2012 in Norway

Events in the year 2012 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Harald V
 * President of the Storting – Dag Terje Andersen (Norwegian Labour Party)
 * Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg (Norwegian Labour Party)

March

 * 15 March – Five Norwegian soldiers died in an aircraft accident in northern Sweden.
 * 19 March – Six tourists are buried in an avalanche in Gáivuotna Municipality (Kåfjord), Norway, leaving four dead and one missing.

April

 * 10 April – A second psychiatric evaluation finds that Breivik's sane enough to face trial for the 2011 terrorist attacks and serve a prison sentence if convicted.
 * 16 April – Breivik's trial of confessed perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, starts in Oslo, Norway.

May

 * 1 May – Norwegian world swimming champion and Olympic medalist Alexander Dale Oen dies at age 26 after suffering a cardiac arrest during a training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona.
 * 15 May – A man sets himself on fire outside the Oslo courthouse where mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik is on trial for the 2011 Norway attacks.

July

 * 22 July – Norway commemorates the first anniversary of the 2011 attacks.

August

 * 4 August – Death of Sigrid Schjetne in Oslo

October

 * 17 October – Netflix becomes available to Norwegian consumers.

December

 * 14 December – The Làhku National Park was established in Gildeskål Municipality, Meløy Municipality and Beiarn Municipality in Nordland county.

Music

 * Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Sports

 * 27 July–12 August: at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Norway won a total of four Olympic medals including two gold medals. Eirik Verås Larsen won the gold medal in canoeing, men's K-1 1000 metres, and the Norwegian team won the women's handball tournament.
 * 1–9 August: the 55th Aeronautical pentathlon World Championships are held in Trondheim

Literature

 * The novel Olavs draumar by Jon Fosse is published. In 2015, Fosse was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for Andvake (2007), Olavs draumar and Kveldsvævd (2014).
 * Merethe Lindstrøm is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for Days in the History of Silence.

Anniversaries

 * 1 June – 100 years since Hans Dons became the first Norwegian to fly in Norway
 * 21 August – 125 years since the Labour Party was established
 * 21 September – 100 years since the first flight at Kjeller Airport
 * October – 50 years since the first of the popular Stompa movies, Stompa & Co., premiered.
 * 12 December – 100 years since the birth of Thorbjørn Egner
 * 21 December – 50 years since Norway's first national park, Rondane National Park, was established
 * 100 years since Kristine Bonnevie became the first female professor in Norway
 * 50 years since the Goethe-Institut first established itself in Norway.
 * 250 years since the establishment of Hadeland Glassverk.

Notable deaths



 * 2 January – Liv Godin, missionary (b. 1918)
 * 2 January – Ambjørg Sælthun, politician (b. 1922)
 * 4 January – Totti Bergh, jazz saxophonist (b. 1935)
 * 7 January – Dag Heyerdahl Larsen, translator (b. 1965)
 * 11 January – Christoffer Selbekk, ski jumper and businessman (b. 1939)
 * 12 January – Bjørn G. Andersen, geologist (b. 1924)
 * 13 January – Anton Blom, journalist (b. 1924)
 * 13 January – Ivar Furu, politician (b. 1928)
 * 14 January – Lasse Kolstad, actor (b. 1922)
 * 17 January – Tom Tellefsen, actor (b. 1931)
 * 18 January – Are Frode Søholt, poet (b. 1974)
 * 21 January – Julie Skjæraasen, professor of medicine (b. 1928)
 * 23 January – Arne Christiansen, Supreme Court justice (b. 1926)
 * 24 January – Arild Haaland, philosopher (b. 1919)
 * 25 January – Stig Sæterbakken, writer (b. 1966)
 * 30 January – Johannes Ulltveit-Moe, civil servant (b. 1941)
 * 31 January – Anders Askildsen Eikås, drummer (b. 1992)


