2013 in Norway

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Centuries: 19th 20th 21st
Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

Events in the year 2013 in Norway.

Incumbents

Monarch - Harald V

Prime Minister - Jens Stoltenberg (Norwegian Labour Party (until 16 October)

Prime Minister - Erna Solberg (Conservative (from 16 October)

Events

16–19 January – Five Norwegians died in the In Amenas hostage crisis.

17 January – A lorry full of highly-flammable goat-whey cheese caught fire in a road tunnel near Narvik. The high fat and sugar content of the brunost kept the raging conflagration burning for four days and the tunnel was impassable and badly damaged.

19 February – The Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs unanimously criticised Stoltenberg's Cabinet for lack of security arrangement before the 2011 Norway attacks.

6 May – Gerd Kristiansen was elected leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

28 May – Oslo city council decided to build a new Munch Museum in Bjørvika.

1 July – It was announced that the Södra Cell Tofte pulp mill will close.

17 July – Marte Dalelv was convicted for extramarital sex and perjury after having reported a man to the police in Dubai for rape. She was later pardoned.

5 August – A female employee at the Labour and Welfare Service in Oslo was stabbed at work and died five days later.

17 August – The Hardanger Bridge was opened.

9 September – In the Norwegian parliamentary election, 2013 the non-socialist parties won a plurality. The Green Party gained a representative in parliament for the first time.

9 September – Fifty-five percent of voters in Oslo voted in favour of the Oslo bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

30 September – After negotiations, the Conservative Party and the Progress Party agreed to form a new cabinet while the Liberal Party and Christian Democratic Party agreed to support the cabinet in Parliament.

7 October – The Conservative and Progress parties presented a political platform for an Erna Solberg cabinet.

16 October – Erna Solberg became prime minister in Solberg's Cabinet; the Progress party were represented in government for the first time.

23 October – The Supreme Court ruled that a time limit of 25 years for individual fishing quotas does not violate the Constitution of Norway.

4 November – Three people died in the 2013 Valdresekspressen hijacking.

16 November – Cyclone Hilde struck Trøndelag and Helgeland.

3 December – PISA 2012 showed Norwegian pupils scoring below average in mathematics, and generally worse than in 2009.

5 December – Seven pioneer divers in the North sea won a case against Norway in the European Court of Human Rights for financial compensation for injuries.

10 December – The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.

10 December – Joshua French was indicted for the murder of Tjostolv Moland.

12 December – Hurricane Ivar struck Central Norway; 53,000 households lost electricity.

24 December – A storm struck many areas of the country on Christmas Eve.

Chess

1 April: Magnus Carlsen won the 2013 Candidate tournament in Chess and became the challenger to Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship in November 2013.

11 August – 2 September – The Chess World Cup 2013 was hosted in Tromsø.

9-22 November – Carlsen won the 2013 World Chess Championship match 6½–3½ against Anand, thus becoming the new world chess champion.

Music

"The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)", an electronic dance song and viral video by the comedy duo Ylvis, was the top trending video of 2013 on YouTube.

9 October - Ylvis performs their viral hit "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Anniversaries

23 January – 200 years since the birth of Camilla Collett

11 June - 100 years since general suffrage for women in Norway

5 August – 200 years since the birth of Ivar Aasen

References

2013 in Norway Wikipedia

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