2000 in Norway

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Harald V
 * Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party) until 17 March, Jens Stoltenberg (Labour Party)

January

 * 19 January – Five people die when a bus is taken by an avalanche in Lyngen Municipality.

March

 * 11 March – Three people die when a community center in Målselv Municipality collapsed due to heavy snowfall.
 * 17 March – Stoltenberg's First Cabinet was appointed.

April

 * 5 April – Two freight trains collide at Lillestrøm Station. 2,000 people were evacuated because of the danger of a gas explosion.

May

 * 19 May – Baneheia murders

June

 * 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.

December

 * 1 December – King Harald V of Norway informs the Norwegian government about the engagement between Crown Prince Haakon and Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby.
 * 4 December – The state-owned telecommunications company Telenor is partially privatised and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.

Sports

 * 19 to 26 February – The Biathlon World Championships 2000 were held in Holmenkollen.

Music

 * Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Births



 * 10 January – Erik Botheim, footballer
 * 6 February – Jørgen Strand Larsen, footballer
 * 18 February – Anders Waagan, footballer
 * 27 February – Erik Sandberg, footballer
 * 29 February – Hugo Vetlesen, footballer
 * 7 April – André Klippenberg Grindheim, swimmer.
 * 7 May – Markus Karlsbakk, footballer
 * 21 July
 * Erling Haaland, English-born Norwegian footballer
 * Jens Lurås Oftebro, Nordic combined skier
 * 19 September – Jakob Ingebrigtsen, middle- and long-distance runner.

Notable deaths

 * 9 January – Olaug Hay, politician (b.1902)
 * 11 January – Edvard Magnus Edvardsen, politician (b.1910).
 * 21 January – Kristian Asdahl, politician (b.1920)
 * 27 January – Asle Enger, priest (born 1906).
 * 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)
 * 6 March – Ole Jacob Hansen, jazz drummer (b.1940).
 * 18 March – Randi Hultin, jazz critic and impresario (b.1926).
 * 2 April – Greta Gynt, singer, dancer and actress (b.1916)
 * 2 April – Synnøve Anker Aurdal, textile artist (born 1908).
 * 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)
 * 22 June – Svein Finnerud, jazz pianist (b.1945).
 * 26 June – Arne Thomas Olsen, actor, stage producer and theatre director (b.1909)
 * 27 June – Dagmar Maalstad, politician (b.1902)
 * 2 September – Johannes Sandven, educator (born 1909).
 * 17 October – Joachim «Jokke» Nielsen (36), rock musician and poet.
 * 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)

Full date unknown

 * 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)