2001 in Norway
Events in the year 2001 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Harald V
- Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg until 19 October, Kjell Magne Bondevik
Events
January
- 26 January: Murder of Benjamin Hermansen.
February
- February – Former Prime Minister, then foreign affairs minister Thorbjørn Jagland makes a political scandal when he jokingly refers to Gabon's president Omar Bongo, due for a state visit to Norway, as "Bongo from Congo".
- February – Around 40,000 people in Oslo march in a rally to express their outrage and devastation over the racially motivated murder in Holmlia, Oslo of a young black Norwegian boy, Benjamin Hermansen at the hands of a group af neo-Nazis. Marches take place simultaneously all over Norway.
March
- 25 March – The Schengen Agreement treaty comes into force in Norway.
June
- 18 June – The state-owned oil and gas company Statoil is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
August
- August – The Bratsberg Line in Nedre Telemark closes down. It was opened in 1917.
- 25 August – Wedding of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, and Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby.
September
- 10 September – The 2001 Norwegian parliamentary election takes place. The Norwegian Labour Party won a plurality of votes and seats, closely followed by the Conservative Party. The Labour Party was unable to form a government, and a centre-right coalition of the Conservative Party, the Christian People's Party and the Liberal Party was formed, led by Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of the Christian Democratic Party.
October
- 19 October – Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik's Second Cabinet was appointed.
November
- 3 November – Population Census: 4,520,900 inhabitants in Norway.
- 17 November – Eurasian harvest mouse is observed in Norway for the first time.
Popular culture
Music
Literature
- Jan Kjærstad is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for The Discoverer.
Notable births
- 12 January – Vilde Nilsen, Paralympic cross-country skier and biathlete
- 16 April – Mia Svele, handball player
- 14 July – Maren Grøthe, politician.
Notable deaths
January to June
- 12 January – Gunnar Olram, actor and stage director.
- 17 January – Sigurd Vestad, cross country skier
- 20 January – Rønnaug Alten, actress.
- 26 January – Benjamin Hermansen, murder victim
- 4 February – Asbjørn Antoni Holm, politician
- 8 February – Ivo Caprino, film director and writer
- 8 February – Torkell Tande, politician
- 13 February – Knut Theodor Gleditsch, sports commentator
- 14 February – Olav Reiersøl, statistician and econometrician
- 8 March – David Sandved, architect
- 11 March – Finn Ferner, sailor and Olympic silver medallist
- 22 March – Rolf Birger Pedersen, football player and coach
- 28 March – Alf Frotjold, trade unionist
- 29 March – Helge Ingstad, explorer
- 4 April – Sverre Engen, skier, ski coach, ski area manager and filmmaker in America
- 10 April – Knut Andreas Knudsen, politician
- 12 April – Reidar Hirsti, newspaper editor and politician
- 24 April – Gro Anita Schønn, singer.
- 26 April – Sverre Walter Rostoft, politician and Minister
- 7 May – Thor Støre, politician
- 19 May – Vidkunn Hveding, politician and Minister
- 27 May – Knut Myrstad, politician
- 5 June – Sigmund P. Haave, politician
- 14 June – Andreas Wormdahl, politician
July to December
- 2 July – Fredrik Stabel, illustrator and satirical writer.
- 15 July – Helge Rognlien, politician and Minister
- 21 July – Gudmund Grytøyr, politician
- 24 July – Sven Olsen, politician
- 31 August – Odd Steinar Holøs, politician
- 6 September – Dagny Hald, ceramist.
- 12 October – Gunnar Thorleif Hvashovd, politician
- 27 October – Ellisiv Steen, literary scholar.
- 1 November – Engly Lie, politician
- 3 November – Liv Paulsen, sprinter and shot putter.
- 8 November – Alf Hellevik, philologist.
- 18 November – Roar Hauglid, art historian.
- 1 December – Olav Mosebekk, illustrator and painter.
- 10 December – Knut Fægri, botanist
- 15 December – Leif Kolflaath, politician
- 19 December – Jakob Weidemann, painter
- 28 December – Arne Rettedal, politician and Minister
Full date unknown
- Odd Abrahamsen, poet
- HÃ¥kon Flood, professor of inorganic chemistry
- Henriette Bie Lorentzen, humanist, peace activist, feminist and editor
- Anfinn Lund, civil servant and politician
- Nils Slaatto, architect