2001 in Norway

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Events in the year 2001 in Norway.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Popular culture 3.1 Sports 3.2 Music 3.3 Film 3.4 Literature 4 Notable births 5 Notable deaths 5.1 Full date unknown 6 References 7 External links

Incumbents

• Monarch - Harald V of Norway
• Prime Minister - Jens Stoltenberg (Labour Party) until October 19, Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party)

Events

• 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".^[1]
• 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.
• 25 March – The Schengen Agreement treaty comes into force in Norway.
• August – The railway line Bratsbergbanen in Nedre Telemark closes down. It was opened in 1917.
• 10 September – The 2001 Parliamentary election takes place. The 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 Liberal Party was formed, led by Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of the Christian Democratic Party.
• 19 October – Bondevik's Second Cabinet was appointed.
• 3 November – Population Census: 4,520,900 inhabitants in Norway.

Popular culture

Sports

Music

Film

Literature

Notable births

• 2 August - Nicodemus, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

Notable deaths

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

Full date unknown

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

References

External links

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