2002 in Norway explained

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

• June – World Bank Oslo 2002 Protests

December

Popular culture

Music

See main article: 2002 in Norwegian music.

Literature

• Lars Saabye Christensen is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for The Half Brother.^[1]

Television

See main article: 2002 in Norwegian television.

Notable births

• 21 February – Marcus & Martinus Gunnarsen, two identical brothers singers
• 12 May – Birgitta Elisa Oftestad, cellist
• 5 September – Alessandra mele, Norwegian-Italian singer

Notable deaths

• 1 January – Arne Røgden, bobsledder (born 1917)
• 20 January – Knut Thomassen, actor and theatre director (born 1921).^[2]
• 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).^[3]
• 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)
• 15 November – Hans Jørgen Toming, visual artist and designer (b. 1933).^[4]
• 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).^[5]

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nordic Council Literature Prize . norden.org . 27 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151127052512/http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/nordic-council-prizes/nordisk-raads-litteraturpris/winners-of-the-nordic-council-literature-prize/2002 . 17 November 2020 .
2. Encyclopedia: Knut Thomassen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 11 January 2024.
3. Encyclopedia: Birger Tvedt . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Jørn-Kr. . Jørgensen . Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 7 November 2012.
4. Encyclopedia: Hans Jørgen Toming . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Rune . Larsstuvold . Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 30 October 2018.
5. Encyclopedia: Kjell Aukrust . . Finn . Jor . Finn Jor . Knut Helle . Helle . Knut . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo. no . 1 January 2020.