 * 1 February – Ingolf Mork, ski jumper (b. 1947)
 * 2 February – Leif Hugo Olsson, footballer (b. 1927)
 * 6 February – Aage Johansen, speed skater (b. 1919)
 * 6 February – Knut Tveit, educationalist (b. 1939)
 * 11 February – Siri Bjerke, politician (b. 1958)
 * 13 February – Paul Otto Johnsen, politician (b. 1924)
 * 13 February – Nils Grinde, musicologist and theatre historian (b. 1927)
 * 15 February – Jan Svenneby, chess player (b. 1936)
 * 16 February – Ronald Rindestu, politician (b. 1942)
 * 16 February – Reidar T. Larsen, politician (b. 1923)
 * 18 February – Roald Aas, speed skater (b. 1928)
 * 20 February – Knut Thorbjørn Eggen, football manager (b. 1960)
 * 20 February – Kjell Thue, radio presenter (b. 1919)
 * 20 February – Christoffer Schander, biologist (b. 1960)
 * 21 February – Andreas Lunnan, radio and television presenter (b. 1940)
 * 22 February – Eivin One Pedersen, jazz pianist and accordionist (b. 1956)
 * 26 February – Johannes Vågsnes, politician (b. 1923)


 * 3 March – Per J. Husabø, politician (b. 1928)
 * 8 March – Kristin Bølgen Bronebakk, civil servant (b. 1950)
 * 11 March – Kjell Karlsen, odontologist (b. 1921)
 * 12 March – Johnny Myrseth, furniture industrialist (b. 1925)
 * 13 March – Grete Nordrå, actress (b. 1924)
 * 15 March – Edvard Hagerup Bull, composer (b. 1922)
 * 19 March – Hugo Munthe-Kaas, officer and politician (b. 1922)
 * 19 March – Knut Erik Tranøy, philosopher (b. 1918)
 * 21 March – Kåre Tveter, painter (b. 1922)
 * 29 March – Liv Buck, trade unionist (b. 1928)


 * 4 April – Helge Sverre Nesheim, television presenter (b. 1919)
 * 4 April – Anne Karin Elstad, novelist (b. 1938)
 * 8 April – Aage Grundstad, accordionist (b. 1923)
 * 9 April – Harald Gullichsen, translator (b. 1920)
 * 10 April – Odd Rikard Olsen, politician and editor (b. 1947)
 * 10 April – Svein Aasmundstad, civil servant (b. 1947)
 * 13 April – Inge Bråten, skiing coach (b. 1948)
 * 14 April – Per G. Stavnum, diplomat (b. 1941)
 * 15 April – Birger Lambertz-Nilssen, architect (b. 1941)
 * 18 April – Åge Storhaug, gymnast (b. 1938)
 * 18 April – Kristian Lund, politician (b. 1932)
 * 24 April – Thomas Chr. Wyller, political scientist (b. 1922)
 * 26 April – Astrid Dahlsveen, sculptor (b. 1929)
 * 28 April – Stein Johnson, athlete and coach (b. 1921)
 * 28 April – Harald Bergseth, soil scientist (b. 1923)
 * 29 April – Idar Ulstein, businessperson (b. 1934)
 * 29 April – Odd Henning Grønmo, politician (b. 1922)
 * 30 April – Finn Benestad, musicologist (b. 1929)


 * 1 May – Alexander Dale Oen, swimmer (b. 1985, died in the US)
 * 1 May – Siri Myrvoll, archeologist and politician (b. 1944)
 * 2 May – Karsten Ekorness, Christian singer (b. 1917)
 * 4 May – Anne Breivik, artist (b. 1932)
 * 6 May – Kåre Øistein Hansen, politician (b. 1927)
 * 6 May – Arne Berg, architectural historian (b. 1917)
 * 8 May – Ingvill Elsebe Raaum, politician (b. 1935)
 * 9 May – Gunnar Dybwad, footballer (b. 1928)
 * 9 May – Ingvald M. Smith-Kielland, royal servant (b. 1919)
 * 10 May – Gunnar Sønsteby, resistance fighter (b. 1918)
 * 12 May – Tor Marius Gromstad, footballer (b. 1989) – body found on 14 May
 * 13 May – Trond Bråthen, black metal musician (b. 1977)
 * 13 May – Paul Engstad, politician and writer (b. 1936)
 * 17 May – Jon Istad, biathlete and sport shooter (b. 1937)
 * 17 May – Harald Synnes, politician (b. 1931)
 * 18 May – Ottar Starheim, journalist (b. 1946)
 * 20 May – Svenn Stray, politician (b. 1922)
 * 20 May – Nils Jernsletten, philologist (b. 1934)
 * 21 May – Andreas Arntzen, barrister (b. 1928)
 * 29 May – Ola O. Røssum, politician (b. 1926)


