2002 in Norway
Events in the year 2002 in Norway.Incumbents
February
- 27 February – Metropol TV ceases broadcasting because of financial difficulties.
March
April
May
August
September
October
November
December
Popular culture
Sports
Music
Film
Literature
Television
Notable births
- 21 February – Marcus & Martinus Gunnarsen, two identical brothers singers
- 12 May – Birgitta Elisa Oftestad, cellist
Notable deaths
- 1 January – Arne Røgden, bobsledder
- 24 January – Ragnar Horn, politician
- 31 January – Jens P. Flå, politician
- 1 February – Sigurd Berge, composer
- 18 April – Thor Heyerdahl, ethnographer and adventurer
- 29 April – Sverre Bratland, military leader
- 1 May – Birger Tvedt, physician.
- 28 May – Kai Paulsen, journalist, photographer and computer collector
- 29 June – Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist
- 10 August – Kristen Nygaard, mathematician, computer programming language pioneer and politician
- 26 September – Eleonore Bjartveit, politician and Minister
- 10 October – Sverre L. Mo, politician
- 15 November – Hans Jørgen Toming, visual artist and designer.
- 24 November – Odd Lien, newspaper editor and politician
- 5 December – Magnar Sætre, politician
- 20 December – Tore Tønne, politician and Minister
- 21 December – Harald U. Lied, politician
- 24 December – Kjell Aukrust, author, poet and artist.
Full date unknown
- Odd Chr. Gøthe, civil servant and politician
- Johan Berthin Holte, businessperson
- Nils Peder Langvand, judge
- Oddrunn Pettersen, politician and Minister
- Fritz Røed, sculptor
- Einar Skinnarland, resistance fighter
- Knut Tjønneland, politician
