1999 in Norway

Events in the year 1999 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Harald V
 * Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party)

Events

 * 1 February – The Coastal Party (Kystpartiet) is founded.
 * 23 April – Arve Beheim Karlsen drowns in Sogndalselva
 * 30 September – Metropol TV starts broadcasting.
 * 26 November – The boat MS Sleipner collided with a rock in the notorious part of the North Sea called "Sletta", just north of the town of Haugesund. The ship sank and 16 of the people on board died.
 * Saga Petroleum, Norway's third largest petroleum company, is acquired by Norsk Hydro.
 * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Music

 * Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Notable births



 * 11 January – Jeanette Hegg Duestad, sport shooter.
 * 8 February – Kristine Stavås Skistad, cross-country skier.
 * 9 February – Henny Reistad, handball player.
 * 16 February – Girl in Red (Marie Ulven), singer-songwriter.
 * 28 April – Silje Opseth, ski jumper.
 * 4 June – Aryan Tari, chess player.
 * 16 July – Frida Maanum, footballer.
 * 23 August – Jesper Pedersen, para-alpine skier.

January



 * 2 January – Aase Lionæs, politician (b.1907).
 * 4 January – Fredrik Mellbye, physician and chief medical officer (born 1917).
 * 12 January – Gerda Ring, actress (born 1891).
 * 19 January – Odd Vigestad, politician (b.1915).
 * 21 January – Magne Lystad, orienteering champion (b.1932).

February

 * 1 February – Martin Skaaren, politician (b.1905).
 * 8 February – Øistein Parmann, journalist and publisher (born 1921).
 * 9 February – Bernhard Paus, orthopedic surgeon and Grand Master of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons (b.1910)
 * 10 February – Birger Leirud, high jumper (b.1924)
 * 13 February – Kåre Hovda, biathlete (b.1944).
 * 26 February – Bjørn Wiik, physicist (b.1937)

March



 * 7 March
 * Else Granheim, librarian and civil servant (born 1926).
 * Olav Hagesæther, bishop (born 1909).
 * 14 March
 * Frithjof Jacobsen, diplomat (born 1914).
 * Marius Müller, rock musician (born 1958).
 * 16 March –
 * Trygve Bull, politician (born 1905).
 * Åsta Holth, writer (born 1904).
 * 17 March – Elling Øvergård, sport shooter (born 1947).
 * 20 March – Grete Nash, ceramist (born 1939).
 * 24 March – Odd Sannes, sport shooter (born 1922).
 * 26 March
 * Olle Johan Eriksen, politician (b.1923).
 * Nils O. Golten, politician (born 1936).
 * Eva Kolstad, politician and Minister (b.1918).
 * 27 March – Oskar Øksnes, politician (born 1921).
 * 28 March – Jens Book-Jenssen, popular singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director (b.1910).
 * 29 March – Helmer Dahl, electrical engineer (born 1908).
 * 31 March – Curt James Haydn, bobsledder (born 1919).

April

 * 9 April – Ingolv Helland, politician (born 1906).
 * 13 April – Knut Hauge, writer (born 1911).
 * 14 April – Tor Bjerkmann, publisher (b. 1939).
 * 16 April – Osmund Faremo, politician (born 1921).
 * 27 April – Gunnar Brunvoll, impresario and opera administrator (b. 1924).

May

 * 4 May – Henry Tiller, boxer (born 1914).
 * 7 May – Randi Anda, politician (b.1898).
 * 9 May – Albert Henrik Mohn, journalist (born 1918).
 * 25 May – Lydolf Lind Meløy, politician (born 1908).
 * 31 May – Carl Viggo Manthey Lange, politician (b.1904).

June



 * 5 June – Magne Kleiven, gymnast (born 1921).
 * 10 June – Ingrid Øvre Wiik, actress (born 1918).
 * 12 June – Ola Bauer, novelist and playwright (born 1943).
 * 16 June – Thor Lund, politician (b.1921).
 * 19 June – Karl J. Brommeland, politician (b.1913).
 * 22 June
 * Petter Furberg, politician (b.1923).
 * Eva Scheer, journalist, literary critic, translator and author (b. 1915).
 * 25 June – Borghild Rud, illustrator (born 1910).

July

 * 4 July – Georg Johansen, gymnast (born 1924).
 * 12 July – Trond Øyen, violinist (born 1929).
 * 20 July – Kirsten Ohm, diplomat (born 1930).
 * 21 July – Arne Sletsjøe, violist (born 1916).
 * 23 July – Yngvar Barda, chess player (born 1935).
 * 26 July – Trygve Haavelmo, economist, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (b.1911)

August

 * 12 August – Olav Hummelvold, politician (born 1903).
 * 25 August – Jan Iversen, politician (b.1916).

September

 * 7 September – Bjarne Iversen, cross country skier and Olympic silver medallist (b.1912).
 * 13 September
 * Erik Diesen, revue writer and radio and television personality (born 1922).
 * Ragnar Rygel, ice hockey player (born 1930).
 * 19 September – Kjell Kristiansen, footballer (born 1925).

October

 * 1 October – Thore Boye, diplomat (born 1912).
 * 5 October – Lars Breie, jurist, auditor and politician (b.1907).
 * 6 October – Randi Kolstad, actress (born 1925).
 * 9 October – Per Håland, newspaper editor (born 1919).
 * 20 October – Asbjørn Skarstein, diplomat (born 1922).
 * 24 October – Nicolai Johansen, sports official (born 1917).

November

 * 9 November – Hersleb Vogt, diplomat (born 1912).
 * 24 November – Per Hohle, writer (born 1918).
 * 25 November – Oddvar Berrefjord, jurist, politician and Minister (b.1918).

December

 * 8 December
 * Bjarne Flem, politician (b.1914).
 * Kjell Moe, international footballer (b.1909)
 * 11 December – Oddleif Fagerheim, politician (b.1911).
 * 21 December – Elsa Rastad Bråten, politician (b.1918).
 * 22 December – Per Aabel, comic actor (b.1902).
 * 23 December – Valter Gabrielsen, politician (b.1921).
 * 25 December – Arne Ileby, footballer (born 1913).
 * 26 December
 * Wilhelm Aarek, philologist and educationalist (born 1907).
 * Ola Skjåk Bræk, banker, politician and Minister (b.1912).
 * 28 December – Dagmar Lahlum, resistance member and agent (born 1923).
 * 30 December – Kjølv Egeland, politician (b.1918).
 * 31 December
 * Ferdinand Finne, artist (b.1910).
 * Johannes Seland, politician (b.1912).

Full date unknown

 * Erling Anger, civil servant (b.1909)
 * Karl Olsen, civil servant (b.1910)
 * Hans Skjervheim, philosopher (b.1926)