 * 3 June – Bengt Wilson, food photographer (b. 1945)
 * 4 June – Ljubiša Rajić, professor of Norwegian language (b. 1947, died in Serbia)
 * 4 June – Per Sunderland, actor (b. 1924)
 * 8 June – Johan Kjelsberg, actor (b. 1931)
 * 10 June – Eivind Bolle, politician (b. 1923)
 * 10 June – Arnfinn Haram, monk and writer (b. 1948)
 * 10 June – Gunnar Rogstad, diplomat (b. 1916)
 * 12 June – Ervin Løffler, sculptor (b. 1922)
 * 15 June – Carl Julius Norstrøm, economist (b. 1936)
 * 20 June – Øivind Iversen, furniture designer (b. 1928)
 * 21 June – Viggo Johannessen, civil servant (b. 1936)
 * 23 June – Arne Wegner Haaland, engineer (b. 1923)
 * 25 June – Kjell Sørensen, sport shooter (b. 1930)
 * 26 June – Harry W. Kvebæk, trumpeter (b. 1936)
 * 27 June – Rolf Lindemann, physician (b. 1942)
 * 28 June – Mikal Kirkholt, cross-country skier (b. 1920)
 * 28 June – Gunnar Eide, impresario (b. 1920)


 * 1 July – Odd Todnem, engineer (b. 1922)
 * 2 July – Ingebjørg Vaale, politician (b. 1916)
 * 2 July – Lisbet Dæhlin, ceramicist (b. 1922)
 * 11 July – Bjørn Blakstad, diplomat (b. 1926)
 * 2 July – Lisbet Dæhlin, ceramist (died 1922)
 * 12 July – Alf Haugland, poet (b. 1924)
 * 12 July – Arne Henry Jensen, politician (b. 1927)
 * 13 July – Rolf Nilssen, politician (b. 1928)
 * 20 July – Hanne Marthe Narud, political scientist (b. 1958)
 * 22 July – Håkon Randal, politician (b. 1930)
 * 26 July – Rita Drangsholt Christiansen, singer (b. 1917)
 * 31 July – Marie Brenden, politician (b. 1938)
 * 31 July – Bjørn-Eivind Siem Slettedal, businessperson (b. 1952)


 * 2 August – Hans Gabriel Finne, architect (b. 1916)
 * 3 August – Odd Isaksen, trade unionist (b. 1924)
 * 4 August – Sigrid Schjetne, murder victim (b. 1996)
 * 7 August – Hans Hammond Rossbach, politician (b. 1931)
 * 8 August – Sverre Halvorsen, professor of medicine (b. 1925)
 * 14 August – Svein Hansen, ice hockey player (b. 1943)
 * 16 August – Turid Kjellmann Pedersen, politician (b. 1937)
 * 16 August – Aase Bjerkholt, politician (b. 1915)
 * 18 August – Eilif Straume, television presenter (b. 1928)
 * 18 August – Ansten Samuelstuen, ski jumper (b. 1929, died in the US)
 * 18 August – Ivar Svare, physicist (b. 1931)
 * 19 August – Arne Christiansen, theatre director (b. 1924)
 * 19 August – Ivar Iversen, canoer (b. 1914)
 * 26 August – Karsten Anker Solhaug, Salvationist (b. 1914)
 * 29 August – Grete Lein Lange, textile artist (b. 1926)
 * 30 August – Vidar Theisen, weather presenter (b. 1933)
 * 30 August – Anton Skulberg, veterinarian and politician (b. 1921)
 * 30 August – Kristian Fougner, resistance member (b. 1919)
 * 31 August – Enok Palm, mathematician (b. 1924)


