2000 in Norway

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Events in the year 2000 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Harald V of Norway
• Prime Minister - Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party) until March 17, Jens Stoltenberg (Labour Party)

Events

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• 17 March – Stoltenberg's First Cabinet was appointed.
• 23 June - The Frøya Tunnel is opened.
• June - Project Deep Spill: the first intentional deepwater oil and gas spill, which was done in order to study how crude oil behaved at depth.
• 1 December - King Harald V of Norway informs the Norwegian government about the engagement between Crown Prince Haakon and Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby.

Popular culture

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Film

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Notable deaths

• 9 January - Olaug Hay, politician (b.1902)
• 11 January - Edvard Magnus Edvardsen, politician (b.1910)
• 21 January - Kristian Asdahl, politician (b.1920)
• 3 February - Aslaug Fredriksen, politician (b.1918)
• 16 February - Karsten Solheim, golf club designer and businessman in America (b.1911)
• 2 March - Audun Boysen, middle distance runner and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1928)
• 3 March - Egil Werner Erichsen, politician (b.1901)
• 2 April - Greta Gynt, singer, dancer and actress (b.1916)
• 11 April - Olav Økern, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1911)
• 22 April - Arnt Eliassen, meteorologist (b.1915)
• 28 April - Anders Skauge, politician (b.1912)
• 19 May - Petter Hugsted, ski jumper and Olympic gold medallist (b.1921)
• 11 June - Aud Alvær, politician (b.1921)
• 26 June - Arne Thomas Olsen, actor, stage producer and theatre director (b.1909)
• 27 June - Dagmar Maalstad, politician (b.1902)
• 10 September - Haldis Havrøy, politician (b.1925)
• 4 November - Anneliese Dørum, politician (b.1939)
• 18 November - Torstein Tynning, politician (b.1932)
• 28 November - Margith Johanne Munkebye, politician (b.1911)

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• Bjarte Birkeland, literary researcher (b.1920)
• Finn-Egil Eckblad, mycologist and professor (b.1923)
• Jostein Goksøyr, microbiologist (b.1922)
• Kjell Holler, politician and Minister (b.1925)
• Jul Låg, soil researcher (b.1915)
• Arne B. Mollén, sports official (b.1913)
• Odd Narud, businessperson (b.1919)
• Christian Norberg-Schulz, architect, architectural historian and theorist (b.1926)

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