Events in the year 2011 in Norway.
Incumbents Monarch – Harald V. President of the Storting – Dag Terje Andersen (Norwegian Labour Party) Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg (Norwegian Labour Party)
Events
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".(Daily Nation)(Al Jazeera) (Reuters) 15 February – The Government of the Philippines and Communist Party of the Philippines hold their first peace talks in six years in Oslo, Norway.
March
April
May
June June – 2011 Eastern Norway floods.
July 4 July – The Ullensvang helicopter accident: five people were killed in a helicopter crash near Kinsarvik. 21 July – Museum for Northern Peoples is opened in Manndalen in Gáivuotna Municipality (Kåfjord). 22 July – 2011 Norway attacks: 77 people were killed in a twin terrorist attack in Norway after a bombing in the Regjeringskvartalet, the government center in Oslo and the 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.
August
September
October 7 October – The Linesøy Bridge is opened, connecting the islands of Linesøya and Stokkøya in Åfjord Municipality.
November 25 November – The Cyclone Berit hits the Norwegian coast.
December
Popular culture
Music
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Sports 23 February – 6 March – the 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo 5 May—8 May – biannual convention () 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
Literature The novel Days in the History of Silence by Merethe Lindstrøm is published.
Television
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)
Notable deaths
January
1 January – Peter F. Hjort, physician (born 1924) 8 January – Thorbjørn Svenssen, footballer (born 1924) 8 January – Jan K. S. Jansen, professor of medicine (born 1931) 11 January – Johannes Holt, engineer (born 1917) 11 January – Knut Olsen, television presenter (born 1953) 12 January – Terje Sagvolden, neuroscientist (born 1945) 14 January – Per Olav Wiken, yacht racer (born 1937, died in Spain)Olympedia 23 January – Ole Kopreitan, political activist (born 1937) 24 January – Audun Tylden, record mogul (born 1948) 27 January – Svein Mathisen, footballer (born 1952) 27 January – Hannemor Gram, alpine skier (born 1918) 27 January – Kjeld Vibe, diplomat (born 1927) 28 January – Kari Werner Øfsti, broadcasting executive (born 1940)
February
1 February – Knut Risan, actor (born 1930) 3 February – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs, pianist (born 1913) 6 February – Axel Seeberg, archeologist (born 1931) 10 February – Randi Thorvaldsen, speed skater (born 1925) 10 February – Astrid Carlson, teacher and orienteer (born 1954). 13 February – Arnfinn Bergmann, ski jumper (born 1928) 13 February – Harald Kolstad, film critic (born 1946) – body found on this date 13 February – Rolf Solem, police chief (born 1917) 14 February – Kjell Bertheussen, physician (born 1947) 22 February – Kjell Bjartveit, physician (born 1927) 23 February – Rolf Tofte, journalist (born 1923)Death announcement, Bergens Tidende 25 February 2011, s. 23 24 February – Irma Bruun Hodne, artist (born 1919)Death announcement, Rogalands Avis 28 February 2011, p. 27 26 February – Willy Simonsen, sports official (born 1927) 26 February – Harald Grimen, philosopher (born 1955)
March
5 March – Anton Smith-Meyer, diplomat (born 1919)Death announcement, Aftenposten 9 March 2011 6 March – Oddmund Jensen, cross-country skier (born 1928) 7 March – Einar Johannes Lundeby, linguist (born 1914) 12 March – Bjarne Røtterud, artist (born 1929) 17 March – Martin Kloster-Jensen, linguist (born 1917) 26 March – Louis Kloster, architect (born 1932) 28 March – Wenche Foss, actress (born 1917) 30 March – Oddvar Hansen, footballer (born 1921)
