2012 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Harald V
• Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg

  Events

January

February

March

• 15 March – Five Norwegian soldiers died in an aircraft accident in northern Sweden.
• 19 March – Six tourists are buried in an avalanche in Gáivuotna–KÃ¥fjord, Norway, leaving four dead and one missing.

  April

• 10 April – A second psychiatric evaluation finds that Breivik's sane enough to face trial for the 2011 terrorist attacks and serve a prison sentence if convicted.
• 16 April – Breivik's trial of confessed perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, starts in Oslo, Norway.

  May

• 1 May – Norwegian world swimming champion and Olympic medalist Alexander Dale Oen dies at age 26 after suffering a cardiac arrest during a training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona.
• 15 May – A man sets himself on fire outside the Oslo courthouse where mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik is on trial for the 2011 Norway attacks.

  June

July

• 22 July – Norway commemorates the first anniversary of the 2011 attacks.

  August

• 4 August – Death of Sigrid Schjetne in Oslo

  September

October

• 17 October – Netflix becomes available to Norwegian consumers.

  November

December

• 14 December – The Làhku National Park was established in the municipalities GildeskÃ¥l, Meløy and Beiarn in Nordland.

  Popular culture

Music

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

  Sports

• 27 July–12 August: at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Norway won a total of four Olympic medals including two gold medals. Eirik VerÃ¥s Larsen won the gold medal in canoeing, men's K-1 1000 metres, and the Norwegian team won the women's handball tournament.
• 1–9 August: the 55th Aeronautical pentathlon World Championships are held in Trondheim

  Film

Literature

Television

Anniversaries

• 1 June – 100 years since Hans Dons became the first Norwegian to fly in Norway
• 21 August – 125 years since the Labour Party was established
• 21 September – 100 years since the first flight at Kjeller Airport
• October – 50 years since the first of the hugely popular Stompa movies, Stompa & Co., premiered.
• 12 December – 100 years since the birth of Thorbjørn Egner
• 21 December – 50 years since Norway's first national park, Rondane National Park, was established
• 100 years since Kristine Bonnevie became the first female professor in Norway
• 50 years since the German cultural institution Goethe-Institut first established itself in Norway.
• 250 years since the establishment of Hadeland Glassverk.

