1994 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Harald V
• Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland

  Events

• 15–17 April – The Progress Party national convention at Bolkesjø, turns out to be one of the most dramatic purges in the history of Norwegian party politics, ending with the libertarian section of the party losing all power to the traditionalists.
• 28–29 September – Torp hostage crisis: Two Swedish robbers took two police officers and two pensioners as hostages at the Sandefjord Airport, Torp. The police freed the hostages and killed one of the hostage takers. It is the only incident in peace time that a Norwegian police chief has given the orders to shoot to kill.
• 28 November – Norway votes no to EU.
• 8 December – The Hitra Tunnel subsea road tunnel is opened. At the time of its opening, it was the world's deepest undersea tunnel

  Popular culture

Sports

• 12–27 February – The 1994 Winter Olympics is held in Lillehammer.

  Music

Film

Literature

Notable births

• 1 January – Emilie Hegh Arntzen, handball player.
• 7 April – Maria Therese Tviberg, alpine skier.
• 16 August – Eili Harboe, actress
• 2 November – Aleksander Stokkebø, politician.

  Notable deaths

• 6 January – Per Palle Storm, sculptor.
• 15 January
• *Jørgen Adolf Lier, politician
• *Agnar Mykle, author
• 23 January – Johan Jørgen Holst, politician and Minister
• 29 January – Jacob Vaage, historian and museum curator
• 20 February – Kaare Steel Groos, politician
• 23 February – Ragnar Christiansen, politician and Minister
• 23 February – Odd Højdahl, trade unionist, politician and Minister
• 13 March – Magne Lerheim, politician
• 21 March – Paula Nordhus, politician
• 7 April – Sigmund Ruud, ski jumper, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion
• 20 April – Sigmund Selberg, mathematician.
• 28 April – Olav Nordrå, writer
• 29 April
• *Kaleb Nytrøen, police officer.
• *Rein Henriksen, lawyer and industrialist
• 23 May – Olav H. Hauge, poet
• 28 May – Erik Rinde, jurist and pioneer of social sciences in Norway
• 2 June – Ole Hegge, cross country skier and Olympic silver medallist
• 17 June – Eigil Olaf Liane, politician
• 21 June – Jan Fredrik Wiborg, civil engineer
• 16 August – Erik Anker, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
• 23 August – Lars Holen, politician
• 25 August – Leif Eldring, judge and civil servant
• 30 August – Olav Gjærevoll, botanist, politician and Minister
• 12 October – Edel Eckblad, actress
• 18 October – Ivar Kornelius Eikrem, politician
• 23 October – Helge Røstad, judge
• 31 October – Erling Stordahl, singer
• 6 November – Edvard Natvig, decathlete
• 7 November – Charles Mathiesen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist
• 11 November – Harry Johan Olai Klippenvåg, politician
• 15 November – Asbjørn Lindhjem, politician
• 11 December – Magnus Andersen, politician and Minister
• 12 December – Sverre Oddvar Andresen, politician
• 12 December – Rolf Gjermundsen, politician

  Full date unknown

• Rolf Jacobsen, writer
• Dagfinn Mannsåker, archivist and historian
• Tor Ørvig, paleontologist