2005 in Norway
Events in the year 2005 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Harald V
- Regent: Haakon from 29 March to 7 June 2005
- President of the Storting:
- Prime Minister: Kjell Magne Bondevik to 17 October, then Jens Stoltenberg
Events
January
- 1 January
- * New Year's celebrations all over Norway fall silent for two minutes as mark of respect for Scandinavian memorial service for those affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
- * The University of Stavanger is established.
March
- 11 March – Ole Christian Kvarme is appointed bishop of Oslo.
June
- 8 June – At least 10 people are feared dead after an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. The source is localized to a Borregaard treatment plant in Sarpsborg.
- 13 June – The new Svinesund Bridge is opened. The old Svinesund Bridge still stands 1 kilometre to the east.
July
- 14 July – The Nærøyfjord, the Geiranger Fjord and the Struve Geodetic Arc are designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.
September
- 12 September – The 2005 Parliamentary election takes place. The election was won by the opposition centre-left Red-Green Coalition, which took 87 seats.
- 19 September – The trial of the accused in the NOKAS robbery starts in Stavanger.
October
- 17 October – Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet was appointed after the 2005 Parliamentary elections and Bondevik's step down.
Popular culture
Music
Anniversaries
- 7 June – Centennial of the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
Notable births
- 8 April – Leah Isadora Behn, the second daughter of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and husband Ari Behn
- 3 December – Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway, the second child of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway and his wife Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
Notable deaths
- 6 January – Nora Strømstad, alpine skier
- 13 January – Karstein Seland, politician
- 20 January – Per Borten, Prime Minister
- 2 February – Anders Hveem, bobsledder
- 2 February – Svein Kvia, footballer
- 20 February – Johan Østby, politician
- 12 March – Johan Skipnes, politician
- 17 March – Sverre Holm, actor
- 8 April – Jeremi Wasiutyński, Polish-Norwegian astrophysicist, philosopher and depth-psychologist
- 20 May – Einar Brusevold, politician.
- 31 May – Ole J. Malm, physician.
- 2 June – Gunder Gundersen, Nordic combined skier and sports official
- 7 July – Gunnar Fredrik Hellesen, politician and Minister
- 20 July – Finn Gustavsen, politician
- 21 August – Liv Aasen, politician
- 24 September – Arna Vågen, missionary and politician
- 8 October – Erik Grønseth, social scientist and sociologist
- 18 October – Sverre Mitsem, judge
- 29 October – Elsa Skjerven, politician and Minister
- 1 November – Carl Mortensen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist
- 7 November – Veslemøy Haslund, actress.
- 23 November – Ingvil Aarbakke, artist
- 1 December – Roar Petersen, novelist.
- 3 December – Kåre Kristiansen, politician
- 17 December – Sverre Stenersen, Nordic combined skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion
- 24 December – Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric
- 29 December – Gerda Boyesen, founder of Biodynamic Psychology
- Jens-Halvard Bratz, businessman, politician and Minister
- Eivind Erichsen, economist and civil servant
- Reidar Grønhaug, social anthropologist
- Geir Grung, diplomat
- Ivar Johansen, journalist and editor
- Ola H. Metliaas, civil servant and politician
- Ove Skaug, engineer and civil servant