2016 in Norway explained

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).

Events

• 26 April – The CHC Helikopter Service Flight 241, carrying oil workers from the Gullfaks B platform in the North Sea, crashes near Turøy, and all thirteen crew and passengers die.^[1]

Cultural events

January

• 21–24 January – Ice Music Festival in Geilo^[2]
• 27–30 January – Bodø Jazz Open in Bodø^[3]
• 29 January-7 February – Nordlysfestivalen in Tromsø^[4]

February

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

March

• 2–5 March – 2016 in Oslo
• 5 March – 150th anniversary of the Storting building
• 4–13 March – Oslo International Church Music Festival 2016 in Oslo
• 23–26 March – Inferno Metal Festival 2016 in Oslo

May

• 28 May – 200th anniversary of the Norwegian Bible Society

Notable deaths

• 5 January – Hanna-Marie Weydahl, pianist (b. 1922)^[5]
• 9 January – Elnar Seljevold, correspondent (b. 1934)^[6]
• 10 January – Bård Breivik, sculptor (b. 1948)^[7]
• 11 January – Berge Furre, politician (b. 1937)^[8]
• 12 January – Thor Furulund, painter (b. 1943)^[9]
• 18 January – Lars Roar Langslet, politician (b. 1936)^[10]
• 18 January – Leif Dubard, radio personality (b. 1931)^[11]
• 18 January – Karsten Isachsen, priest and speaker (b. 1944)^[12]
• 18 January – Nicolaus Zwetnow, sport shooter and physician (b. 1929)^[13]
• 20 January – Helga Salvesen, physician (b. 1963)^[14]
• 24 January – Fredrik Barth, social anthropologist (b. 1928)^[15]
• 25 January – Leif Solberg, composer (b. 1914)^[16]
• 30 January – Tias Eckhoff, designer (b. 1926)^[17]
• 1 February – Paul Cappelen, architect (b. 1928)^[18]
• 2 February – Dag Gundersen, lexicographer (b. 1928)^[19]
• 3 February – Arnold Weiberg-Aurdal, politician (b. 1925)
• 5 February – Carl E. Wang, politician (b. 1930)
• 8 February – Erlend Østgaard, physicist (b. 1938)^[20]
• 10 February – Jakob Aano, politician (b. 1920)^[21]
• 12 February – Martin Jensen, athlete (b. 1942)^[22]
• 12 February – Sossen Krohg, actress (b. 1923)^[23]
• 12 February – Bergljot Hobæk Haff, novelist (b. 1925)
• 17 February – Arthur J. Aasland, businessperson (b. 1934)^[24]
• 19 February – Harald Devold, jazz saxophonist (b. 1964)^[25]
• 19 February – Jon Anders Helseth, radio and TV presenter (b. 1933)^[26]
• 22 February – Christian Berg-Nielsen, diplomat (b. 1929)^[27]
• 26 February – Ivan Kristoffersen, editor (b. 1931)^[28]
• 28 February – Hallstein Rasmussen, civil servant (b. 1925)^{[29] [30]}
• 1 March – Magnhild Bråthen, concentration camp survivor (b. 1924)^[31]
• 4 March – Thea Knutzen, politician (b. 1930)
• 5 March – Even Hansen, footballer (b. 1923)^[32]
• 7 March – Magnus Ulleland, philologist (b. 1929)^[33]
