2011 in Norway

Events in the year 2011 in Norway.

Incumbents

[List of Norway|Norwegian monarchs|Monarch] – Harald V
President of the Storting – Dag Terje Andersen
Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg

Events

January

7 January – Five people were killed in a traffic accident on the European route E8 in Lavangsdalen near Tromsø.
12 January – Russian-born blogger Maria Amelie was arrested for having stayed in Norway illegally since 2002. Amelie was deported from Norway to Russia on 24 January 2011.

February

2 February – A Norwegian MP nominates WikiLeaks for the Nobel Peace Prize, saying "Wikileaks have contributed to the struggle for human rights, democracy and freedom of speech globally, by exposing corruption, war crimes and torture – sometimes even conducted by allies of Norway".
15 February – The Government of the Philippines and Communist Party of the Philippines hold their first peace talks in six years in Oslo, Norway.

June

June – 2011 Eastern Norway floods.

July

4 July – The Ullensvang helicopter accident: five people were killed in a helicopter crash near Kinsarvik.
21 July – Museum for Northern Peoples is opened in Manndalen in Gáivuotna Municipality.
22 July – 2011 Norway attacks: 77 people were killed in a twin terrorist attack in Norway after a bombing in the Regjeringskvartalet, the government center in Oslo and the massacre in the political youth camp in the island of Utøya.
29 July – The first funerals of last week's terrorism and shooting victims were held.

October

7 October – The Linesøy Bridge is opened, connecting the islands of Linesøya and Stokkøya in Åfjord Municipality.

November

25 November – The Cyclone Berit hits the Norwegian coast.

Popular culture

Music

Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Sports

23 February – 6 March – the 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo
5 May—8 May – biannual convention of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
29 June – 6 July – the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D in Germany
2 – 18 December – the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil

Film

26 August - Headhunters, directed by Morten Tyldum, released in Norway

Literature

The novel Days in the History of Silence by Merethe Lindstrøm is published.

Anniversaries

200 years since University of Oslo was established
150 years since Norwegian Confederation of Sports was established
19 March – 50 years since the first female pastor, Ingrid Bjerkås was ordained in Vang Church
10 October – 150 years since the birth of Fritjof Nansen
14 December – 100 years since Roald Amundsen's expedition reached the South Pole

Notable deaths

January

1 January – Peter F. Hjort, physician
8 January – Thorbjørn Svenssen, footballer
8 January – Jan K. S. Jansen, professor of medicine
11 January – Johannes Holt, engineer
11 January – Knut Olsen, television presenter
12 January – Terje Sagvolden, neuroscientist
14 January – Per Olav Wiken, yacht racer
23 January – Ole Kopreitan, political activist
24 January – Audun Tylden, record mogul
27 January – Svein Mathisen, footballer
27 January – Hannemor Gram, alpine skier
27 January – Kjeld Vibe, diplomat
28 January – Kari Werner Øfsti, broadcasting executive

February

1 February – Knut Risan, actor
3 February – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs, pianist
6 February – Axel Seeberg, archeologist
10 February – Randi Thorvaldsen, speed skater
10 February – Astrid Carlson, teacher and orienteer.
13 February – Arnfinn Bergmann, ski jumper
13 February – Harald Kolstad, film critic – body found on this date
13 February – Rolf Solem, police chief
14 February – Kjell Bertheussen, physician
22 February – Kjell Bjartveit, physician
23 February – Rolf Tofte, journalist
24 February – Irma Bruun Hodne, artist
26 February – Willy Simonsen, sports official
26 February – Harald Grimen, philosopher

March

5 March – Anton Smith-Meyer, diplomat
6 March – Oddmund Jensen, cross-country skier
7 March – Einar Johannes Lundeby, linguist
12 March – Bjarne Røtterud, artist
17 March – Martin Kloster-Jensen, linguist
26 March – Louis Kloster, architect
28 March – Wenche Foss, actress
30 March – Oddvar Hansen, footballer

April

1 April – Siri Skare, air force officer
4 April – Liv Undheim, trade unionist and politician
4 April – Ottar Dahl, historian
4 April – Paul Grøstad, businessperson
10 April – Børt Erik Thoresen, musician
11 April – Bjørn Oscar Gulbrandsen, oce hpcley player and yacht racer
16 April – Hermod Skånland, banker
16 April – Erik Tumyr, journalist
18 April – Kjell Håkonsen, harness racer
18 April – Trygve Simonsen, politician
19 April – Grete Waitz, runner
19 April – Aage Møst, sports official
20 April – Kari Nyquist, ceramicist
21 April – Cato Wadel, social anthropologist
22 April – Eyvind Solås, musician
24 April – Georg Johan Jacobsen, politician
27 April – Dag Stokke, keyboardist
28 April – Johan Henrik Andresen, businessperson

