2011 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Harald V
• Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg

  Events

January

• 7 January – Five people were killed in a traffic accident on the European route E8 in Lavangsdalen near Tromsø.
• 12 January – Russian-born blogger Maria Amelie was arrested for having stayed in Norway illegally since 2002. Amelie was deported from Norway to Russia on 24 January 2011.

  February

• 2 February – A Norwegian MP nominates WikiLeaks for the Nobel Peace Prize, saying "Wikileaks have contributed to the struggle for human rights, democracy and freedom of speech globally, by exposing corruption, war crimes and torture – sometimes even conducted by allies of Norway".
• 15 February – The Government of the Philippines and Communist Party of the Philippines hold their first peace talks in six years in Oslo, Norway.

  March

April

May

June

• June – 2011 Eastern Norway floods.

  July

• 4 July – The Ullensvang helicopter accident: five people were killed in a helicopter crash near Kinsarvik.
• 22 July – 2011 Norway attacks: 77 people were killed in a twin terrorist attack in Norway after a bombing in the Regjeringskvartalet, the government center in Oslo and the massacre in the political youth camp in the island of Utøya.
• 29 July – The first funerals of last week's terrorism and shooting victims were held.

  August

September

October

• 7 October – The Linesøy Bridge is opened, connecting the islands of Linesøya and Stokkøya in Åfjord.

  November

• 25 November – The Cyclone Berit hits the Norwegian coast.

  December

Popular culture

Music

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

  Sports

• 23 February – 6 March – the 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo
• 5 May—8 May – biannual convention of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
• 29 June – 6 July – the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D in Germany
• 2 – 18 December – the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil

  Film

• 26 August - Headhunters, directed by Morten Tyldum, released in Norway

  Literature

Television

Anniversaries

• 200 years since University of Oslo was established
• 150 years since Norwegian Confederation of Sports was established
• 19 March – 50 years since the first female pastor, Ingrid Bjerkås was ordained in Vang Church
• 10 October – 150 years since the birth of Fritjof Nansen
• 14 December – 100 years since Roald Amundsen's expedition reached the South Pole

  Notable deaths

January

• 1 January – Peter F. Hjort, physician
• 8 January – Thorbjørn Svenssen, footballer
• 8 January – Jan K. S. Jansen, professor of medicine
• 11 January – Johannes Holt, engineer
• 11 January – Knut Olsen, television presenter
• 12 January – Terje Sagvolden, neuroscientist
• 14 January – Per Olav Wiken, yacht racer
• 23 January – Ole Kopreitan, political activist
• 24 January – Audun Tylden, record producer
• 27 January – Svein Mathisen, footballer
• 27 January – Hannemor Gram, alpine skier
• 27 January – Kjeld Vibe, diplomat
• 28 January – Kari Werner Øfsti, broadcasting executive

  February

• 1 February – Knut Risan, actor
• 1 February – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs, pianist
• 6 February – Axel Seeberg, archeologist
• 10 February – Randi Thorvaldsen, speed skater
• 10 February – Astrid Carlson, teacher and orienteer.
• 13 February – Arnfinn Bergmann, ski jumper
• 13 February – Harald Kolstad, film critic – body found on this date
• 13 February – Rolf Solem, police chief
• 14 February – Kjell Bertheussen, physician
• 22 February – Kjell Bjartveit, physician
• ?? February – Irma Bruun Hodne, artist
• ?? February – Rolf Tofte, journalist
• 26 February – Willy Simonsen, sports official
• 26 February – Harald Grimen, philosopher

  March

• 6 March – Oddmund Jensen, cross-country skier
• 7 March – Einar Johannes Lundeby, linguist
• ?? March – Anton Smith-Meyer, diplomat
• 12 March – Bjarne Røtterud, artist
• 17 March – Martin Kloster-Jensen, linguist
• 26 March – Louis Kloster, architect
• 28 March – Wenche Foss, actress
• 30 March – Oddvar Hansen, footballer

  April

• 1 April – Siri Skare, first female military pilot
• *killed in the 2011 Mazar-i-Sharif attack
• 4 April – Liv Undheim, trade unionist and politician
• 4 April – Ottar Dahl, historian
• 4 April – Paul Grøstad, businessperson
• 10 April – Børt Erik Thoresen, musician
• 16 April – Hermod Skånland, banker
• 16 April – Erik Tumyr, journalist
• 18 April – Kjell Håkonsen, harness racer
• 19 April – Grete Waitz, runner
• 19 April – Aage Møst, sports official
• 21 April – Cato Wadel, social anthropologist
• 22 April – Eyvind Solås, musician
• xx April – Trygve Simonsen, politician
• 24 April – Georg Johan Jacobsen, politician
• 27 April – Dag Stokke, keyboardist
• 28 April – Johan Henrik Andresen, businessperson

