2000 in Norway explained

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Harald V
• Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party) until 17 March, Jens Stoltenberg (Labour Party)

Events

January

• 19 January – Five people die when a bus is taken by an avalanche in Lyngen Municipality.

March

• 11 March – Three people die when a community center in Målselv Municipality collapsed due to heavy snowfall.
• 17 March – Stoltenberg's First Cabinet was appointed.

April

• 5 April – Two freight trains collide at Lillestrøm Station. 2,000 people were evacuated because of the danger of a gas explosion.

May

• 19 May – Baneheia murders

June

• 23 June – The Frøya Tunnel is opened.
• June – Project Deep Spill: the first intentional deepwater oil and gas spill, which was done in order to study how crude oil behaved at depth.

December

• 1 December – King Harald V of Norway informs the Norwegian government about the engagement between Crown Prince Haakon and Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby.
• 4 December – The state-owned telecommunications company Telenor is partially privatised and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.

Popular culture

Sports

• 19 to 26 February – The Biathlon World Championships 2000 were held in Holmenkollen.

Music

See main article: 2000 in Norwegian music.

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Literature

See main article: 2000 in literature.

Births

• 10 January – Erik Botheim, footballer
• 6 February – Jørgen Strand Larsen, footballer
• 18 February – Anders Waagan, footballer
• 27 February – Erik Sandberg, footballer
• 29 February – Hugo Vetlesen, footballer
• 7 April – André Klippenberg Grindheim, swimmer.^[1]
• 7 May – Markus Karlsbakk, footballer
• 21 July
  • Erling Haaland, English-born Norwegian footballer
  • Jens Lurås Oftebro, Nordic combined skier
• 19 September – Jakob Ingebrigtsen, middle- and long-distance runner.^[2]

Notable deaths

• 9 January – Olaug Hay, politician (b.1902)
• 11 January – Edvard Magnus Edvardsen, politician (b.1910).^[3]
• 21 January – Kristian Asdahl, politician (b.1920)
• 27 January – Asle Enger, priest (born 1906).^[4]
• 3 February – Aslaug Fredriksen, politician (b.1918)
• 16 February – Karsten Solheim, golf club designer and businessman in America (b.1911)
• 2 March – Audun Boysen, middle-distance runner and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1928)
• 3 March – Egil Werner Erichsen, politician (b.1901)
• 6 March – Ole Jacob Hansen, jazz drummer (b.1940).^[5]
• 18 March – Randi Hultin, jazz critic and impresario (b.1926).^[6]
• 2 April – Greta Gynt, singer, dancer and actress (b.1916)
• 2 April – Synnøve Anker Aurdal, textile artist (born 1908).^[7]
• 11 April – Olav Økern, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1911)
• 22 April – Arnt Eliassen, meteorologist (b.1915)
• 28 April – Anders Skauge, politician (b.1912)
• 19 May – Petter Hugsted, ski jumper and Olympic gold medallist (b.1921)
• 11 June – Aud Alvær, politician (b.1921)
• 22 June – Svein Finnerud, jazz pianist (b.1945).^[8]
• 26 June – Arne Thomas Olsen, actor, stage producer and theatre director (b.1909)
• 27 June – Dagmar Maalstad, politician (b.1902)
• 2 September – Johannes Sandven, educator (born 1909).^[9]
• 17 October – Joachim «Jokke» Nielsen (36), rock musician and poet.^[10]
• 10 September – Haldis Havrøy, politician (b.1925)
• 4 November – Anneliese Dørum, politician (b.1939)
• 18 November – Torstein Tynning, politician (b.1932)
• 28 November – Margith Johanne Munkebye, politician (b.1911)

Full date unknown

• Bjarte Birkeland, literary researcher (b.1920)
• Finn-Egil Eckblad, mycologist and professor (b.1923)
• Jostein Goksøyr, microbiologist (b.1922)
• Kjell Holler, politician and Minister (b.1925)
• Jul Låg, soil researcher (b.1915)
• Arne B. Mollén, sports official (b.1913)
• Odd Narud, businessperson (b.1919)
• Christian Norberg-Schulz, architect, architectural historian and theorist (b.1926)

Notes and References

1. Web site: André Klippenberg Grindheim . olympedia.org . 13 September 2021.
2. Encyclopedia: Jakob Ingebrigtsen . Rolf . Bryhn . Jørn . Sundby . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 16 January 2023.
3. Web site: Edvardsen, Edvard Magnus . no. 9 November 2012 . stortinget.no . Parliament of Norway .
4. Encyclopedia: Asle Enger . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Paul . Odland . Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 15 March 2013.
5. Web site: Ole Jacob Hansen . Discography . . 2017-03-14.
6. Web site: Randi Hultin – Under the Spell of Jazz . JazzHouse.org . 2017-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929084125/http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=955016324 . 29 September 2007 . dead .
7. Encyclopedia: Synnøve Anker Aurdal . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Hjørdis . Danbolt . Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 2 July 2016.
8. Web site: Svein Finnerud . Discography . . 2017-03-14.
9. Encyclopedia: Johannes Sandven . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Åsmund L . Strømnes . Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 25 February 2013.
10. Web site: Joachim 'Jokke' Nielsen funnet død . no . Mathiesen . Trygve . Puls.no . 2000-10-18 . 2017-03-14.