2005 in Norway
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Events in the year 2005 in Norway.
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Incumbents
- Monarch - Harald V of Norway
- Prime Minister - Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party) until October 17, Jens Stoltenberg (Labour Party)
Events
- 1 January - The University of Stavanger is established.
- 13 June - The new Svinesund Bridge is opened joining Norway and Sweden. The old Svinesund Bridge still stands 1 kilometre to the east.
- 14 July – The Nærøyfjord, the Geiranger Fjord and the Struve Geodetic Arc are designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.
- 12 September – The 2005 Parliamentary election takes place. The election was won by the opposition centre-left Red-Green Coalition, which took 87 seats.
- 17 October – Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet was appointed.
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King Harald and Queen Sonja, greeted by Laura and George W. Bush at the White House during the March 2005 State Visit to the U.S.
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Both the new and the old Svinesund Bridges in the autumn of 2004
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The University of Stavanger is established.
Popular culture
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Sports
Music
Film
Main article: Norwegian films of the 2000s#2005
Literature
Anniversaries
- June 7 – Centennial of the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
Notable births
- 8 April – Leah Isadora Behn, the second daughter of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and husband Ari Behn
- 3 December – Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway, the second child of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway and his wife Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
Notable deaths
- 6 January - Nora Strømstad, alpine skier (b.1909)
- 13 January - Karstein Seland, politician (b.1912)
- 20 January - Per Borten, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (b.1913)
- 2 February - Anders Hveem, bobsledder (b.1924)
- 2 February - Svein Kvia, international soccer player (b.1947)
- 20 February - Johan Østby, politician (b.1924)
- 12 March - Johan Skipnes, politician (b.1909)
- 17 March - Sverre Holm, actor (b.1931)
- 2 June - Gunder Gundersen, Nordic combined skier and sports official (b.1930)
- 7 July - Gunnar Fredrik Hellesen, politician and Minister (b.1913)
- 20 July - Finn Gustavsen, politician (b.1926)
- 21 August - Liv Aasen, politician (b.1928)
- 24 September - Arna Vågen, missionary and politician (b.1905)
- 8 October - Erik Grønseth, social scientist and sociologist (b.1925)
- 18 October - Sverre Mitsem, judge (b.1944)
- 29 October - Elsa Skjerven, politician and Minister (b.1919)
- 1 November - Carl Mortensen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1919)
- 23 November - Ingvil Aarbakke, artist (b.1970)
- 3 December - Kåre Kristiansen, politician (b.1920)
- 17 December - Sverre Stenersen, Nordic combined skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (b.1926)
Photo: Gisle Hannemyr
- 24 December - Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric (b.1931)
- 29 December - Gerda Boyesen, founder of Biodynamic Psychology (b.1922)
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- Jens-Halvard Bratz, businessman, politician and Minister (b.1920)
- Eivind Erichsen, economist and civil servant (b.1917)
- Reidar Grønhaug, social anthropologist (b.1938)
- Geir Grung, diplomat (b.1938)
- Ivar Johansen, journalist and editor (b.1923)
- Ola H. Metliaas, civil servant and politician (b.1943)
- Ove Skaug, engineer and civil servant (b.1912)
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