2001 in Norway
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Events in the year 2001 in Norway.
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Incumbents
- Monarch - Harald V of Norway
- Prime Minister - Jens Stoltenberg (Labour Party) until October 19, Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party)
Events
- February – Former Prime Minister, then foreign affairs minister Thorbjørn Jagland makes a political scandal when he jokingly refers to Gabon's president Omar Bongo, due for a state visit to Norway, as "Bongo from Congo".[1]
- February – Around 40,000 people in Oslo march in a rally to express their outrage and devastation over the racially motivated murder in Holmlia, Oslo of a young black Norwegian boy, Benjamin Hermansen at the hands of a group af neo-Nazis. Marches take place simultaneously all over Norway.
- 25 March – The Schengen Agreement treaty comes into force in Norway.
- August – The railway line Bratsbergbanen in Nedre Telemark closes down. It was opened in 1917.
- 10 September – The 2001 Parliamentary election takes place. The Labour Party won a plurality of votes and seats, closely followed by the Conservative Party. The Labour Party was unable to form a government, and a centre-right coalition of the Conservative Party, the Christian People's Party and Liberal Party was formed, led by Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of the Christian Democratic Party.
- 19 October – Bondevik's Second Cabinet was appointed.
- 3 November – Population Census: 4,520,900 inhabitants in Norway.
Popular culture
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Sports
Music
Film
Main article: Norwegian films of the 2000s#2001
Literature
Notable births
Notable deaths
- 17 January - Sigurd Vestad, cross country skier (b.1907)
- 26 January - Benjamin Hermansen, murder victim (b.1985)
- 29 January - Ingebrigt Davik, children's writer (b.1925)
- 4 February - Asbjørn Antoni Holm, politician (b.1921)
- 8 February - Ivo Caprino, film director and writer (b.1920)
- 8 February - Torkell Tande, politician (b.1901)
- 13 February - Knut Th. Gleditsch, sports commentator (b.1938)
- 14 February - Olav Reiersøl, statistician and econometrician (b.1908)
- 8 March - David Sandved, architect (b.1912)
- 11 March - Finn Ferner, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1920)
- 22 March - Rolf Birger Pedersen, football player and coach (b.1939)
- 29 March - Helge Ingstad, explorer (b.1899)
- 4 April - Sverre Engen, skier, ski coach, ski area manager and film-maker in America (b.1911)
- 10 April - Knut Andreas Knudsen, politician (b.1919)
- 12 April - Reidar Hirsti, newspaper editor and politician (b.1925)
- 24 April - Gro Anita Schønn, singer (b.1950)
- 26 April - Sverre Walter Rostoft, politician and Minister (b.1912)
- 7 May - Thor Støre, politician (b.1924)
- 19 May - Vidkunn Hveding, politician and Minister (b.1921)
- 27 May - Knut Myrstad, politician (b.1913)
- 5 June - Sigmund P. Haave, politician (b.1916)
- 14 June - Andreas Wormdahl, politician (b.1911)
- 15 July - Helge Rognlien, politician and Minister (b.1920)
- 21 July - Gudmund Grytøyr, politician (b.1920)
- 24 July - Sven Olsen, politician (b.1922)
- 31 August - Odd Steinar Holøs, politician (b.1922)
- 12 October - Gunnar Thorleif Hvashovd, politician (b.1924)
- 1 November - Engly Lie, politician (b.1919)
- 3 November - Liv Paulsen, sprinter and shot putter (b.1925)
- 10 December - Knut Fægri, botanist (b.1909)
- 15 December - Leif Kolflaath, politician (b.1927)
- 19 December - Jakob Weidemann, painter (b.1923)
- 28 December - Arne Rettedal, politician and Minister (b.1926)
Full date unknown
- Odd Abrahamsen, poet (b.1924)
- Håkon Flood, professor of inorganic chemistry (b.1905)
- Henriette Bie Lorentzen, humanist, peace activist, feminist and editor (b.1911)
- Anfinn Lund, civil servant and politician (b.1926)
- Nils Slaatto, architect (b.1923)
References
- ^ (Norwegian) "Ytterst pinlig". Dagbladet. 2001-02-07. http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2001/02/07/240423.html. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
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