• 11 March – Kari Diesen, Jr., entertainer (b. 1939)^[34]
• 20 March – Sveinung Valle, politician (b. 1959)^[35]
• 24 March – Johannes Elviken, speed skater (b. 1912)
• 30 March – Anne Aasheim, editor (b. 1962)
• 4 April – Jarle Bondevik, philologist (b. 1934)^[36]
• 5 April – Kari Børresen, theologian (b. 1932)^[37]
• 4 April – Andris Snortheim, children's musician (b. 1950)^[38]
• 9 April – Finn Hodt, speed skater (b. 1919)^[39]
• 24 April – Jan Henrik Kayser, pianist (b. 1933)^[40]
• 28 April – Fredrik Grønningsæter, bishop (b. 1923)^[41]
• 5 May – Martha Seim Valeur, politician (b. 1923)
• 16 May – Bjarne Saltnes, politician (b. 1934)
• 18 May – Astrid Gunnestad, editor and radio presenter (b. 1938)
• 18 May – Skjalg Jensen, politician (b. 1967)^[42]
• 23 May – Arne Sandnes, politician (b. 1924)^[43]
• 23 May – Vera Henriksen, author (b. 1927)^[44]
• 25 May – Per Øien, musician (b. 1937)^[45]
• 27 May – Kai G. Henriksen, businessman (b. 1956)
• 30 May – Jan Aas, footballer (b. 1944)^[46]
• 31 May – Olav Djupvik, politician (b. 1931)
• 3 June – Arve Solstad, editor (b. 1935)
• 4 June – Geirmund Ihle, politician (b. 1934)^[47]
• 8 June – Terje Fjærn, band leader (b. 1942)^[48]
• 10 June – Alfred Oftedal Telhaug, educationalist (b. 1934)
• 10 June – Per Bakken, industrialist (b. 1937)^[49]
• 11 June – Lars Skytøen, politician (b. 1929)^[50]
• 12 June – Gunnar Gran, editor (b. 1931)^[51]
• 12 June – Dagfinn Gedde-Dahl, physician (b. 1937)^[52]
• 14 June – Per Hovdenakk, museum director (b. 1935)^[53]
• 15 June – Erik Enger, physician (b. 1927)^[54]
• 17 June – Willy Andresen, musician (b. 1921)^[55]
• 17 June – Reidar Kvaal, resistance member (b. 1916)^{[56] [57]}
• 18 June – Sverre Kjelsberg, musician (b. 1946)
• 27 June – Anfin Skaaheim, missionary leader (b. 1939)^[58]
• 27 June – Stein Madsen, footballer (b. 1954)^{[59] [60]}
• 28 June – Ragnar Pedersen, ethnologist (b. 1941)^[61]
• 29 June – Gunnar Garbo, politician (b. 1924)
• 29 June – Frode Nilsen, diplomat (b. 1923)^[62]
• 4 July – Kjell Olaf Jensen, literary critic (b. 1946)^[63]
• 14 July – Tor Lian, handball official (b. 1945)^[64]
• 22 July – Geir Myhre, ice hockey player (b. 1954)^[65]
• 23 July – Carl Falck, wholesaler (b. 1907)^[66]
• 24 July – Håkon Fimland, hurdler (b. 1942)^[67]
• 28 July – Marianne Ihlen, person (b. 1935)^[68]
• 31 July – Jon Klette, jazz saxophonist (b. 1962)^{[69] [70]}
• 31 July – Kjell Underlid, psychologist (b. 1950)^[71]
• 4 August – Eivald Røren, scientist (b. 1932)^[72]
• 5 August – Erling Ree-Pedersen, tax director (b. 1922)^[73]
• 6 August – Jan Wilsgaard, Volvo designer (b. 1930)
• 9 August – Per Müller, singer (b. 1932)^[74]
