2005 in Norway

Events in the year 2005 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Harald V
 * Regent: Haakon from 29 March to 7 June 2005 (during the King's recovering from heart surgery)
 * President of the Storting:
 * Prime Minister: Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party) to 17 October, then Jens Stoltenberg (Labour Party)

January

 * 1 January
 * New Year's celebrations all over Norway fall silent for two minutes as mark of respect for Scandinavian memorial service for those affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
 * The University of Stavanger is established.

March

 * 11 March – Ole Christian Kvarme is appointed bishop of Oslo.

June

 * 8 June – At least 10 people are feared dead after an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. The source is localized to a Borregaard treatment plant in Sarpsborg.
 * 13 June – The new Svinesund Bridge is opened. The old Svinesund Bridge still stands 1 kilometre to the east.

July

 * 14 July – The Nærøyfjord, the Geiranger Fjord and the Struve Geodetic Arc are designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.

September

 * 12 September – The 2005 Parliamentary election takes place. The election was won by the opposition centre-left Red-Green Coalition, which took 87 seats.
 * 19 September – The trial of the accused in the NOKAS robbery starts in Stavanger.

October

 * 17 October – Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet was appointed after the 2005 Parliamentary elections and Bondevik's step down.

Music

 * Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
 * Rock band Accidents Never Happen forms

Anniversaries

 * 7 June – 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 (born 1909)
 * 13 January – Karstein Seland, politician (born 1912)
 * 20 January – Per Borten, Prime Minister (born 1913)


 * 2 February – Anders Hveem, bobsledder (born 1924)
 * 2 February – Svein Kvia, footballer (born 1947)
 * 20 February – Johan Østby, politician (born 1924)


 * 12 March – Johan Skipnes, politician (born 1909)
 * 17 March – Sverre Holm, actor (born 1931)


 * 8 April – Jeremi Wasiutyński, Polish-Norwegian astrophysicist, philosopher and depth-psychologist (born 1907)


 * 31 May – Ole J. Malm, physician (born 1910).


 * 2 June – Gunder Gundersen, Nordic combined skier and sports official (born 1930)


 * 7 July – Gunnar Fredrik Hellesen, politician and Minister (born 1913)
 * 20 July – Finn Gustavsen, politician (born 1926)


 * 21 August – Liv Aasen, politician (born 1928)


 * 24 September – Arna Vågen, missionary and politician (born 1905)


 * 8 October – Erik Grønseth, social scientist and sociologist (born 1925)
 * 18 October – Sverre Mitsem, judge (born 1944)
 * 29 October – Elsa Skjerven, politician and Minister (born 1919)


 * 1 November – Carl Mortensen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (born 1919)
 * 23 November – Ingvil Aarbakke, artist (born 1970)


 * 1 December – Roar Petersen, novelist (born 1934).
 * 3 December – Kåre Kristiansen, politician (born 1920)
 * 17 December – Sverre Stenersen, Nordic combined skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (born 1926)
 * 24 December – Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric (born 1931)
 * 29 December – Gerda Boyesen, founder of Biodynamic Psychology (born 1922)


 * Full date missing
 * Jens-Halvard Bratz, businessman, politician and Minister (born 1920)
 * Eivind Erichsen, economist and civil servant (born 1917)
 * Reidar Grønhaug, social anthropologist (born 1938)
 * Geir Grung, diplomat (born 1938)
 * Ivar Johansen, journalist and editor (born 1923)
 * Ola H. Metliaas, civil servant and politician (born 1943)
 * Ove Skaug, engineer and civil servant (born 1912)