2002 in Norway

← 2001 2000 1999 2002 in Norway → 2003 2004 2005
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See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 2002 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

Events

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

World Bank Oslo 2002 Protests

• June – World Bank Oslo 2002 Protests

Notable births

• 21 February – Marcus & Martinus Gunnarsen, two identical brothers singers

Notable deaths

Thor Heyerdahl

• 1 January – Arne Røgden, bobsledder (born 1917)
• 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).^[1]
• 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)
• 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)

References

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