• 10 August – Helen Brinchmann, actress (b. 1918)^[75]
• 11 August – Sigbjørn Ravnåsen, politician (b. 1941)
• 13 August – Holger Ursin, professor of medicine (b. 1934)^[76]
• 15 August – Knut Kjøk, fiddler (b. 1948)^[77]
• 16 August – Knut Aunbu, television producer (b. 1943)
• 18 August – Fred Nøddelund, musician (b. 1947)^[78]
• 22 August – Per Lønning, bishop and politician (b. 1928)^[79]
• 23 August – Berit Mørdre, skier (b. 1940)^[80]
• 26 August – Harald Grønningen, skier (b. 1934)^[81]
• 30 August – Peter Wollnick, radio presenter (b. 1927)^[82]
• 1 September – Leif Mæhle, philologist (b. 1927)^[83]
• 2 September – Thorstein Sandholt, speed skater (b. 1935)^[84]
• 3 September – Jan Otto Hauge, editor (b. 1945)^[85]
• 3 September – Jan Nilsen, footballer (b. 1937)^[86]
• 10 September – Knut Wiggen, composer (b. 1927)^[87]
• 10 September – Sonja Barth, environmentalist (b. 1923)^[88]
• 11 September – Per Brandtzæg, professor of medicine (b. 1936)^[89]
• 12 September – Tor Brustad, biophysicist (b. 1926)^[90]
• 15 September – Haakon Sørbye, resistance member (b. 1920)^[91]
• 21 September – Ragnar Hvidsten, footballer (b. 1926)
• 22 September – Svein Gunnar Morgenlien, politician (b. 1922)
• 24 September – Wenche Lowzow, politician (b. 1926)
• 26 September – Wilhelm Mohr, aviation officer (b. 1917)^[92]
• 26 September – Jens Lothe, physicist (b. 1931)^[93]
• 28 September – Gunnar Block Watne, industrialist (b. 1929)^[94]
• 30 September – Lilleba Lund Kvandal, opera singer (b. 1940)^[95]
• 2 October – Georg Apenes, politician (b. 1940)
• 8 October – Jan "Jonas" Gulbrandsen, footballer (b. 1933)^[96]
• 10 October – Hans Petter Langtangen, computer scientist (b. 1962)^[97]
• 10 October – Christian Erlandsen, physician and politician (b. 1926)
• 10 October – Benn Mikalsen, politician (b. 1956)
• 15 October – Per Rune Wølner, footballer (b. 1949)^[98]
• 21 October – Kjell Aas, physician (b. 1924)^[99]
• 24 October – Johan Stølan, politician (b. 1939)^[100]
• 25 October – Bjørn Lidin Hansen, footballer (b. 1989)^[101]
• 30 October – Leif Einar Plahter, art historian (b. 1929)^[102]
• 1 November – Sverre Andersen, footballer (b. 1936)^[103]
• 3 November – Turid Karlsen Seim, theologian (b. 1945)^[104]
• 7 November – Birger Jansen, ice hockey player (b. 1948)^[105]
• 11 November – Lauritz Bernhard Sirevaag, politician (b. 1926)
• 13 November – Aslaug Fadum, politician (b. 1925)
• 22 November – Per Sundby, physician (b. 1926)^[106]
• 25 November – Marit Kalstad, children's writer (b. 1931)^[107]
• 26 November – Alv Gjestvang, speed skater (b. 1937)^[108]
• 26 November – Ida Blom, historian (b. 1931)^[109]
• 27 November – Eystein Paasche, botanist (b. 1932)^[110]

