2011 in Norway

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Events in the year 2011 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Harald V
• Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg (Norwegian Labour Party)

Events

2011 Norway attacks

January

• 7 January – Five people were killed in a traffic accident on the European route E8 in Lavangsdalen near Tromsø.
• 12 January – Russian-born blogger Maria Amelie was arrested for having stayed in Norway illegally since 2002. Amelie was deported from Norway to Russia on 24 January 2011.

February

• 2 February – A Norwegian MP nominates WikiLeaks for the Nobel Peace Prize, saying "Wikileaks have contributed to the struggle for human rights, democracy and freedom of speech globally, by exposing (among many other things) corruption, war crimes and torture – sometimes even conducted by allies of Norway".
• 15 February – The Government of the Philippines and Communist Party of the Philippines hold their first peace talks in six years in Oslo, Norway.

June

• June – 2011 Eastern Norway floods

July

• 4 July – The Ullensvang helicopter accident: five people were killed in a helicopter crash near Kinsarvik.
• 22 July – The 2011 Norway attacks: At least 76 people are killed in twin terrorist attacks in Norway after a bombing in the Regjeringskvartalet, the government center in Oslo and a massacre in the political youth camp in the island of Utøya.
• 29 July – The first funerals of last week's terrorism and shooting victims were held.

October

• 7 October – The Linesøy Bridge is opened, connecting the islands of Linesøya and Stokkøya in Åfjord.

November

• 25 November – The Cyclone Berit hits the Norwegian coast.

Popular culture

Music

Main article: 2011 in Norwegian music

Sports

• 23 February – 6 March – the 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo
• 5 May—8 May – biannual convention (Norwegian: Idrettstinget) of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
• 29 June – 6 July – the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D in Germany
• 2 – 18 December – the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 2010s

• 26 August – Headhunters, directed by Morten Tyldum, released in Norway

Anniversaries

• 200 years since University of Oslo was established (1811)
• 150 years since Norwegian Confederation of Sports was established (1861)
• 19 March – 50 years since the first female pastor, Ingrid Bjerkås was ordained in Vang Church (1961)
• 10 October – 150 years since the birth of Fritjof Nansen (died 1930)
• 14 December – 100 years since Roald Amundsen's expedition reached the South Pole (1911)

Notable deaths

January

• 1 January – Peter F. Hjort, physician (born 1924)
• 8 January – Thorbjørn Svenssen, footballer (born 1924)
• 8 January – Jan K. S. Jansen, professor of medicine (born 1931)
• 11 January – Johannes Holt, engineer (born 1917)
• 11 January – Knut Olsen, television presenter (born 1953)
• 12 January – Terje Sagvolden, neuroscientist (born 1945)
• 14 January – Per Olav Wiken, yacht racer (born 1937)
• 23 January – Ole Kopreitan, political activist (born 1937)
• 24 January – Audun Tylden, record producer (born 1948)
• 27 January – Svein Mathisen, footballer (born 1952)
• 27 January – Hannemor Gram, alpine skier (born 1918)
• 27 January – Kjeld Vibe, diplomat (born 1927)
• 28 January – Kari Werner Øfsti, broadcasting executive (born 1940)

February

• 1 February – Knut Risan, actor (born 1930)
• 1 February – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs, pianist (born 1913)
• 6 February – Axel Seeberg, archeologist (born 1931)
• 10 February – Randi Thorvaldsen, speed skater (born 1925)
• 13 February – Arnfinn Bergmann, ski jumper (born 1928)
• 13 February – Harald Kolstad, film critic (born 1946) – body found on this date
• 13 February – Rolf Solem, police chief (born 1917)
• 14 February – Kjell Bertheussen, physician (born 1947)
• 22 February – Kjell Bjartveit, physician (born 1927)
•  ?? February – Irma Bruun Hodne, artist (born 1919)
•  ?? February – Rolf Tofte, journalist (born 1923)
• 26 February – Willy Simonsen, sports official (born 1927)
• 26 February – Harald Grimen, philosopher (born 1955)

March

• 6 March – Oddmund Jensen, cross-country skier (born 1928)
• 7 March – Einar Johannes Lundeby, linguist (born 1914)
•  ?? March – Anton Smith-Meyer, diplomat (born 1919)
• 12 March – Bjarne Røtterud, artist (born 1929)
• 17 March – Martin Kloster-Jensen, linguist (born 1917)
• 26 March – Louis Kloster, architect (born 1932)
• 28 March – Wenche Foss, actress (born 1917)
• 30 March – Oddvar Hansen, footballer (born 1921)

April

• 1 April – Siri Skare, first female military pilot (born 1958)
  • killed in the 2011 Mazar-i-Sharif attack
• 4 April – Liv Undheim, trade unionist and politician (born 1949)
• 4 April – Ottar Dahl, historian (born 1924)
• 4 April – Paul Grøstad, businessperson (born 1933)
• 10 April – Børt Erik Thoresen, musician (born 1932)
• 16 April – Hermod Skånland, banker (born 1925)
• 16 April – Erik Tumyr, journalist (born 1962)
• 18 April – Kjell Håkonsen, harness racer (born 1935)
• 19 April – Grete Waitz, runner (born 1953)
• 19 April – Aage Møst, sports official (born 1923)
• 21 April – Cato Wadel, social anthropologist (born 1936)
• 22 April – Eyvind Solås, musician (born 1937)
• xx April – Trygve Simonsen, politician (born 1937)
• 24 April – Georg Johan Jacobsen, politician (born 1929)
• 27 April – Dag Stokke, keyboardist (born 1967)
• 28 April – Johan Henrik Andresen, businessperson (born 1930)

