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2011 in Norway

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Centuries:
  
19th 20th 21st

2011 in Norway

Decades:
  
1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

Events in the year 2011 in Norway.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Harald V
  • Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg (Norwegian Labour Party)

    • January

  • 7 January – Five people were killed in a traffic accident on the European route E8 in Lavangsdalen near Tromsø.
  • 12 January – Russian-born blogger Maria Amelie was arrested for having stayed in Norway illegally since 2002. Amelie was deported from Norway to Russia on 24 January 2011.

    • February

  • 2 February – A Norwegian MP nominates WikiLeaks for the Nobel Peace Prize, saying "Wikileaks have contributed to the struggle for human rights, democracy and freedom of speech globally, by exposing (among many other things) corruption, war crimes and torture – sometimes even conducted by allies of Norway".
  • 15 February – The Government of the Philippines and Communist Party of the Philippines hold their first peace talks in six years in Oslo, Norway.

    • June

  • June – 2011 Eastern Norway floods

    • July

  • 4 July – The Ullensvang helicopter accident: five people were killed in a helicopter crash near Kinsarvik.
  • 22 July – The 2011 Norway attacks: At least 76 people are killed in twin terrorist attacks in Norway after a bombing in the Regjeringskvartalet, the government center in Oslo and a massacre in the political youth camp in the island of Utøya.
  • 29 July – The first funerals of last week's terrorism and shooting victims were held.

    • October

  • 7 October – The Linesøy Bridge is opened, connecting the islands of Linesøya and Stokkøya in Åfjord.

    • November

  • 25 November – The Cyclone Berit hits the Norwegian coast.

    • Sports

  • 23 February – 6 March – the 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo
  • 5 May—8 May – biannual convention (Norwegian: Idrettstinget) of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
  • 29 June – 6 July – the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D in Germany
  • 2 – 18 December – the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil

    • Film

  • 26 August – Headhunters, directed by Morten Tyldum, released in Norway

    • Anniversaries

  • 200 years since University of Oslo was established (1811)
  • 150 years since Norwegian Confederation of Sports was established (1861)
  • 19 March – 50 years since the first female pastor, Ingrid Bjerkås was ordained in Vang Church (1961)
  • 10 October – 150 years since the birth of Fritjof Nansen (died 1930)
  • 14 December – 100 years since Roald Amundsen's expedition reached the South Pole (1911)

    • References

    2011 in Norway Wikipedia
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