2016 in Norway

Events in the year 2016 in Norway.

Incumbents

Monarch – Harald V
Prime Minister – Erna Solberg.

Events

26 April – The CHC Helikopter Service Flight 241, carrying oil workers from the Gullfaks B platform in the North Sea, crashes near Turøy, and all thirteen crew and passengers die.

Cultural events

January

21–24 January – Ice Music Festival in Geilo
27–30 January – Bodø Jazz Open in Bodø Municipality
29 January-7 February – Nordlysfestivalen in Tromsø Municipality

February

7 February – Oslo Operaball in Oslo
12–21 February – 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer

March

2–5 March – By:Larm 2016 in Oslo
5 March – 150th anniversary of the Storting building
4–13 March – Oslo International Church Music Festival 2016 in Oslo
23–26 March – Inferno Metal Festival 2016 in Oslo

May

28 May – 200th anniversary of the Norwegian Bible Society

Notable deaths

5 January – Hanna-Marie Weydahl, pianist
9 January – Elnar Seljevold, correspondent
10 January – Bård Breivik, sculptor
11 January – Berge Furre, politician
12 January – Thor Furulund, painter
18 January – Lars Roar Langslet, politician
18 January – Leif Dubard, radio personality
18 January – Karsten Isachsen, priest and speaker
18 January – Nicolaus Zwetnow, sport shooter and physician
20 January – Helga Salvesen, physician
24 January – Fredrik Barth, social anthropologist
25 January – Leif Solberg, composer
30 January – Tias Eckhoff, designer
1 February – Paul Cappelen, architect
2 February – Dag Gundersen, lexicographer
3 February – Arnold Weiberg-Aurdal, politician
5 February – Carl E. Wang, politician
8 February – Erlend Østgaard, physicist
10 February – Jakob Aano, politician
12 February – Martin Jensen, athlete
12 February – Sossen Krohg, actress
12 February – Bergljot Hobæk Haff, novelist
17 February – Arthur J. Aasland, businessperson
19 February – Harald Devold, jazz saxophonist
19 February – Jon Anders Helseth, radio and TV presenter
22 February – Christian Berg-Nielsen, diplomat
26 February – Ivan Kristoffersen, editor
28 February – Hallstein Rasmussen, civil servant
1 March – Magnhild Bråthen, concentration camp survivor
4 March – Thea Knutzen, politician
5 March – Even Hansen, footballer
7 March – Magnus Ulleland, philologist
11 March – Kari Diesen, Jr., entertainer
20 March – Sveinung Valle, politician
24 March – Johannes Elviken, speed skater
30 March – Anne Aasheim, editor
4 April – Jarle Bondevik, philologist
5 April – Kari Børresen, theologian
4 April – Andris Snortheim, children's musician
9 April – Finn Hodt, speed skater
24 April – Jan Henrik Kayser, pianist
28 April – Fredrik Grønningsæter, bishop
5 May – Martha Seim Valeur, politician
16 May – Bjarne Saltnes, politician
18 May – Astrid Gunnestad, editor and radio presenter
18 May – Skjalg Jensen, politician
23 May – Arne Sandnes, politician
23 May – Vera Henriksen, author
25 May – Per Øien, musician
27 May – Kai G. Henriksen, businessman
30 May – Jan Aas, footballer
31 May – Olav Djupvik, politician
3 June – Arve Solstad, editor
4 June – Geirmund Ihle, politician
8 June – Terje Fjærn, band leader
10 June – Alfred Oftedal Telhaug, educationalist
10 June – Per Bakken, industrialist
11 June – Lars Skytøen, politician
12 June – Gunnar Gran, editor
12 June – Dagfinn Gedde-Dahl, physician
14 June – Per Hovdenakk, museum director
15 June – Erik Enger, physician
17 June – Willy Andresen, musician
17 June – Reidar Kvaal, resistance member
18 June – Sverre Kjelsberg, musician
27 June – Anfin Skaaheim, missionary leader
27 June – Stein Madsen, footballer
28 June – Ragnar Pedersen, ethnologist
29 June – Gunnar Garbo, politician
29 June – Frode Nilsen, diplomat
4 July – Kjell Olaf Jensen, literary critic
14 July – Tor Lian, handball official
22 July – Geir Myhre, ice hockey player
23 July – Carl Falck, wholesaler
24 July – Håkon Fimland, hurdler
28 July – Marianne Ihlen, person
31 July – Jon Klette, jazz saxophonist
31 July – Kjell Underlid, psychologist
4 August – Eivald Røren, scientist
5 August – Erling Ree-Pedersen, tax director
6 August – Jan Wilsgaard, Volvo designer
9 August – Per Müller, singer
10 August – Helen Brinchmann, actress
11 August – Sigbjørn Ravnåsen, politician
13 August – Holger Ursin, professor of medicine
15 August – Knut Kjøk, fiddler
16 August – Knut Aunbu, television producer
18 August – Fred Nøddelund, musician
22 August – Per Lønning, bishop and politician
23 August – Berit Mørdre, skier
26 August – Harald Grønningen, skier
30 August – Peter Wollnick, radio presenter
1 September – Leif Mæhle, philologist
2 September – Thorstein Sandholt, speed skater
3 September – Jan Otto Hauge, editor
3 September – Jan Nilsen, footballer
10 September – Knut Wiggen, composer
10 September – Sonja Barth, environmentalist
11 September – Per Brandtzæg, professor of medicine
12 September – Tor Brustad, biophysicist
15 September – Haakon Sørbye, resistance member
21 September – Ragnar Hvidsten, footballer
22 September – Svein Gunnar Morgenlien, politician
24 September – Wenche Lowzow, politician
26 September – Wilhelm Mohr, aviation officer
26 September – Jens Lothe, physicist
28 September – Gunnar Block Watne, industrialist
30 September – Lilleba Lund Kvandal, opera singer
2 October – Georg Apenes, politician
8 October – Jan "Jonas" Gulbrandsen, footballer
10 October – Hans Petter Langtangen, computer scientist
10 October – Christian Erlandsen, physician and politician
10 October – Benn Mikalsen, politician
15 October – Per Rune Wølner, footballer
21 October – Kjell Aas, physician
24 October – Johan Stølan, politician
25 October – Bjørn Lidin Hansen, footballer
30 October – Leif Einar Plahter, art historian
1 November – Sverre Andersen, footballer
3 November – Turid Karlsen Seim, theologian
7 November – Birger Jansen, ice hockey player
11 November – Lauritz Bernhard Sirevaag, politician
13 November – Aslaug Fadum, politician
22 November – Per Sundby, physician
25 November – Marit Kalstad, children's writer
26 November – Alv Gjestvang, speed skater
26 November – Ida Blom, historian
27 November – Eystein Paasche, botanist
2 December – Tove Kari Viken, politician
6 December – Jan Frøystein Halvorsen, Supreme Court Justice
11 December – Oddvar S. Kvam, composer
14 December – Arnie Norse, entertainer
18 December – Rolf Trygve Busch, diplomat
18 December – Vibeke Knudsen, diplomat
19 December – Anne Borg, dancer
26 December – Joachim Calmeyer, actor