May

2 May – Knut Hedemann, diplomat
2 May – Sverre Lyngstad, literary scholar
7 May – Einar Coldevin Hellem, printmaker
8 May – Finn Wischmann, botanist
11 May – Erik Stallemo, businessperson and football agent
12 May – Målfrid Kuvås, sports official
12 May – Harry Danielsen, politician
13 May – Merete Lie Hoel, journalist
15 May – Turid Holter, textile artist
22 May – Rolf Aalerud, politician
25 May – Reidar Rudjord, printmaker
27 May – Jostein Løfsgaard, university director
27 May – Peter Hallaråker, onomastician
27 May – Arne Solheim, painter
28 May – Sigurd Müller, police chief
31 May – Sølvi Wang, singer

June

4 June – Kjellaug Steinslett, writer
17 June – Kjell Bohlin, politician
18 June – Trygve Stangeland, businessperson
18 June – Herman Hagen, director
19 June – Oskar Hordnes, chief of police
25 June – Tron Gerhardsen, journalist
25 June – Henry Olaf Hoff, politician
28 June – Olav Askvik, judge and politician

July

2 July – Jostein Erstad, jurist
2 July – Per Aasen, journalist and ambassador
2 July – Johan Henrik Dahl, ambassador
2 July – Paul W. Weeden, jazz guitarist
2 July – Magnar G. Huseby, politician
3 July – Birger Blom-Kalstø, politician
5 July – Odd Mæhlum, javelin thrower.
7 July – Olav Versto, editor
10 July – Terje Grøstad, artist
13 July – Per Erik Burud, retailer – body found on 22 July
14 July – Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn, writer
14 July – Peter Sjøholt, physicist
15 July – Arne Sigurd Haugen, editor and musician
18 July – Ludvik Zajc, ski jump coach
20 July – Gunnar Vatten, engineer
21 July – Lars Skjølaas, politician
22 July – Einar Tandberg-Hanssen, astrophysicist
24 July – Imre Hercz, physician
24 July – Harald Johnsen, jazz bassist
26 July – Hans Prydz, biochemist
28 July – Einar Nistad, retailer
29 July – Arild Braastad, diplomat
31 July – Fredrik Jensen, Waffen-SS officer

August

11 August – Tomas Hägg, philologist
19 August – Odd Jarl Pedersen, judge
21 August – Arne Vinje, chess player

September

3 September – Finn Helgesen, speed skater
4 September – Hilde Heltberg, singer
5 September – Reidar Børjeson, figure skater
11 September – Lilly Bølviken, Supreme Court Justice
19 September – Reidar Hauge, organist
22 September – Asbjørn Osnes, ski jumper
22 September – Knut Steen, sculptor
25 September – Erling Lars Dale, educationalist
25 September – Oddmund Bye, fishers' leader
25 September – Gjermund Barstad, architect and designer
29 September – Andreas Hagen, newspaper editor
30 September – Kjell Torheim, fashion designer

October

1 October – Hans Christian Alsvik, television presenter
2 October – Kristian Kvakland, sculptor
9 October – Vibeke Falk, actress
10 October – Arne Lindaas, artist
12 October – Leiv Mjeldheim, historian
15 October – Benny Dahl-Hansen, pianist and rector
16 October – Arne Eidsmo, politician
19 October – Leif Tomren, businessperson
22 October – Tove Strømme, pianist and rector
28 October – Sivert Farstad, Lord Chamberlain
29 October – Kjell Eide, civil servant
30 October – Vigleik Eide, Chief of Defence
30 October – Evy-Ann Midttun, politician
31 October – Nils Johan Lavik, psychiatrist
31 October – Helene Andrea Nilsen, supercentenarian

November

1 November – Olav Myklebust, diplomat and politician
1 November – Johan Christian Evandt, athlete
11 November – Fridtjof Frank Gundersen, legal scholar and politician
13 November – Anders Aune, politician
14 November – Brikt Jensen, publisher and writer
18 November – Erik Gjems-Onstad, resistance member, barrister and politician
19 November – Kåre Elgmork, zoologist
19 November – Bjarne Lingås, boxer
22 November – Oscar Bodøgaard, painter
23 November – Henry Øberg, football referee
24 November – Gunnar Stensland, footballer
25 November – Erling Lægreid, journalist
30 November – Ola Byrknes, politician

December

1 December – Siss Hartmann, singer
2 December – Karl E. Nilsen, sculptor
4 December – Arne Sund, military psychiatrist
9 December – Alf R. Bjercke, businessperson
9 December – Kjell Elgjo, professor of medicine
15 December – Birger Stuevold Lassen, legal scholar
16 December – Ulf Aas, illustrator
25 December – Truls Fyhn, police chief
29 December – Sveinung Ones, journalist
29 December – Arne Rudvin, bishop in the Church of Pakistan
29 December – Svein Krøvel, cinematographer

;Full date missing

Jon Viktor Aslaksen, politician
Gerd Stub Andersen, resistance member
Odd Kappfjell, politician
Kjell Knarvik, ski jumper
Inge Mannsåker, writer
Karl Over-Rein, writer
Rolf Eilhardt Pedersen, naval officer