  Notable deaths

• 2 January – Liv Godin, missionary
• 2 January – Ambjørg Sælthun, politician
• 4 January – Totti Bergh, jazz saxophonist
• 7 January – Dag Heyerdahl Larsen, translator
• 11 January – Christoffer Selbekk, ski jumper and businessman
• 12 January – Bjørn G. Andersen, geologist
• 13 January – Anton Blom, journalist
• 14 January – Lasse Kolstad, actor
• 17 January – Tom Tellefsen, actor
• 18 January – Are Frode Søholt, poet
• 21 January – Julie Skjæraasen, professor of medicine
• 23 January – Arne Christiansen, Supreme Court Justice
• 24 January – Arild Haaland, philosopher
• 25 January – Stig Sæterbakken, writer
• 30 January – Johannes Ulltveit-Moe, civil servant
• 31 January – Anders Askildsen EikÃ¥s, drummer in Honningbarna
• 1 February – Ingolf Mork, ski jumper
• 2 February – Leif Hugo Olsson, footballer
• 6 February – Aage Johansen, speed skater
• 11 February – Siri Bjerke, politician
• 13 February – Paul Otto Johnsen, politician
• 13 February – Nils Grinde, musicologist and theatre historian
• 16 February – Ronald Rindestu, politician
• 16 February – Reidar T. Larsen, politician
• 18 February – Roald Aas, speed skater
• 20 February – Knut Thorbjørn Eggen, football manager
• 20 February – Kjell Thue, radio presenter
• 20 February – Christoffer Schander, biologist
• 21 February – Andreas Lunnan, radio and television presenter
• 22 February – Eivin One Pedersen, jazz pianist and accordionist
• 26 February – Johannes VÃ¥gsnes, politician
• 3 March – Per J. Husabø, politician
• 8 March – Kristin Bølgen Bronebakk, civil servant
• 11 March – Kjell Karlsen, odontologist
• 12 March – Johnny Myrseth, furniture industrialist
• 13 March – Grete NordrÃ¥, actress
• 19 March – Hugo Munthe-Kaas, officer and politician
• 19 March – Knut Erik Tranøy, philosopher
• 21 March – KÃ¥re Tveter, painter
• 29 March – Liv Buck, trade unionist
• 4 April – Helge Sverre Nesheim, television presenter
• 4 April – Anne Karin Elstad, novelist
• 10 April – Odd Rikard Olsen, politician and editor
• 10 April – Sven Aasmundstad, civil servant
• 13 April – Inge BrÃ¥ten, skiing coach
• 14 April – Per G. Stavnum, diplomat
• 15 April – Birger Lambertz-Nilssen, architect
• 18 April – Ã…ge Storhaug, gymnast
• 18 April – Kristian Lund, politician
• 24 April – Thomas Chr. Wyller, political scientist
• 26 April – Astrid Dahlsveen, sculptor
• 28 April – Stein Johnson, athlete and coach
• 28 April – Harald Bergseth, soil scientist
• 29 April – Idar Ulstein, businessperson
• 30 April – Finn Benestad, musicologist
• 1 May – Alexander Dale Oen, swimmer
• 1 May – Siri Myrvoll, archeologist and politician
• 2 May – Karsten Ekorness, Christian singer
• 4 May – Anne Breivik, artist
• 6 May – KÃ¥re Øistein Hansen, politician
• 8 May – Ingvill Elsebe Raaum, politician
• 9 May – Gunnar Dybwad, footballer
• 9 May – Ingvald M. Smith-Kielland, royal servant
• 10 May – Gunnar Sønsteby, resistance fighter
• 12 May – Tor Marius Gromstad, footballer – body found on 14 May
• 13 May – Trond BrÃ¥then, black metal musician
• 13 May – Paul Engstad, politician and writer
• 17 May – Jon Istad, biathlete and sport shooter
• 17 May – Harald Synnes, politician
• 18 May – Ottar Starheim, journalist
• 20 May – Svenn Stray, politician
• 20 May – Nils Jernsletten, professor of Sami language
• 21 May – Andreas Arntzen, barrister
• 29 May – Ola O. Røssum, politician
• 4 June – Ljubisa Rajic, Serbian professor of Norwegian language
• 4 June – Per Sunderland, actor
• 8 June – Johan Kjelsberg, actor
• 10 June – Eivind Bolle, politician
• 10 June – Arnfinn Haram, monk
• 15 June – Carl Julius Norstrøm, economist
• 21 June – Viggo Johannessen, civil servant
• 23 June – Arne Wegner Haaland, engineer
• 26 June – Harry W. Kvebæk, trumpetist
• 27 June – Rolf Lindemann, physician
• 28 June – Mikal Kirkholt, cross-country skier
• 28 June – Gunnar Eide, impresario
• 1 July – Odd Todnem, engineer
• 1 July – Anders Helgesen, ice hockey player
• 11 July – Bjørn Blakstad, diplomat
• 12 July – Alf Haugland, poet
• 12 July – Arne Henry Jensen, politician
• 13 July – Rolf Nilssen, politician
• 20 July – Hanne Marthe Narud, political scientist
• 22 July – HÃ¥kon Randal, politician
• 31 July – Marie Brenden, politician
• 31 July – Bjørn-Eivind Siem Slettedal, businessperson
• Odd Isaksen, trade unionist
• 2 August – Hans Gabriel Finne, architect
• 4 August – Sigrid Schjetne, murder victim
• 7 August – Hans Hammond Rossbach, politician
• 8 August – Sverre Halvorsen, professor of medicine
• 16 August – Turid Kjellmann Pedersen, politician
• 17 August – Aase Bjerkholt, politician
• 18 August – Eilif Straume, television presenter
• 19 August – Arne Christiansen, theatre director
• 19 August – Ivar Iversen, canoer
• 26 August – Karsten Anker Solhaug, Salvationist
• 29 August – Grete Lein Lange, textile artist
• 30 August – Vidar Theisen, weather presenter
• 30 August – Anton Skulberg, veterinarian and politician
• 30 August – Kristian Fougner, resistance member
• 1 September – Rolf Bjørn Backe, footballer
• 5 September – Tore Rasch, handball coach
• 8 September – Jon Tolaas, poet
• 9 September – MÃ¥lfrid Longva, politician
• 9 September – Unni Sæther, athlete
• 11 September – Finn Bergesen, business leader
• 11 September – Tomas Evjen, film producer
• 12 September – Alfred Henningsen, politician
• 16 September – Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, princess
• 29 September – Knut Sydsæter, economist
• 2 October – Konrad B. Knutsen, civil servant
• 8 October – Hans Kristian Seip, forester
• 9 October – Bernt Stangholm, diplomat
• 12 October – Jorun Askersrud Nygaard, athlete
• 13 October – Rolf Auke, evangelist
• 17 October – Karin Stoltenberg, geneticist.
• 19 October – Eva Nordland, educator
• 20 October – Harald Eidheim, social anthropologist
• Sverre Cornelius Lund, accordionist
• 3 November – Odd Børretzen, writer and musician
• 3 November – Anne-Lise Berntsen, opera singer
• 4 November – Marit Henie Moe, figure skater
• 5 November – Morten Ræder, surgeon
• 10 November – Birger Strømsheim, resistance member
• 11 November – Kjellaug Pettersen, women's rights activist
• 15 November – Frode Thingnæs, jazz trombonist
• 15 November – Kari Blom, rector
• 18 November – Otto Hauglin, politician
• 21 November – Stein Schjærven, marketer
• 26 November – Per Tveit, musician
• 26 November – Ola Emil Sprakehaug, Pentecostalist
• 25 November – Bjørn Winsnes, photographer
• 26 November – Hans Jørgen Walle-Hansen, businessman
• 27 November – Bjørn Østring, national socialist
• 2 December – Gitte Dæhlin, artist
• 6 December – Reginald Norby, diplomat
• 9 December – HÃ¥kon E. Andersen, bishop
• 12 December – Per Jacobsen, footballer
• 12 December – Else Marie Jakobsen, artist
• 18 December – Kari Lihus, speed skater
• 21 December – Harald Ohrvik, film producer
• 22 December – Peter Anker, art historian
• 23 December – Fredrik Thoresen, businessperson
• 25 December – Birger Tingstad, footballer
• 25 December – Halfdan Hegtun, politician
• 27 December – Ivar Ytreland, politician