2006 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Harald V
• Prime Minister: Jens Stoltenberg

  Events

January

• 10 January – The Christian newspaper Magazinet publishes caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed.
• 22 January – Islamic scholars threaten Denmark and Norway with boycotts after the publication of the Muhammed cartoons.

  February

• 20 February – Agreement is reached between Denmark and Norway about where the border between Svalbard and Greenland should go.

  March

• 4 March – Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway is baptized in Slottskapellet in Oslo.
• 20 March – The Norwegian Food Safety Authority reports that Gilde is responsible for an outbreak of e. coli in Norway that has led to the death of one child and 13 hospitalized children.

  April

May

• 6 May – The Progress Party elects Siv Jensen as their new leader.
• 12 May – An Al-Qaida video on the internet encourages Muslims to attack Denmark, Norway and France for the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed.
• 25 May – The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 is awarded to Oslo during the congress of the International Ski Federation in Faro, Portugal.

  June

• 3 June – Salmonella is found in First Price salami, which in recent weeks has infected 35 and possibly caused one death.
• 7 June – A meteorite impact event occurs in northern Troms County, Norway. Locals compare the resultant explosion to the nuclear explosion at Hiroshima. The impact location was apparently desolate, and no structural damage or casualties are reported.
• 10 June – A man fires several shots at police in Herøy, Møre og Romsdal after a family quarrel. The man later takes his own life.
• 19 June – The decision is made to build the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

  July

• 1 July – The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration is established. This is one of the biggest changes in the history of Norwegian welfare aid.

  August

• 24 August – Fritz Moen is acquitted of murder charges.
• 31 August – The Edvard Munch paintings The Scream and Madonna are found by the police. The paintings were stolen on 22 August 2004.

  September

• 7 September – Death of Eugene Ejike Obiora: Eugene Ejike Obiora, a naturalized Norwegian citizen originally from Nigeria who was arrested at a social services office while complaining against being denied social aid, dies at the hands of arresting police officers in Trondheim. The case made headlines locally and nationally, with accusations of unnecessary use of force and racism leveled at the local police, as well as uproar in African societies in Norway.

  October

• 10 October – Atlantic Airways Flight 670, a BAe 146, slides off the runway at Stord, Norway, killing four of the 16 people on board.
• 13 October – Solveig Fiske is appointed bishop of Hamar.

  November

December

• December – Norsk Hydro reveals a proposal to merge its oil business with compatriate oil and gas company Statoil. Gaining approval from both the EU and the Storting, the merger is completed by 1 October 2007.

  Undated

• The service station chain HydroTexaco which was established in 1995 through a merger between Norsk Hydro and Texaco is sold to Reitangruppen.

  Popular culture

Sports

• 23 July – Tour de France 2006 is won by the Norwegian Thor Hushovd.
• 17 December – Norway wins the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship in Sweden.

  Music

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

  Film

• 21 April – Free Jimmy, directed by Christopher Nielsen, was released in Norway.
• 26 May – The Bothersome Man, directed by Jens Lien, was released in Norway.
• 25 August – Uro, directed by Stefan Faldbakken, was released in Norway. It had earlier, in May, been screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
• 8 September – Reprise, directed by Joachim Trier, was released in Norway. The film was originally screened at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July, where it was awarded the Crystal Globe Best Director Award.
• 15 September – Sons, directed by Erik Richter Strand, was released in Norway.
• 13 October – Cold Prey, directed by Roar Uthaug, was released in Norway. The film was previously screened at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in June.
• 3 November – The Art of Negative Thinking, directed by Bård Breien, was released in Norway. The film was screened at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July 2007, where Breien was awarded the Crystal Globe Best Director Award.

  Literature

Television

Notable deaths

• 10 January – Thor Knudsen, politician
• 20 January – Einar Hole Moxnes, politician and Minister
• 6 February – Halvdan Ljøsne, painter
• 7 February – Harald Noreng, literary researcher and lexicographer
• 19 February – Godtfred Holmvang, decathlete and skier
• 28 February – Jan Brøgger, professor of social anthropology and clinical psychologist
• 28 February – Dagfinn Hjertenes, politician
• 28 February – Else Reppen, philanthropist
• 26 March – Kristoffer Lepsøe, rower and Olympic bronze medallist
• 18 April – Eivind Skabo, sprint canoer and Olympic bronze medallist
• 22 April – Magnar Norderhaug, zoologist and ecologist
• 14 May – Eva Norvind, writer, documentary producer, director, sex therapist and actress
• 28 May – Thorleif Schjelderup, ski jumper, Olympic bronze medallist and author
• 1 June – Kristian Ottosen, writer and public servant
• 23 June – Knut Haus, politician
• 23 June – Gunnar Skaug, politician
• 24 June – Børre Falkum-Hansen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist
• 30 June – Bjarne Johannes Hope, civil servant
• 4 July – Lars Korvald, politician and Prime Minister of Norway
• 19 July – Odd With, politician
• 28 July – Rut Brandt, writer and second wife of the German Chancellor Willy Brandt
• 3 September – Eva Knardahl, pianist
• 4 September – Ingrid Bjoner, opera singer
• 7 September- Eugene Ejike Obiora, died during police arrest
• 24 September – Per Stavem, shot putter and discus thrower
• 29 September – Jan Werner Danielsen, singer
• 2 October – Asbjørn Herteig, archeologist.
• 28 October – Kjell Magne Fredheim, politician
• 30 October – Jens Christian Hauge, resistance member and politician
• 30 October – Aud Schønemann, actress
• 4 November – Torolf Elster, newspaper and radio journalist, magazine editor and author
• 19 November – Thorbjørn Lie, businessperson and politician
• 21 November – Svein Erik Bakke, entrepreneur
• 24 November – Nils Are Øritsland, polar researcher in zoophysiology and ecology
• 28 November – Thorleif Lintrup Paus, lawyer and diplomat
• 4 December – Sigrid Utkilen, politician
• 6 December – Otto Øgrim, physicist and author.
• 23 December – Arne Sandnes, politician
• 25 December – Ingerid Vardund, actress
• 31 December – Reidar Strømdahl, politician

  Full date unknown

• Bjørn Aamodt, poet
• Sverre Bergh, spy in Nazi Germany during World War II
• Sigurd Engelstad, genealogist and archivist
• Per Maltby, astronomer
• Eystein Sandnes, ceramic and glass designer
• Arne Hoel, ski jumper

  Births

• 10 January – Angelina Jordan