2001 in Norway

Events in the year 2001 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Harald V
 * Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg (Labour Party) until 19 October, Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party)

January

 * 26 January: Murder of Benjamin Hermansen.

February

 * 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".
 * 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.

March

 * 25 March – The Schengen Agreement treaty comes into force in Norway.

June

 * 18 June – The state-owned oil and gas company Statoil is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

August

 * August – The Bratsberg Line in Nedre Telemark closes down. It was opened in 1917.
 * 25 August – Wedding of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, and Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby.

September

 * 10 September – The 2001 Norwegian parliamentary election takes place. The Norwegian 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 the Liberal Party was formed, led by Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of the Christian Democratic Party.

October

 * 19 October – Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik's Second Cabinet was appointed.

November

 * 3 November – Population Census: 4,520,900 inhabitants in Norway.
 * 17 November – Eurasian harvest mouse is observed in Norway for the first time.

Music

 * Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Literature

 * Jan Kjærstad is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for The Discoverer.

Notable births

 * 12 January – Vilde Nilsen, Paralympic cross-country skier and biathlete
 * 16 April – Mia Svele, handball player
 * 14 July – Maren Grøthe, politician.

Notable deaths

 * 17 January – Sigurd Vestad, cross country skier (born 1907)
 * 26 January – Benjamin Hermansen, murder victim (born 1985)
 * 29 January – Ingebrigt Davik, children's writer (born 1925)
 * 4 February – Asbjørn Antoni Holm, politician (born 1921)
 * 8 February – Ivo Caprino, film director and writer (born 1920)
 * 8 February – Torkell Tande, politician (born 1901)
 * 13 February – Knut Theodor Gleditsch, sports commentator (born 1938)
 * 14 February – Olav Reiersøl, statistician and econometrician (born 1908)
 * 8 March – David Sandved, architect (born 1912)
 * 11 March – Finn Ferner, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (born 1920)
 * 22 March – Rolf Birger Pedersen, football player and coach (born 1939)
 * 28 March – Alf Frotjold, trade unionist (born 1929)
 * 29 March – Helge Ingstad, explorer (born 1899)
 * 4 April – Sverre Engen, skier, ski coach, ski area manager and filmmaker in America (born 1911)
 * 10 April – Knut Andreas Knudsen, politician (born 1919)
 * 12 April – Reidar Hirsti, newspaper editor and politician (born 1925)
 * 24 April – Gro Anita Schønn, singer (born 1950).
 * 26 April – Sverre Walter Rostoft, politician and Minister (born 1912)
 * 7 May – Thor Støre, politician (born 1924)
 * 19 May – Vidkunn Hveding, politician and Minister (born 1921)
 * 27 May – Knut Myrstad, politician (born 1913)
 * 5 June – Sigmund P. Haave, politician (born 1916)
 * 14 June – Andreas Wormdahl, politician (born 1911)
 * 2 July – Fredrik Stabel, illustrator and satirical writer (born 2001).
 * 15 July – Helge Rognlien, politician and Minister (born 1920)
 * 21 July – Gudmund Grytøyr, politician (born 1920)
 * 24 July – Sven Olsen, politician (born 1922)
 * 31 August – Odd Steinar Holøs, politician (born 1922)
 * 12 October – Gunnar Thorleif Hvashovd, politician (born 1924)
 * 27 October – Ellisiv Steen, literary scholar (b. 1908).
 * 1 November – Engly Lie, politician (born 1919)
 * 3 November – Liv Paulsen, sprinter and shot putter (born 1925).
 * 8 November – Alf Hellevik, philologist (born 1909).
 * 18 November – Roar Hauglid, art historian (born 1910).
 * 1 December – Olav Mosebekk, illustrator and painter (born 1910).
 * 10 December – Knut Fægri, botanist (born 1909)
 * 15 December – Leif Kolflaath, politician (born 1927)
 * 19 December – Jakob Weidemann, painter (born 1923)
 * 28 December – Arne Rettedal, politician and Minister (born 1926)

Full date unknown

 * Odd Abrahamsen, poet (born 1924)
 * Håkon Flood, professor of inorganic chemistry (born 1905)
 * Henriette Bie Lorentzen, humanist, peace activist, feminist and editor (born 1911)
 * Anfinn Lund, civil servant and politician (born 1926)
 * Nils Slaatto, architect (born 1923)