 * 1 September – Rolf Bjørn Backe, footballer (b. 1934)
 * 1 September – Jon Tolaas, poet (b. 1939)
 * 5 September – Tore Rasch, handball coach (b. 1935)
 * 9 September – Målfrid Longva, politician (b. 1925)
 * 9 September – Unni Sæther, athlete (b. 1932)
 * 10 September – Sissel Calmeyer, textile artist (b. 1941)
 * 11 September – Finn Bergesen, business leader (b. 1945)
 * 11 September – Tomas Evjen, film producer (b. 1972)
 * 12 September – Alfred Henningsen, politician (b. 1918)
 * 13 September – Tor Gundersen, ice hockey player (b. 1935)
 * 14 September – Odd Roar Lofterød, yacht racer (b. 1947)
 * 16 September – Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, princess (b. 1930)
 * 22 September – Helge Barstad, judge and politician (b. 1928)
 * 29 September – Knut Sydsæter, economist (b. 1937)


 * 2 October – Kaare Ørnung, pianist (b. 1931)
 * 2 October – Konrad B. Knutsen, civil servant (b. 1925)
 * 8 October – Hans Kristian Seip, forester (b. 1920)
 * 9 October – Bernt Stangholm, diplomat (b. 1920)
 * 12 October – Jorun Askersrud Nygaard, athlete (b. 1929)
 * 13 October – Rolf Auke, evangelist (b. 1948)
 * 17 October – Karin Stoltenberg, geneticist (b. 1931).
 * 19 October – Eva Nordland, educator (b. 1921)
 * 20 October – Harald Eidheim, social anthropologist (b. 1925)
 * 21 October – Sverre Cornelius Lund, accordionist (b. 1931)


 * 3 November – Odd Børretzen, writer and musician (b. 1926)
 * 3 November – Anne-Lise Berntsen, opera singer (b. 1943)
 * 4 November – Marit Henie Moe, figure skater (b. 1925)
 * 5 November – Morten Ræder, surgeon (b. 1939)
 * 5 November – Bjørn Pedersen, resistance member (b. 1939)
 * 10 November – Birger Strømsheim, resistance member (b. 1911)
 * 10 November – Karl Georg Høyer, environmentalist (b. 1946)
 * 11 November – Kjellaug Pettersen, women's rights activist (b. 1934)
 * 15 November – Frode Thingnæs, jazz trombonist (b. 1940)
 * 15 November – Kari Blom, rector (b. 1934)
 * 18 November – Otto Hauglin, politician (b. 1942)
 * 21 November – Stein Schjærven, marketer (b. 1934)
 * 24 November – Arne Porsum, sports journalist (b. 1930)
 * 26 November – Per Tveit, musician (b. 1951)
 * 26 November – Ola Emil Sprakehaug, Pentecostal leader (b. 1951)
 * 25 November – Bjørn Winsnes, photographer (b. 1925)
 * 26 November – Hans Jørgen Walle-Hansen, businessman (b. 1912)
 * 27 November – Bjørn Østring, national socialist (b. 1917)


 * 2 December – Gitte Dæhlin, artist (b. 1956)
 * 6 December – Reginald Norby, diplomat (b. 1934)
 * 9 December – Håkon E. Andersen, bishop (b. 1925)
 * 12 December – Per Jacobsen, footballer (b. 1924)
 * 12 December – Else Marie Jakobsen, artist (b. 1927)
 * 18 December – Kari Lihus, speed skater (b. 1935)
 * 21 December – Harald Ohrvik, film producer (b. 1940)
 * 22 December – Peter Anker, art historian (b. 1922)
 * 23 December – Fredrik Thoresen, businessperson (b. 1926)
 * 25 December – Birger Tingstad, footballer (b. 1939)
 * 25 December – Halfdan Hegtun, politician (b. 1918)
 * 27 December – Ivar Ytreland, politician (b. 1926)
 * 30 December – Christian Hallén-Paulsen, luger (b. 1945)