  May

• 2 May – Knut Hedemann, diplomat
• 2 May – Sverre Lyngstad, literary scholar
• 8 May – Finn Wischmann, botanist
• Merete Lie Hoel, journalist
• 11 May – Erik Stallemo, businessperson and football agent
• 12 May – Målfrid Kuvås, sports official
• 12 May – Harry Danielsen, politician
• 15 May – Turid Holter, textile artist
• 27 May – Jostein Løfsgaard, university director
• 31 May – Sølvi Wang, singer

  June

• 4 June – Kjellaug Steinslett, writer
• 17 June – Kjell Bohlin, politician
• 18 June – Trygve Stangeland, businessperson
• 18 June – Herman Hagen, director
• 25 June – Tron Gerhardsen, journalist
• 25 June – Henry Olaf Hoff, politician

  July

• 2 July – Jostein Erstad, jurist
• 2 July – Per Aasen, journalist and ambassador
• 2 July – Johan Henrik Dahl, ambassador
• 2 July – Paul W. Weeden, American-born jazz guitarist
• 2 July – Magnar G. Huseby, politician
• 3 July – Birger Blom-Kalstø, politician
• 5 July – Odd Mæhlum, javelin thrower.
• 7 July – Olav Versto, editor
• 10 July – Terje Grøstad, artist
• 13 July – Per Erik Burud, retailer – body found on 22 July
• 14 July – Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn, writer
• 14 July – Peter Sjøholt, physicist
• 15 July – Arne Sigurd Haugen, editor and musician
• 18 July – Ludvik Zajc, Slovenian-born ski jump coach
• 18 July – Arne Aarset, base jumper
• 20 July – Gunnar Vatten, engineer
• 24 July – Imre Hercz, Transilvanian-born physician
• 24 July – Harald Johnsen, jazz bassist
• 26 July – Hans Prydz, biochemist
• 29 July – Arild Braastad, diplomat

  August

• August – Einar Nistad, retailer
• August – Tomas Hägg, philologist
• 19 August – Odd Jarl Pedersen, judge

  September

• 3 September – Finn Helgesen, speed skater
• 4 September – Hilde Heltberg, singer
• 5 September – Reidar Børjeson, figure skater
• 11 September – Lilly Bølviken, Supreme Court Justice
• 22 September – Asbjørn Osnes, ski jumper
• 22 September – Knut Steen, sculptor
• 24 September – Erling Lars Dale, educationalist
• 25 September – Oddmund Bye, fishers' leader
• 25 September – Gjermund Barstad, architect and designer
• 29 September – Andreas Hagen, newspaper editor

  October

• 1 October – Hans Christian Alsvik, television presenter
• xx October – Magne Solheim, resistance member
• 9 October – Vibeke Falk, actress
• 10 October – Arne Lindaas, artist
• 12 October – Leiv Mjeldheim, historian
• 16 October – Arne Eidsmo, politician
• 19 October – Leif Tomren, businessperson
• xx October – Evy-Ann Midttun, politician
• 28 October – Sivert Farstad, Lord Chamberlain
• 29 October – Kjell Eide, civil servant
• 30 October – Vigleik Eide, Chief of Defence
• 31 October – Nils Johan Lavik, psychiatrist

  November

• 1 November – Olav Myklebust, diplomat and politician
• 1 November – Johan Christian Evandt, athlete
• 11 November – Fridtjof Frank Gundersen, legal scholar and politician
• 13 November – Anders Aune, politician
• 14 November – Brikt Jensen, publisher and writer
• 19 November – Kåre Elgmork, zoologist
• 22 November – Oskar Bodøgaard, painter
• 23 November – Henry Øberg, football referee
• 24 November – Gunnar Stensland, footballer
• 25 November – Erling Lægreid, journalist

  December

• 1 December – Siss Hartmann, singer
• 2 December – Karl E. Nilsen, sculptor
• 4 December – Arne Sund, military psychiatrist
• 9 December – Alf R. Bjercke, businessperson
• 9 December – Kjell Elgjo, professor of medicine
• 15 December – Birger Stuevold Lassen, legal scholar
• 16 December – Ulf Aas, illustrator
• 25 December – Truls Fyhn, police chief
• 29 December – Sveinung Ones, journalist
• 29 December – Arne Rudvin, bishop in the Church of Pakistan
• 29 December – Svein Krøvel, cinematographer