May

• 2 May – Knut Hedemann, diplomat (born 1922)
• 8 May – Finn Wischmann, botanist (born 1918)
• Merete Lie Hoel, journalist (born 1926)
• 11 May – Erik Stallemo, businessperson and football agent (born 1935)
• 12 May – Målfrid Kuvås, sports official (born 1942)
• 12 May – Harry Danielsen, politician (born 1936)
• 15 May – Turid Holter, textile artist (born 1936)
• 27 May – Jostein Løfsgaard, university director (born 1923)
• 31 May – Sølvi Wang, singer (born 1929)

June

• 4 June – Kjellaug Steinslett, writer (born 1946)
• 17 June – Kjell Bohlin, politician (born 1928)
• 18 June – Trygve Stangeland, businessperson (born 1934)
• 18 June – Herman Hagen, director (born 1918)
• 25 June – Tron Gerhardsen, journalist (born 1936)
• 25 June – Henry Olaf Hoff, politician (born 1921)

July

• 2 July – Jostein Erstad, jurist (born 1922)
• 2 July – Per Aasen, journalist and ambassador (born 1927)
• 2 July – Johan Henrik Dahl, ambassador (born 1928)
• 2 July – Paul W. Weeden, American-born jazz guitarist (born 1923)
• 2 July – Magnar G. Huseby, politician (born 1928)
• 3 July – Birger Blom-Kalstø, politician (born 1940)
• 5 July – Odd Mæhlum, javelin thrower (born 1921).
• 7 July – Olav Versto, editor (born 1950)
• 10 July – Terje Grøstad, artist (born 1925)
• 13 July – Per Erik Burud, retailer (born 1962) – body found on 22 July
• 14 July – Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn, writer (born 1947)
• 14 July – Peter Sjøholt, physicist (b. 1925)
• 15 July – Arne Sigurd Haugen, editor and musician (born 1943)
• 18 July – Ludvik Zajc, Slovenian-born ski jump coach (born 1943)
• 18 July – Arne Aarset, base jumper (born 1973)
• 20 July – Gunnar Vatten, engineer (born 1927)
• 24 July – Imre Hercz, Transilvanian-born physician (born 1929)
• 24 July – Harald Johnsen, jazz bassist (born 1973)
• 26 July – Hans Prydz, biochemist (born 1933)
• 29 July – Arild Braastad, diplomat (born 1946)

August

• August – Einar Nistad, retailer (born 1932)
• August – Tomas Hägg, philologist (born 1938)
• 19 August – Odd Jarl Pedersen, judge (born 1944)

September

• 3 September – Finn Helgesen, speed skater (born 1919)
• 4 September – Hilde Heltberg, singer (born 1959)
• 5 September – Reidar Børjeson, figure skater (born 1931)
• 11 September – Lilly Bølviken, Supreme Court Justice (born 1914)
• 22 September – Asbjørn Osnes, ski jumper (born 1932)
• 22 September – Knut Steen, sculptor (born 1924)
• 24 September – Erling Lars Dale, educationalist (born 1946)
• 25 September – Oddmund Bye, fishers' leader (born 1935)
• 29 September – Andreas Hagen, newspaper editor (born 1924)

October

• 1 October – Hans Christian Alsvik, television presenter (born 1936)
• xx October – Magne Solheim, resistance member (born 1918)
• 9 October – Vibeke Falk, actress (born 1918)
• 12 October – Leiv Mjeldheim, historian (born 1929)
• 16 October – Arne Eidsmo, politician (born 1941)
• 19 October – Leif Tomren, businessperson (born 1928)
• xx October – Evy-Ann Midttun, politician (born 1943)
• 28 October – Sivert Farstad, Lord Chamberlain (born 1931)
• 29 October – Kjell Eide, civil servant (born 1925)
• 30 October – Vigleik Eide, Chief of Defence (born 1933)

November

• 1 November – Olav Myklebust, diplomat and politician (born 1932)
• 1 November – Johan Christian Evandt, athlete (born 1934)
• 11 November – Fridtjof Frank Gundersen, legal scholar and politician (born 1934)
• 13 November – Anders Aune, politician (born 1923)
• 14 November – Brikt Jensen, publisher and writer (born 1928)
• 19 November – Kåre Elgmork, zoologist (born 1924)
• 20 November – Leif-Erik Michaelsen, journalist (born 1935)
• 22 November – Oskar Bodøgaard, painter (born 1923)
• 23 November – Henry Øberg, football referee (born 1931)
• 24 November – Gunnar Stensland, footballer (born 1922)
• 25 November – Erling Lægreid, journalist (born 1939)

December

• 1 December – Siss Hartmann, singer (born 1934)
• 2 December – Karl E. Nilsen, sculptor (born 1945)
• 9 December – Alf R. Bjercke, businessperson (born 1921)
• 9 December – Kjell Elgjo, professor of medicine (born 1945)
• 15 December – Birger Stuevold Lassen, legal scholar (born 1927)
• 16 December – Ulf Aas, illustrator (born 1919)
• 25 December – Truls Fyhn, police chief (born 1945)
• 29 December – Sveinung Ones, journalist (born 1938)
• 29 December – Arne Rudvin, bishop in the Church of Pakistan (born 1929)
• 29 December – Svein Krøvel, cinematographer (born 1946)

See also

• 2011 in Norwegian music