2004 in Norway

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Events in the year 2004 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Harald V of Norway
• Regent - Crown Prince Haakon - Crown Prince Haakon - from 25 November until 12 April 2004 (during the King's treatment for cancer and the subsequent convalescence period)
• Prime Minister - Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party)

Events

• 1 January - Innovation Norway is established, replacing four Norwegian governmental organisations.
• 26 March - Norsk Hydro's fertilizer business was spun off as a separately stock-listed company under the name of Yara International.
• 4 April - NOKAS robbery: the NOKAS teller central in Stavanger was robbed. The outcome of the robbery was approximately NOK 57,4 million (approx. USD 9.3 million), making it the largest robbery in Norwegian history. A policeman was shot and killed during the robbery.
• July – Leona Johansson and Tommy Hol Ellingsen, the founders of environmental organization Fuck for Forest, had intercourse on stage at the Quart Festival during the performance by Kristopher Schau and his band, The Cumshots to raise awareness for the deforestation issue, resulting in a fine for the organization.
• 22 August - Armed robbers steal Edvard Munch's The Scream, Madonna, and other paintings from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.

Popular culture

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Music

Kurt Nilsen wins the World Idol competition on January 1st.

• January 1 – The Norwegian pop/country singer Kurt Nilsen, whom won the first season of the Norwegian version of the reality television show Pop Idol in May 2003, wins the World Idol competition which was a one-off international version of Pop Idol featuring winners of the various national Idol shows.

Sports

Film

Literature

Notable births

Princess Ingrid Alexandra with her father on 17 May 2007

• January 21 - Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, the daughter of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and second in the line of succession to the Norwegian throne.

Notable deaths

• 13 January - Arne Næss, Jr., businessman and mountaineer (b.1937)
• 29 January - Helge Seip, politician (b.1919)
• 8 February - Kristian Henriksen, international soccer player, coach (b.1911)
• 10 February - Nils Aas, sculptor (b.1933)
• 15 February - Jens Evensen, lawyer, judge, politician and Minister (b.1917)
• 4 March - Erik Stai, high jumper (b.1915)
• 13 March - Guttorm Berge, alpine skier and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1929)
• 18 March - Jostein Nerbøvik, historian (b.1938)
• 27 March - Einar Magnussen, economist and politician (b.1931)
• 10 April - Odd Wang Sørensen, international soccer player (b.1922)
• 25 April - Thorbjørn Kultorp, politician (b.1929)
• 6 May - Kjell Hallbing, author of Western books under the pseudonym Louis Masterson (b.1934)
• 13 May - Kjell Bækkelund, pianist (b.1930)
• 13 May - Magnar Estenstad, cross country skier and double Olympic medallist (b.1924)
• 13 May - Bergfrid Fjose, politician and Minister (b.1915)
• 30 May - Leif Lund, politician (b.1942)
• 2 June - Egil Tynæs, medical doctor, killed in Afghanistan (b.1941)
• 23 June - Tor Aspengren, trade unionist (b.1917)
• 25 June - Carl Fredrik Wisløff, theologian and Christian preacher (b.1908)
• 13 July - Tore A. Liltved, politician (b.1939)
• 17 July - Paul Hilmar Jenson, philatelist (b.1930)
• 21 July - Oddbjørn Sverre Langlo, politician (b.1935)
• 31 August - Edvin Landsem, cross country skier (b.1925)
• 13 October - Erik Bye, journalist, artist and radio and television personality (b.1926)
• 3 November - Eilert Dahl, Nordic skier (b.1919)
• 14 November - Petter Mørch Koren, politician and Minister (b.1910)
• 14 November - Harald Kråkenes, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1925)
• 18 November - Kolbjørn Stordrange, politician (b.1924)
• 4 December - Oscar Olsen, politician (b.1908)
• 5 December - Øystein Rottem, philologist, literary historian and literary critic (b.1946)
• 12 December - Reidar Alveberg, bobsledder (b.1916)
• 18 December - Albert Nordengen, politician (b.1923)
• 24 December - Per Fossum, alpine skier (b.1910)

Full date unknown

• Petter Jakob Bjerve, politician and Minister (b.1913)
• Finn Carling, novelist, playwright, poet and essayist (b.1925)
• Einar Førde, politician and Minister (b.1943)
• Sivert Andreas Nielsen, civil servant, banker and politician (b.1916)
• Arild Nyquist, novelist, poet, children's writer and musician (b.1937)
• Magne Skodvin, historian (b.1915)

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