1999 in Norway

Events in the year 1999 in Norway.

← 1998 1997 1996 1999 in Norway → 2000 2001 2002
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
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See also:	List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Harald V
• Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party)

Events

The MS Sleipner disaster

• 1 February – The Coastal Party (Norwegian : Kystpartiet) is founded.
• 23 April – Arve Beheim Karlsen drowns in Sogndalselva
• 30 September – Metropol TV starts broadcasting.
• 26 November – The boat MS Sleipner collided with a rock in the notorious part of the North Sea called "Sletta", just north of the town of Haugesund. The ship sank and 16 of the people on board died.
• Saga Petroleum, Norway's third largest petroleum company, is acquired by Norsk Hydro.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Popular culture

Music

Main article: 1999 in Norwegian music

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1990s § 1999

Television

Main article: 1999 in Norwegian television

Notable births

Girl in Red

• 11 January – Jeanette Hegg Duestad, sport shooter. ^[1]
• 8 February – Kristine Stavås Skistad, cross-country skier. ^[2]
• 9 February – Henny Reistad, handball player. ^[3]
• 16 February – Girl in Red (Marie Ulven), singer-songwriter. ^[4]
• 28 April – Silje Opseth, ski jumper. ^[5]
• 4 June – Aryan Tari, chess player. ^[6]
• 16 July – Frida Maanum, footballer. ^[7]
• 23 August – Jesper Pedersen, para-alpine skier. ^[8]

Notable deaths

January

Gerda Ring

• 2 January – Aase Lionæs, politician (b.1907). ^[9]
• 4 January – Fredrik Mellbye, physician and chief medical officer (born 1917). ^[10]
• 12 January – Gerda Ring, actress (born 1891). ^[11]
• 19 January – Odd Vigestad, politician (b.1915). ^[12]
• 21 January – Magne Lystad, orienteering champion (b.1932). ^[13]

February

• 1 February – Martin Skaaren, politician (b.1905). ^[14]
• 8 February – Øistein Parmann, journalist and publisher (born 1921). ^[15]
• 9 February – Bernhard Paus, orthopedic surgeon and Grand Master of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons (b.1910)
• 10 February – Birger Leirud, high jumper (b.1924)
• 13 February – Kåre Hovda, biathlete (b.1944). ^[16]
• 26 February – Bjørn Wiik, physicist (b.1937)

March

Else Granheim

Marius Müller

Jens Book-Jenssen

• 7 March
  • Else Granheim, librarian and civil servant (born 1926). ^[17]
  • Olav Hagesæther, bishop (born 1909). ^[18]
• 14 March
  • Frithjof Jacobsen, diplomat (born 1914). ^[19]
  • Marius Müller, rock musician (born 1958). ^[20]
• 16 March –
  • Trygve Bull, politician (born 1905). ^[21]
  • Åsta Holth, writer (born 1904). ^[22]
• 17 March – Elling Øvergård, sport shooter (born 1947). ^[23]
• 20 March – Grete Nash, ceramist (born 1939). ^[24]
• 24 March – Odd Sannes, sport shooter (born 1922). ^[25]
• 26 March
  • Olle Johan Eriksen, politician (b.1923). ^[26]
  • Nils O. Golten, politician (born 1936). ^[27]
  • Eva Kolstad, politician and Minister (b.1918). ^[28]
• 27 March – Oskar Øksnes, politician (born 1921). ^[29]
• 28 March – Jens Book-Jenssen, popular singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director (b.1910). ^[30]
• 29 March – Helmer Dahl, electrical engineer (born 1908). ^[31]
• 31 March – Curt James Haydn, bobsledder (born 1919). ^[32]

April

• 9 April – Ingolv Helland, politician (born 1906). ^[33]
• 13 April – Knut Hauge, writer (born 1911). ^[34]
• 14 April – Tor Bjerkmann, publisher (b. 1939). ^[35]
• 16 April – Osmund Faremo, politician (born 1921). ^[36]
• 27 April – Gunnar Brunvoll, impresario and opera administrator (b. 1924). ^[37]

