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2000 in Norway

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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Norway.

Contents

Incumbents

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

    • January

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

    • March

  • 11 March – Three people die when a community center in Målselv collapse 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.

    • Notable deaths

  • 9 January – Olaug Hay, politician (b.1902)
  • 11 January – Edvard Magnus Edvardsen, politician (b.1910).
  • 21 January – Kristian Asdahl, politician (b.1920)
  • 27 January – Asle Enger, priest (born 1906).
  • 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)
  • 2 April – Greta Gynt, singer, dancer and actress (b.1916)
  • 2 April – Synnøve Anker Aurdal, textile artist (born 1908).
  • 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)
  • 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).
  • 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)

    • References

    2000 in Norway Wikipedia
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