Events in the year 2002 in Norway.

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch () is a head of stateWebster's II New College Dictionary. "Monarch". Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest ...

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Harald V Harald V (, ; born 21 February 1937) has been King of Norway since 1991. A member of the House of Glücksburg, Harald was the third child and only son of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden. He was second in the line of succ ...

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

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Kjell Magne Bondevik Kjell Magne Bondevik (; born 3 September 1947) is a Norway, Norwegian Lutheranism, Lutheran Religious minister, minister and Politics of Norway, politician. As leader of the Christian Democratic Party (Norway), Christian Democratic Party, he ser ...

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Events

February

* 27 February –

Metropol TV Metropol TV was a local TV channel for Oslo, Norway but could be seen in the rest of the country through cable TV. The channel was started in 1999 and ceased broadcasting in February 2002 due to financial difficulties. Metropol TV cast shows li ...

ceases broadcasting because of financial difficulties.

March

April

May

* 24 May –

Ari Behn Ari Mikael Behn (; , or ; 30 September 1972 – 25 December 2019) was a Norwegian author, playwright, and visual artist, best known for his marriage to Princess Märtha Louise of Norway from 2002 to 2017. He held no title or special status, an ...

marries

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (born 22 September 1971) is a Norwegian self-described clairvoyant, businesswoman and a member of the Norwegian royal family, although she is not a member of the royal house and has no public role. She is marri ...

Nidaros Cathedral Nidaros Cathedral () is a Church of Norway cathedral located in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county. It is built over the burial site of Olav II of Norway, King Olav II ( 995–1030, reigned 1015–1028), who became the patron saint of th ...

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

June

* June –

World Bank Oslo 2002 Protests During the World Bank Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics in Oslo, Norway in 2002 large Anti-globalization, globalization-critical protests were held. A coalition of many organizations organized an alternative conference and a Demonstra ...

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Popular culture

Sports

Music

Film

Literature

Lars Saabye Christensen Lars Saabye Christensen (born 21 September 1953 in Oslo) is a Norwegian-Danish author. Saabye Christensen was raised in the Skillebekk neighbourhood of Oslo, but lived for many years in Sortland Municipality in northern Norway; both places pl ...

is awarded the

Nordic Council Literature Prize The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, that meets "high literary and artistic standards". Established in 1962, the prize is awarded every year, and is worth ...

, for '' The Half Brother''.

Television

Notable births

*21 February – Marcus & Martinus Gunnarsen, two identical brothers singers *12 May – Birgitta Elisa Oftestad, cellist *5 September –

Alessandra Mele Alessandra Watle Mele (born 5 September 2002), known mononymously as Alessandra, is an Italian-Norwegian singer. She competed in the seventh season of in 2022, reaching the live shows. She represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 ...

, Norwegian-Italian singer

Notable deaths

*1 January –

Arne Røgden Arne Røgden (16 May 1917 - 1 January 2002) was a Norwegian bobsledder who competed during the 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 11th in the four-man event at Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956. He was born in Oslo and ...

, bobsledder (born 1917) *20 January – Knut Thomassen, actor and theatre director (born 1921). *24 January – Ragnar Horn, politician (born 1913) *31 January – Jens P. Flå, politician (born 1923) *1 February –

Sigurd Berge Sigurd Berge (1 July 1929 – 1 February 2002) was a Norwegian composer. He graduated in 1952, then studied at the Music Conservatory in Oslo. He studied modern electronic music in Copenhagen and Utrecht. Groundbreaking "modern music" pieces ...

, composer (born 1928) *27 February –

Tord Godal Tord Godal (27 June 1909 – 27 February 2002) was a Norwegian theologian and bishop for the Diocese of Nidaros. He was decorated Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1969. Godal was also a Freemason. Godal was born on ...

, bishop (born

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escapes death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Janu ...

). *19 March – Egil Storbekken, folk musician (born

1911 Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 m ...