• 2 December – Tove Kari Viken, politician (b. 1942)
• 6 December – Jan Frøystein Halvorsen, Supreme Court Justice (b. 1928)^[111]
• 11 December – Oddvar S. Kvam, composer (b. 1927)^[112]
• 14 December – Arnie Norse, entertainer (b. 1925)
• 18 December – Rolf Trygve Busch, diplomat (b. 1920)^[113]
• 18 December – Vibeke Knudsen, diplomat (b. 1948)^[114]
• 19 December – Anne Borg, dancer (b. 1936)^[115]
• 26 December – Joachim Calmeyer, actor (b. 1931)^[116]

See also

• 2016 in Norwegian music
• 2016 in Norwegian television

Notes and References

1. News: Helikopterstyrt i Hordaland – 13 bekreftet omkommet . no . Helicopter crash in Hordaland – 13 confirmed dead . . 29 April 2016 . 27 August 2016.
2. Web site: Ice Music Festival 21 – 24 Jan 2016 . https://archive.today/20150427061107/http://www.icemusicfestival.no/7 . dead . 2015-04-27 . IceMusicFestival.no . 2015-04-27 .
3. Web site: Datoene for BJO 2016 er klare! . . 2015-04-27.
4. Web site: Nordlysfestivalen 2016: 29. januar til 7. februar . no . . 2015-04-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150429072524/http://www.nordlysfestivalen.no/en . 2015-04-29 .
5. Encyclopedia: Hanna-Marie Weydahl. Store norske leksikon. no. 18 February 2016.
6. News: NRK Østfolds første distriktssjef har gått bort. Enger. Jørn. 11 January 2016. Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. no. 4 February 2016.
7. Encyclopedia: Bård Breivik. Store norske leksikon. no. 28 January 2016.
8. Encyclopedia: Berge Furre. Store norske leksikon. no. 28 January 2016.
9. Encyclopedia: Thor Furulund. Store norske leksikon. no. 18 February 2016.
10. Encyclopedia: Lars Roar Langslet. Store norske leksikon. no. 28 January 2016.
11. News: "Hallo-mann" Leif Dubard er død. Alvsing. Felicia. 22 January 2016. VG. no. 28 January 2016.
12. Encyclopedia: Karsten Isachsen. Store norske leksikon. no. 28 January 2016.
13. News: Nicolaus Zwetnow. Aftenposten. no. 29 January 2016. Høyer, Svennik. Svennik Høyer. 24. etal.
14. News: Helga Birgitte Salvesen. 6 February 2016. Aftenposten. Staff, Annetine. etal. 49. no.
15. Encyclopedia: Fredrik Barth. Store norske leksikon. no. 28 January 2016.
16. Encyclopedia: Leif Solberg. Store norske leksikon. no. 28 January 2016.
17. Encyclopedia: Tias Eckhoff. Store norske leksikon. no. 13 February 2016.
18. News: Paul Cappelen. Aftenposten. no. 18 February 2016. Dahle, Einar. 40.
19. Encyclopedia: Dag Gundersen. Store norske leksikon. no. 18 February 2016.
20. Encyclopedia: Erlend Østgaard. Store norske leksikon. no. 16 February 2017.
21. Encyclopedia: Jakob Aano. Store norske leksikon. no. 13 February 2016.
22. Web site: Martin Jensen (1942–2016). Sandvig. Ole Petter. 15 February 2016. Norwegian Athletics. no. 18 February 2016.
23. Encyclopedia: Sossen Krohg. Store norske leksikon. no. 28 January 2016.
24. News: Arthur J. Aasland. Aftenposten. no. 2 March 2016. Høibak, Ralph. Bye, Ronald. Wabakken, Arne. 24.
25. News: Devold måtte gi tapt for kreft . no . Stian . Strøm . . 2016-02-19 . 2016-02-19.
26. News: Norwegian News Agency. Jon Anders Helseth er død . no. 23 February 2016.
27. Encyclopedia: Christian Berg-Nielsen. Store norske leksikon. no. 27 February 2016.
28. Encyclopedia: Ivan Kristoffersen. Store norske leksikon. no. 27 February 2016.
29. News: Norwegian News Agency. Hallstein Rasmussen er død. no. 4 March 2016.
30. News: Hallstein Rasmussen. Aftenposten. no. 9 March 2016. Holmefjord, Liv. Gullestad, Peter. Vartdal, Knut. 40.
31. News: Norwegian News Agency. Tidsvitnet Magnhild Bråthen er død . no. 2 March 2016.
32. http://www.aftenposten.no/dodsfall/#!page=0!name=even%20hansen Death announcement
33. Encyclopedia: Magnus Ulleland. Store norske leksikon. no. 30 March 2016.
34. News: Norwegian News Agency. Kari Diesen d.y. er død. no. 11 March 2016.
