2002 in Norway

Events in the year 2002 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

February

 * 27 February – Metropol TV ceases broadcasting because of financial difficulties.

May

 * 24 May – Ari Behn marries Princess Märtha Louise of Norway in Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.

June

 * June – World Bank Oslo 2002 Protests

Literature

 * Lars Saabye Christensen is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for The Half Brother.

Notable births

 * 21 February – Marcus & Martinus Gunnarsen, two identical brothers singers
 * 12 May – Birgitta Elisa Oftestad, cellist
 * 5 September – Alessandra mele, Norwegian-Italian singer

Notable deaths

 * 1 January – Arne Røgden, bobsledder (born 1917)
 * 20 January – Knut Thomassen, actor and theatre director (born 1921).
 * 24 January – Ragnar Horn, politician (born 1913)
 * 31 January – Jens P. Flå, politician (born 1923)
 * 1 February – Sigurd Berge, composer (born 1928)
 * 18 April – Thor Heyerdahl, ethnographer and adventurer (born 1914)
 * 29 April – Sverre Bratland, military leader (born 1917)
 * 1 May – Birger Tvedt, physician (born 1910).
 * 28 May – Kai Paulsen, journalist, photographer and computer collector (born 1947)
 * 29 June – Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist (born 1931)
 * 10 August – Kristen Nygaard, mathematician, computer programming language pioneer and politician (born 1926)
 * 26 September – Eleonore Bjartveit, politician and Minister (born 1924)
 * 10 October – Sverre L. Mo, politician (born 1915)
 * 15 November – Hans Jørgen Toming, visual artist and designer (b. 1933).
 * 24 November – Odd Lien, newspaper editor and politician (born 1915)
 * 5 December – Magnar Sætre, politician (born 1940)
 * 20 December – Tore Tønne, politician and Minister (born 1948)
 * 21 December – Harald U. Lied, politician (born 1927)
 * 24 December – Kjell Aukrust, author, poet and artist (born 1920).

Full date unknown

 * Odd Chr. Gøthe, civil servant and politician (born 1919)
 * Johan Berthin Holte, businessperson (born 1915)
 * Nils Peder Langvand, judge (born 1929)
 * Oddrunn Pettersen, politician and Minister (born 1937)
 * Fritz Røed, sculptor (born 1928)
 * Einar Skinnarland, resistance fighter (born 1918)
 * Knut Tjønneland, politician (born 1907)