2016 in Norway

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Centuries:	19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	List of years in Norway

In 2016 in Norway, the reigning monarch is King Harald V of Norway. The Prime Minister of Norway is Erna Solberg , who has been Prime Minister since October 2013. The president of the Storting is Olemic Thommessen, who has also been in power since October 2013. Norway will be hosting the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer in 2016. Lillehammer was previously the host of the 1994 Winter Olympics. Norway will be hosting local or international music festivals for various genres of music including metal, opera, jazz and Church music.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Harald V
• Prime Minister - Erna Solberg (Conservative).

Predicted and Scheduled Events

January

• 21-24 January - Ice Music Festival in Geilo^[1]
• 27-30 January - Bodø Jazz Open in Bodø^[2]
• 29 January-7 February - Nordlysfestivalen in Tromsø^[3]

February

• 7 February - Oslo Operaball in Oslo
• 12-21 February - 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer

March

• 2-5 March - By:Larm 2016 in Oslo
• 4-13 March - Oslo International Church Music Festival 2016 in Oslo
• 23-26 March - Inferno Metal Festival 2016 in Oslo

Notable deaths

• 9 January – Elnar Seljevold, correspondent (b. 1934)^[4]
• 10 January – Bård Breivik, sculptor (b. 1948)^[5]
• 11 January – Berge Furre, politician (b. 1937)^[6]
• 18 January – Lars Roar Langslet, politician (b. 1936)^[7]
• 18 January – Leif Dubard, radio personality (b. 1931)^[8]
• 18 January – Karsten Isachsen, priest and speaker (b. 1944)^[9]
• 18 January – Nicolaus Zwetnow, sport shooter and physician (b. 1929)^[10]
• 24 January – Fredrik Barth, social anthropologist (b. 1928)^[11]
• 25 January – Leif Solberg, composer (b. 1914)^[12]
• 30 January – Tias Eckhoff, designer (b. 1926)^[13]
• 10 February – Jakob Aano, politician (b. 1920)^[14]
• 12 February – Sossen Krohg, actress (b. 1923)^[15]

References

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