ski jumper and Olympic gold medallist
- 11 June – Aud Alvær, politician
- 17 June – Jæger Dokk, insurance executive.
- 22 June – Svein Finnerud, jazz pianist.
- 26 June – Arne Thomas Olsen, actor, stage producer and theatre director
- 27 June – Dagmar Maalstad, politician
July – September
- 2 September – Johannes Sandven, educator.
- 4 September – Jack Fjeldstad, actor.
- 10 September – Haldis Havrøy, politician
October – December
- 17 October – Joachim «Jokke» Nielsen, rock musician and poet.
- 26 October – Birgit Wessel, textile designer.
- 4 November – Anneliese Dørum, politician
- 18 November – Torstein Tynning, politician
- 28 November – Margith Johanne Munkebye, politician
- 30 December – Tom Blohm, footballer.
Full date unknown
- Bjarte Birkeland, literary researcher
- Finn-Egil Eckblad, mycologist and professor
- Jostein Goksøyr, microbiologist
- Kjell Holler, politician and Minister
- Jul Låg, soil researcher
- Arne B. Mollén, sports official
- Odd Narud, businessperson
- Christian Norberg-Schulz, architect, architectural historian and theorist