35. News: -Vi har mistet en klippe. Bergens Tidende. no. 22 March 2016. Mæland, Pål Andreas. 32–33.
36. Death announcement, Aftenposten 7 April 2016 p. 48
37. News: Kari Børresen. Aftenposten. no. 9 April 2016. Stensvold, Anne. Mæland, Sidsel. 53.
38. News: Andris Snortheim til minne. Klassekampen. Ellingsen, Jan Røed. 22 April 2016. 30. no. etal.
39. Web site: Finn Hodt er død . Drammens SK. 2016-04-10 . 2016-04-11 . no.
40. Encyclopedia: Jan Henrik Kayser. Store norske leksikon. no. 6 May 2016.
41. Encyclopedia: Fredrik Grønningsæter. Store norske leksikon. no. 6 May 2016.
42. News: Skjalg Jensen er død. Finnmark Dagblad. Østvik, Helle. 23 May 2016. 14. no.
43. News: "Mr. Nord-Trøndelag" døde mandag. Namdalsavisa. Kirkedam, Ingvild. 25 May 2016. 8. no.
44. Encyclopedia: Vera Henriksen. Store norske leksikon. no. 20 June 2016.
45. Encyclopedia: Per Øien. Store norske leksikon. no. 20 June 2016.
46. http://www.f-b.no/ffk/sport/fotball/ffk-vingen-jan-aas-er-dod/s/5-59-472633 FFK-vingen Jan Aas er død
47. http://www.h-avis.no/haugesund/minneord/nyheter/geirmund-ihle-er-dod/s/5-62-269907 Geirmund Ihle er død
48. News: Norwegian News Agency. Terje Fjærn er død. no. 8 June 2016.
49. News: Per Bakken. Aftenposten. no. 22 June 2016. Hartviksen, Ivar. 40.
50. Encyclopedia: Lars Skytøen. Store norske leksikon. no. 16 June 2016.
51. Encyclopedia: Gunnar Gran. Store norske leksikon. no. 16 June 2016.
52. Encyclopedia: Dagfinn Gedde-Dahl. Store norske leksikon. no. 7 July 2016.
53. Encyclopedia: Per Hovdenakk. Store norske leksikon. no. 16 June 2016.
54. Encyclopedia: Erik Enger. Store norske leksikon. no. 25 July 2016.
55. Encyclopedia: Willy Andresen. Store norske leksikon. no. 20 June 2016.
56. News: Generalen og sabotøren Reidar Kvaal er død. Adresseavisen. 22 June 2016. 44. Hegvold, Ola. no.
57. News: Reidar Kvaal. Aftenposten. no. 24 June 2016. Ward, Geoffrey K.. 36.
58. News: Norwegian News Agency. Tidligere misjonsleder Anfin Skaaheim er død. no. 27 June 2016.
59. News: Stein Madsen. Aftenposten. no. 13 July 2016. Jørstad, Jonas. 24.
60. News: Stein Madsen er død. Teigøy. Jarle. 28 June 2016. Vålerenga Fotball. no. 13 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160706024202/http://www.vif-fotball.no/latest-news/article/9kxc81yz3fyx1k24dipxi3akv/title/stein-madsen-er-dod. 6 July 2016. dead. dmy-all.
61. News: Ragnar Pedersen. 23 October 2016. Hamar Arbeiderblad. no.
62. Encyclopedia: Frode Nilsen. Store norske leksikon. no. 7 July 2016.
63. News: Norwegian News Agency. Litteraturkritiker Kjell Olaf Jensen er død. no. 5 July 2016.
64. News: Den tidligere håndballederen Tor Lian er død. Singdahlsen. Karl Filip. 15 July 2016. Norwegian Confederation of Sports. no. 25 August 2016.
65. Encyclopedia: Geir Myhre. Store norske leksikon. no. 25 July 2016.
66. News: Carl Falck. Bogerud. Bjørn. Gudding. Roar. Sæteren. Liv. 15 August 2016. Aftenposten. no. 25 August 2016.
67. News: Håkon Fimland er død. Agledal. Henrik Halvorsen. 24 July 2016. Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. no. 25 August 2016.
68. News: Marianne Ihlen, Leonard Cohens norske ekskjæreste, er død. Aftenposten . 29 July 2016 . 2016-08-17 . no .
69. Encyclopedia: Jon Klette. Store norske leksikon. no. 11 August 2016.
70. News: Jon Klette. Aftenposten. no. 24 August 2016. Johansen, Gisle. 36. Stendahl, Bjørn.
71. Web site: Amano, Marcos. 2016. Minneord for Kjell Underlid. FO Hordaland. . 2016-09-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161003175258/https://www.fo.no/nyheter/minneord-for-kjell-underlid-article12306-1164.html . 2016-10-03 . dead .
72. News: Eivald Michael Røren. Aftenposten. no. 10 August 2016. Vahl, Trond. Mathiesen, Tor-Christian. Haraldsrud, Haakon Eriksen. 36.
73. Obituaries and death announcement, Moss Avis 11 August 2016, pp. 22–23