). *18 April –

Thor Heyerdahl Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and Ethnography, ethnographer with a background in biology with specialization in zoology, botany and geography. Heyerdahl is notable for his Kon-Tiki expediti ...

, ethnographer and adventurer (born 1914) *29 April – Sverre Bratland, military leader (born 1917) *1 May – Birger Tvedt, physician (born 1910). *17 June – Stein Ove Berg, singer and songwriter (born

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

). *29 June –

Ole-Johan Dahl Ole-Johan Dahl (12 October 1931 – 29 June 2002) was a Norwegian computer scientist. Dahl was a professor of computer science at the University of Oslo and is considered to be one of the fathers of Simula and object-oriented programming along wi ...

, computer scientist (born 1931) *10 August –

Kristen Nygaard Kristen Nygaard (27 August 1926 – 10 August 2002) was a Norwegian computer scientist, programming language pioneer, and politician. Internationally, Nygaard is acknowledged as the co-inventor of object-oriented programming and the programming ...

, mathematician, computer programming language pioneer and politician (born 1926) *26 September –

Eleonore Bjartveit Eleonore Bjartveit (11 July 1924 – 26 September 2002) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. Born in Alta, she worked as a medical doctor for several years, before entering politics. Bjartveit was elected to the Norweg ...

, politician and Minister (born 1924) *2 October – Martin Mehren, businessperson and sportsperson (born

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...

). * 4 October – Per Bronken, actor and writer (born

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

). * 10 October – Joseph Grimeland, sculptor (born

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Empire, British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that has been stored ...

). *10 October –

Sverre L. Mo Sverre L. Mo (25 January 1915 – 10 October 2002) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party of Norway, Christian Democratic Party. He was elected to the Stortinget, Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1965, and was re-e ...

, politician (born 1915) *19 October – Guy Krohg, painter, scenographer (born

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

). *25 October – Edith Ranum, crime fiction writer (born

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...

). * 31 October – Knut Rumohr, painter (born

). *15 November – Hans Jørgen Toming, visual artist and designer (b.

1933 Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independen ...

). *24 November – Odd Lien, newspaper editor and politician (born 1915) *5 December – Magnar Sætre, politician (born 1940) *20 December –

Tore Tønne Tore Tønne (5 March 1948 – 20 December 2002) was the Norwegian politician who served as the minister of health and social affairs (responsible for social affairs) from 2000 to 2001 in the Jens Stoltenberg's first cabinet. Tønne committed ...

, politician and Minister (born 1948) *21 December – Arnljot Høyland, mathematical statistician (born

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20–January 30, 30 – Kuomintang in Ch ...

). *21 December – Harald U. Lied, politician (born 1927) *24 December –

Kjell Aukrust Kjell Aukrust (19 March 1920 – 24 December 2002) was a Norwegian author, poet, artist and humorist. Aukrust is principally known for his Flåklypa stories and Flåklypa drawings. Personal life Aukrust was born in Alvdal Municipality in Hed ...

, author, poet and artist (born 1920).

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* Odd Chr. Gøthe, civil servant and politician (born 1919) *

Johan Berthin Holte Johan Berthin Holte (19 February 1915 – 1 April 2002) was a Norwegian businessperson. Biography He was born in Notodden as a son of chief administrative officer Peder Olaus Holte (1875–1943) and Lorentze Indorff (1890–19). In 1944 he marri ...

, businessperson (born 1915) * Nils Peder Langvand, judge (born 1929) * Oddrunn Pettersen, politician and Minister (born 1937) *

Fritz Røed Fritz Røed (15 August 1928 – 20 December 2002) was a Norwegians, Norwegian sculptor. He is most associated with his work, ''Sverd i fjell'', the commemorative monument that symbolizes the unification of the nation of Norway. Biography R ...

, sculptor (born 1928) * Einar Skinnarland, resistance fighter (born 1918) * Knut Tjønneland, politician (born 1907)

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Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...