2000 in Norway

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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

Events

January

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

March

• 11 March – Three people die when a community center in Målselv Municipality collapsed 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. ^[1]
• 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.

Popular culture

Sports

• 19 to 26 February – The Biathlon World Championships 2000 were held in Holmenkollen. ^[2]

Music

Main article: 2000 in Norwegian music

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 2000s § 2000

Literature

Main article: 2000 in literature

• Jon Fosse – Morning and Evening (Morgon og kveld) (novella). ^[3]

Births

Erling Haaland

• 10 January – Erik Botheim, footballer
• 6 February – Jørgen Strand Larsen, footballer
• 18 February – Anders Waagan, footballer
• 27 February – Erik Sandberg, footballer
• 29 February – Hugo Vetlesen, footballer
• 7 April – André Klippenberg Grindheim, swimmer. ^[4]
• 19 April – Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, alpine skier. ^[5]
• 7 May – Markus Karlsbakk, footballer
• 9 May – Ragne Wiklund, speed skater and orienteer. ^[6]
• 21 July
  • Erling Haaland, English-born Norwegian footballer. ^[7]
  • Jens Lurås Oftebro, Nordic combined skier. ^[8]
• 9 August – Julia Eikeland, politician. ^[9]
• 18 August – Ida Marie Hagen, Nordic combined skier. ^[10]
• 19 September – Jakob Ingebrigtsen, middle- and long-distance runner. ^[11]
• 22 November – Simen Velle, politician. ^[12]

Notable deaths

January – March

Audun Boysen

• 9 January – Olaug Hay, politician (b.1902)
• 11 January – Edvard Magnus Edvardsen, politician (b.1910). ^[13]
• 21 January – Kristian Asdahl, politician (b.1920)
• 27 January – Asle Enger, priest (born 1906). ^[14]
• 30 January – Gerd Kjølaas, ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1909). ^[15]
• 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)
• 6 March – Ole Jacob Hansen, jazz drummer (b.1940). ^[16]
• 18 March – Randi Hultin, jazz critic and impresario (b.1926). ^[17]

April – June

Synnøve Anker Aurdal, textile artist

Petter Hugsted, Olympic gold medalist in 1948

• 2 April – Greta Gynt, singer, dancer and actress (b.1916)
• 2 April – Synnøve Anker Aurdal, textile artist (born 1908). ^[18]
• 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)
• 17 June – Jæger Dokk, insurance executive (born 1921). ^[19]
• 22 June – Svein Finnerud, jazz pianist (b.1945). ^[20]
• 26 June – Arne Thomas Olsen, actor, stage producer and theatre director (b.1909)
• 27 June – Dagmar Maalstad, politician (b.1902)

July – September

• 2 September – Johannes Sandven, educator (born 1909). ^[21]
• 4 September – Jack Fjeldstad, actor (born 1915). ^[22]
• 10 September – Haldis Havrøy, politician (b.1925)

October – December

• 17 October – Joachim «Jokke» Nielsen (36), rock musician and poet. ^[23]
• 26 October – Birgit Wessel, textile designer (born 1911). ^[24]
• 4 November – Anneliese Dørum, politician (b.1939)
• 18 November – Torstein Tynning, politician (b.1932)
• 28 November – Margith Johanne Munkebye, politician (b.1911)
• 30 December – Tom Blohm, footballer (born 1920). ^[25]

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

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2. "World Championships 2028 and 2029: Hochfilzen and Oslo-Holmenkollen". International Biathlon Union - IBU. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
3. Drangsholt, Janne Stigen; Rottem, Øystein; Surén, Odd Wilhelm. "Jon Fosse". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
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17. "Randi Hultin – Under the Spell of Jazz". JazzHouse.org. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
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23. Mathiesen, Trygve (18 October 2000). "Joachim 'Jokke' Nielsen funnet død" (in Norwegian). Puls.no. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
24. Tone, Rasch. "Birgit Wessel". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
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