April
1 April – Siri Skare, air force officer (born 1958, died in Afghanistan) 4 April – Liv Undheim, trade unionist and politician (born 1949) 4 April – Ottar Dahl, historian (born 1924) 4 April – Paul Grøstad, businessperson (born 1933) 10 April – Børt Erik Thoresen, musician (born 1932)Death announcement, Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen 13 April 2011, p. 41 11 April – Bjørn Oscar Gulbrandsen, oce hpcley player and yacht racer (born 1925)Olympedia 16 April – Hermod Skånland, banker (born 1925) 16 April – Erik Tumyr, journalist (born 1962) 18 April – Kjell Håkonsen, harness racer (born 1935) 18 April – Trygve Simonsen, politician (born 1937) 19 April – Grete Waitz, runner (born 1953) 19 April – Aage Møst, sports official (born 1923) 20 April – Kari Nyquist, ceramicist (born 1918) 21 April – Cato Wadel, social anthropologist (born 1936) 22 April – Eyvind Solås, musician (born 1937) 24 April – Georg Johan Jacobsen, politician (born 1929) 27 April – Dag Stokke, keyboardist (born 1967) 28 April – Johan Henrik Andresen, businessperson (born 1930)
May
2 May – Knut Hedemann, diplomat (born 1922) 2 May – Sverre Lyngstad, literary scholar (born 1922)"In memory of Sverre" , Norwegian American Weekly, 27 May 2011 7 May – Einar Coldevin Hellem, printmaker (born 1923) 8 May – Finn Wischmann, botanist (born 1918) 11 May – Erik Stallemo, businessperson and football agent (born 1935) 12 May – Målfrid Kuvås, sports official (born 1942) 12 May – Harry Danielsen, politician (born 1936) 13 May – Merete Lie Hoel, journalist (born 1926)Oslo Municipality 15 May – Turid Holter, textile artist (born 1936) 22 May – Rolf Aalerud, politician (born 1921) 25 May – Reidar Rudjord, printmaker (born 1930) 27 May – Jostein Løfsgaard, university director (born 1923) 27 May – Peter Hallaråker, onomastician (born 1933) 27 May – Arne Solheim, painter (born 1926) 28 May – Sigurd Müller, police chief (born 1924) 31 May – Sølvi Wang, singer (born 1929)
June 4 June – Kjellaug Steinslett, writer (born 1946) 17 June – Kjell Bohlin, politician (born 1928) 18 June – Trygve Stangeland, businessperson (born 1934) 18 June – Herman Hagen, director (born 1918) 19 June – Oskar Hordnes, chief of police (born 1924) 25 June – Tron Gerhardsen, journalist (born 1936) 25 June – Henry Olaf Hoff, politician (born 1921) 28 June – Olav Askvik, judge and politician (born 1915)
July 2 July – Jostein Erstad, jurist (born 1922) 2 July – Per Aasen, journalist and ambassador (born 1927) 2 July – Johan Henrik Dahl, ambassador (born 1928) 2 July – Paul W. Weeden, jazz guitarist (born 1923) 2 July – Magnar G. Huseby, politician (born 1928) 3 July – Birger Blom-Kalstø, politician (born 1940) 5 July – Odd Mæhlum, javelin thrower (born 1921). 7 July – Olav Versto, editor (born 1950) 10 July – Terje Grøstad, artist (born 1925) 13 July – Per Erik Burud, retailer (born 1962) – body found on 22 July 14 July – Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn, writer (born 1947) 14 July – Peter Sjøholt, physicist (b. 1925) 15 July – Arne Sigurd Haugen, editor and musician (born 1943) 18 July – Ludvik Zajc, ski jump coach (born 1943) 20 July – Gunnar Vatten, engineer (born 1927) 21 July – Lars Skjølaas, politician (born 1933) 22 July – Einar Tandberg-Hanssen, astrophysicist (born 1921, died in the US) 24 July – Imre Hercz, physician (born 1929) 24 July – Harald Johnsen, jazz bassist (born 1973)MIC 26 July – Hans Prydz, biochemist (born 1933) 28 July – Einar Nistad, retailer (born 1932)Death announcement, Bergens Tidende 2 August 2011, p. 16 29 July – Arild Braastad, diplomat (born 1946) 31 July – Fredrik Jensen, Waffen-SS officer (born 1921, died in Sweden)