74. Death announcement, Aftenposten 13 August 2016
75. Encyclopedia: Helen Brinchmann. Store norske leksikon. 25 January 2021. no. 19 November 2021.
76. News: Holger Ursin. Aftenposten. no. 15 August 2016. Norum, Kaare. Kaare R. Norum.
77. Encyclopedia: Knut Kjøk. Store norske leksikon. no. 11 March 2018.
78. News: Fred Nøddelund. Aftenposten. no. 24 August 2016. Berg, Eigil. 36. etal.
79. Encyclopedia: Per Lønning. Store norske leksikon. no. 25 August 2016.
80. Encyclopedia: Berit Mørdre. Store norske leksikon. no. 30 August 2016.
81. Encyclopedia: Harald Grønningen. Store norske leksikon. no. 30 August 2016.
82. News: Peter Wollnick. Aftenposten. no. 9 September 2016. Eriksen, Jan. 28. etal.
83. Encyclopedia: Leif Magnar Mæhle. Store norske leksikon. no. 8 September 2016.
84. skoyter-15-46-6.origo.no/-/bulletin/show/868357_juniormesteren-fra-1957-er-doed Juniormesteren fra 1957 er død
85. News: Jan Otto Hauge. Aftenposten. no. 9 September 2016. Geard, Kathrine. 28. etal.
86. News: Eks Lisleby- og FFK-spiller død. 6 September 2016. 9 September 2016. Vidar Henriksen. no. Fredriksstad Blad.
87. Encyclopedia: Knut Wiggen. Store norske leksikon. no. 23 September 2016.
88. News: Sonja Louise Barth. Wollum. Lars Otto. 22 September 2016. Aftenposten. 41. no.
89. Encyclopedia: Per Brandtzæg. Store norske leksikon. no. 23 September 2016.
90. News: Professor emeritus Tor Brustad døydde 12. september, nær 90 år . Jan Vincents . Johannessen . Jan Vincents Johannessen . Vidar . Jetne . Aftenposten . 20 September 2016 . 28 September 2016 . no .
91. News: Nekrolog: Haakon Sørbye . Helga. Arntzen . Aftenposten . 20 September 2016 . 26 September 2016 . no.
92. News: Krigshelt Wilhelm Mohr er død . no . 27 September 2016 . NRK.
93. http://www.aftenposten.no/personalia/Nekrolog-Jens-Lothe-606115b.html Obituary
94. Encyclopedia: Gunnar Block Watne. Store norske leksikon. no. 8 October 2016.
95. http://www.aftenposten.no/personalia/Nekrolog-Lilleba-Lund-Kvandal-606298b.html Obituary
96. http://www.aftenposten.no/dodsfall#!page=0!name=jonas%20gulbrandsen Death announcement
97. http://www.aftenposten.no/personalia/Nekrolog-Hans-Petter-Langtangen-606633b.html Obituary
98. http://www.dt.no/minneord/godset/sport/minneord-per-rune-wolner/s/5-57-472168 Minneord: Per Rune Wølner
99. http://www.aftenposten.no/personalia/Nekrolog-Kjell-Aas-608246b.html Obituary
100. Web site: (+)Tidligere ordfører er død . 25 October 2016 .
101. http://www.itromso.no/sport/2016/10/31/Fotballprofil-Bj%C3%B8rn-Lidin-Hansen-27-er-d%C3%B8d-13720740.ece Fotballprofil Bjørn Lidin Hansen (27) er død
102. http://www.aftenposten.no/personalia/Nekrolog-Leif-Einar-Plahter-608336b.html Obituary
103. Encyclopedia: Sverre Andersen. Store norske leksikon. no. 5 November 2016.
104. Encyclopedia: Turid Karlsen Seim. Store norske leksikon. no. 8 November 2016.
105. Encyclopedia: Birger Jansen. Store norske leksikon. no. 8 November 2016.
106. Encyclopedia: Per Sundby. Store norske leksikon. no. 5 December 2016.
107. Web site: Nekrolog: Marit Kalstad.
108. Encyclopedia: Alv Gjestvang. Store norske leksikon. no. 28 November 2016.
109. Encyclopedia: Ida Blom. Store norske leksikon. no. 5 December 2016.
110. Encyclopedia: Eystein Karl Mørner Paasche. Store norske leksikon. no. 2 July 2021.
111. Encyclopedia: Jan Frøystein Halvorsen. Store norske leksikon. no. 30 December 2016.
112. Encyclopedia: Oddvar S. Kvam. Store norske leksikon. no. 26 December 2016.
113. Encyclopedia: Rolf Trygve Busch. Store norske leksikon. no. 26 December 2016.
114. Encyclopedia: Vibeke Knudsen. Store norske leksikon. no. 26 December 2016.
115. Encyclopedia: Anne Borg. Store norske leksikon. no. 26 December 2016.
116. Encyclopedia: Joachim Calmeyer. Store norske leksikon. no. 30 December 2016.