May

• 4 May – Henry Tiller, boxer (born 1914). ^[38]
• 7 May – Randi Anda, politician (b.1898). ^[39]
• 9 May – Albert Henrik Mohn, journalist (born 1918). ^[40]
• 25 May – Lydolf Lind Meløy, politician (born 1908). ^[41]
• 31 May – Carl Viggo Manthey Lange, politician (b.1904). ^[42]

June

Eva Scheer

• 5 June – Magne Kleiven, gymnast (born 1921). ^[43]
• 10 June – Ingrid Øvre Wiik, actress (born 1918). ^[44]
• 12 June – Ola Bauer, novelist and playwright (born 1943). ^[45]
• 16 June – Thor Lund, politician (b.1921). ^[46]
• 19 June – Karl J. Brommeland, politician (b.1913). ^[47]
• 22 June
  • Petter Furberg, politician (b.1923). ^[48]
  • Eva Scheer, journalist, literary critic, translator and author (b. 1915). ^[49]
• 25 June – Borghild Rud, illustrator (born 1910). ^[50]

July

Trygve Haavelmo

• 4 July – Georg Johansen, gymnast (born 1924). ^[51]
• 12 July – Trond Øyen, violinist (born 1929). ^[52]
• 20 July – Kirsten Ohm, diplomat (born 1930). ^[53]
• 21 July – Arne Sletsjøe, violist (born 1916). ^[54]
• 23 July – Yngvar Barda, chess player (born 1935). ^[55]
• 26 July – Trygve Haavelmo, economist, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (b.1911)

August

• 12 August – Olav Hummelvold, politician (born 1903). ^[56]
• 25 August – Jan Iversen, politician (b.1916). ^[57]

September

• 7 September – Bjarne Iversen, cross country skier and Olympic silver medallist (b.1912). ^[58]
• 13 September
  • Erik Diesen, revue writer and radio and television personality (born 1922). ^[59]
  • Ragnar Rygel, ice hockey player (born 1930). ^[60]
• 19 September – Kjell Kristiansen, footballer (born 1925). ^[61]

October

• 1 October – Thore Boye, diplomat (born 1912). ^[62]
• 5 October – Lars Breie, jurist, auditor and politician (b.1907). ^[63]
• 6 October – Randi Kolstad, actress (born 1925). ^[64]
• 9 October – Per Håland, newspaper editor (born 1919). ^[65]
• 20 October – Asbjørn Skarstein, diplomat (born 1922). ^[66]
• 24 October – Nicolai Johansen, sports official (born 1917). ^[67]

November

• 9 November – Hersleb Vogt, diplomat (born 1912). ^[68]
• 24 November – Per Hohle, writer (born 1918). ^[69]
• 25 November – Oddvar Berrefjord, jurist, politician and Minister (b.1918). ^[70]

December

Per Aabel

Dagmar Lahlum

• 8 December
  • Bjarne Flem, politician (b.1914). ^[71]
  • Kjell Moe, international footballer (b.1909)
• 11 December – Oddleif Fagerheim, politician (b.1911). ^[72]
• 21 December – Elsa Rastad Bråten, politician (b.1918). ^[73]
• 22 December – Per Aabel, comic actor (b.1902). ^[74]
• 23 December – Valter Gabrielsen, politician (b.1921). ^[75]
• 25 December – Arne Ileby, footballer (born 1913). ^[76]
• 26 December
  • Wilhelm Aarek, philologist and educationalist (born 1907). ^[77]
  • Ola Skjåk Bræk, banker, politician and Minister (b.1912). ^[78]
• 28 December – Dagmar Lahlum, resistance member and agent (born 1923). ^[79]
• 30 December – Kjølv Egeland, politician (b.1918). ^[80]
• 31 December
  • Ferdinand Finne, artist (b.1910). ^[81]
  • Johannes Seland, politician (b.1912). ^[82]

Full date unknown

• Erling Anger, civil servant (b.1909)
• Karl Olsen, civil servant (b.1910)
• Hans Skjervheim, philosopher (b.1926)

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