2002 in Norway

Events in the year 2002 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

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

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