August 11 August – Tomas Hägg, philologist (born 1938) 19 August – Odd Jarl Pedersen, judge (born 1944) 21 August – Arne Vinje, chess player (born 1943)
September
3 September – Finn Helgesen, speed skater (born 1919) 4 September – Hilde Heltberg, singer (born 1959) 5 September – Reidar Børjeson, figure skater (born 1931)Olympedia 11 September – Lilly Bølviken, Supreme Court Justice (born 1914) 19 September – Reidar Hauge, organist (born 1947) 22 September – Asbjørn Osnes, ski jumper (born 1932)Asbjorn Osnes at Sports Reference 22 September – Knut Steen, sculptor (born 1924) 25 September – Erling Lars Dale, educationalist (born 1946) 25 September – Oddmund Bye, fishers' leader (born 1935) 25 September – Gjermund Barstad, architect and designer (born 1919) 29 September – Andreas Hagen, newspaper editor (born 1924) 30 September – Kjell Torheim, fashion designer (born 1948)
October 1 October – Hans Christian Alsvik, television presenter (born 1936) 2 October – Kristian Kvakland, sculptor (born 1927. 7 October – Magne Solheim, resistance member (born 1918)Digitalarkivet 9 October – Vibeke Falk, actress (born 1918) 10 October – Arne Lindaas, artist (born 1924) 12 October – Leiv Mjeldheim, historian (born 1929) 15 October – Benny Dahl-Hansen, pianist and rector (born 1923) 16 October – Arne Eidsmo, politician (born 1941) 19 October – Leif Tomren, businessperson (born 1928) 22 October – Tove Strømme, pianist and rector (born 1940) 28 October – Sivert Farstad, Lord Chamberlain (born 1931) 29 October – Kjell Eide, civil servant (born 1925) 30 October – Vigleik Eide, Chief of Defence (born 1933) 30 October – Evy-Ann Midttun, politician (born 1943)Death announcement, Altaposten 4 November 2011, p. 23 31 October – Nils Johan Lavik, psychiatrist (born 1931) 31 October – Helene Andrea Nilsen, supercentenarian (born 1901)
November 1 November – Olav Myklebust, diplomat and politician (born 1932) 1 November – Johan Christian Evandt, athlete (born 1934) 11 November – Fridtjof Frank Gundersen, legal scholar and politician (born 1934) 13 November – Anders Aune, politician (born 1923) 14 November – Brikt Jensen, publisher and writer (born 1928) 18 November – Erik Gjems-Onstad, resistance member, barrister and politician (born 1922) 19 November – Kåre Elgmork, zoologist (born 1924) 19 November – Bjarne Lingås, boxer (born 1933) 22 November – Oscar Bodøgaard, painter (born 1923) 23 November – Henry Øberg, football referee (born 1931) 24 November – Gunnar Stensland, footballer (born 1922) 25 November – Erling Lægreid, journalist (born 1939) 30 November – Ola Byrknes, politician (born 1933)
December
1 December – Siss Hartmann, singer (born 1934) 2 December – Karl E. Nilsen, sculptor (born 1945) 4 December – Arne Sund, military psychiatrist (born 1925)Obituary, Aftenposten, 28 December 2011, p. 15 9 December – Alf R. Bjercke, businessperson (born 1921) 9 December – Kjell Elgjo, professor of medicine (born 1945) 15 December – Birger Stuevold Lassen, legal scholar (born 1927) 16 December – Ulf Aas, illustrator (born 1919) 25 December – Truls Fyhn, police chief (born 1945) 29 December – Sveinung Ones, journalist (born 1938) 29 December – Arne Rudvin, bishop in the Church of Pakistan (born 1929)