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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)

Events

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.

April

May

June

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

July

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.

December

Popular culture

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Sports

Music

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Film

Literature

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

Television

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

January to June

• 17 January – Sigurd Vestad, cross country skier (born 1907)
• 20 January – Rønnaug Alten, actress (born 1910).
• 26 January – Benjamin Hermansen, murder victim (born 1985)
• 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)

July to December

• 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)

See also

• Norway
• History
• Lists

References

1. "Ytterst pinlig" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 7 February 2001. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
2. "Nordic Council Literature Prize". norden.org. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
3. "Grøthe, Maren (2001-)". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 October 2021.
4. Larsen, Svend Erik Løken. "Rønnaug Alten". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
5. "Markant sportsreporter". Asker og Bærums budstikke (in Norwegian). No. 38. 14 February 2001. p. 6.
6. Hansen, Stig-Audun (1999). "Alf Frotjold (1929–2001)". Arbeiderhistorie (in Norwegian) (2001): 252–253.
7. Bergan, Jon Vidar. "Gro Anita Schønn". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
8. Øystå, Øystein. "Fredrik Stabel". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
9. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Ellisiv Andrea Steen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
10. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Alf Hellevik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
11. Opstad, Lauritz. "Roar Hauglid". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
12. Jensen, Lill-Ann. "Olav Mosebekk". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2012.

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