2015 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Harald V
• Prime Minister – Erna Solberg.

  Events

January

• 3 January – MS Bulk Jupiter, a Norwegian-owned cargo ship, sinks off the coast of Vietnam, with eighteen dead and one survivor.
• 30–31 January – The World Woman festival in Oslo

  February

• 7–15 February − the World Ski Orienteering Championships took place in Hamar and Løten.
• 26 February – Norwegian police raid the offices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo, charging the church administration with serious fraud under the suspicion of wrongfully claiming as much as NOK 50 million in state support by presenting fraudulent membership statistics.
• 28 February-10 March – Pilot strike in Norwegian Air Shuttle.

  March

April

May

June

July

August

September

• 14 September – The 2015 local elections

  October

November

December

Notable deaths

• 1 January – Tore Helge Larsen, harness racer
• 1 January – Kjell Noreik, professor of medicine
• 2 January – Kristian Sundtoft, politician
• 3 January – Willy Ovesen, civil servant
• 6 January – Else M. Barth, philosopher
• 7 January – Jon Narvestad, sportsperson and film director
• 8 January – Egil Toreng, newspaper editor
• 9 January – Trygve Kaldahl, agrarian leader
• 14 January – Thor G. Norås, children's writer
• 14 January – Andreas Edwien, critic
• 17 January – Fritz C. Holte, economist
• 18 January – Kjell Arnljot Wig, television presenter
• Thor Nohr, handballer
• 23 January – Svein Døvle Larssen, newspaper editor
• 24 January – Johan Ferner, businessperson
• 24 January – Maryon Eilertsen, actress
• 27 January – Gunnar Christie Wasberg, librarian and writer
• 2 February – Christian Backer-Owe, printmaker
• 4 February – Kristian Rambjør, businessperson
• 5 February – Dagfinn Tveito, horticulturalist
• 8 February – Ola Bratteli, mathematician
• 9 February – Øyvind Bjorvatn, politician
• 9 February – Ivar Ramvi, dean
• 10 February – Hans Torgersen, politician
• 11 February – Tancred Ibsen, Jr., diplomat
• 12 February – Helge Revold, painter
• 14 February – Asbjørn Kjønstad, professor of law
• 14 February – Torstein Hovig, professor of medicine
• 15 February – Jacob Stolt-Nielsen, ship-owner
• 17 February – Nils Weyer Arveschoug, major general
• 20 February – Øyvind Ruud, politician
• 20 February – Bjørg Løhner Øien, figure skater.
• 22 February – Erik Amundsen, jazz bassist
• 25 February – Alf Rongved, sculptor
• 3 March – Ingulf Diesen, Christian leader
• 3 March – Jørn Aksel Krog, civil servant
• 5 March – Erling Sandene, Chief Justice
• 5 March – Aud Greiff, translator
• 7 March – Roar Antonsen, sports official
• 11 March – Inger Sitter, painter
• 14 March – Johan Chr. Schønheyder, orienteer and sports official
• 21 March – Eddie Sjøborg, businessperson
• 26 March – Fred Robsahm, actor
• 27 March – Annelise Høegh, politician
• Ellen Brochmann, hotelier
• 1 April – Bjørg Holmsen, politician
• 6 April – Aagot Noss, ethnologist
• 8 April – Hilde Stavik, athlete
• 8 April – Leiv Kjøllmoen, politician
• 9 April – Johan B. Steen, biologist
• Georg Monsen, footballer
• 11 April – Martin Tore Bjørndal, diplomat
• 18 April – Gunnar Gravdahl, politician
• 19 April – Else Repål, politician
• 1 May – Samuel Steinmann, Holocaust survivor
• 3 May – Halvor Bergan, bishop
• 8 May – Leif Holger Larsen, diplomat
• 8 May – Martin Nag, writer
• 9 May – Ragne Tangen, children's television presenter
• 14 May – Arild Rypdal, crime fiction writer.
• 18 May – Steiner Arvid Kvalø, fisher and politician
• 20 May – Simon Flem Devold, columnist
• 23 May – Asbjørn Øksendal, writer
• 23 May – Liv Marit Wedvik, country singer
• 23 May – Carl Nesjar, painter and sculptor
• 26 May – Sverre Johan Juvik, politician
• 27 May – Nils Christie, criminologist
• 29 May – Erling Bjørn, cross-country skier
• 29 May – Anders Lysne, educationalist
• 9 June – Fred Anton Maier, speed skater
• 9 June – Finn Backer, Supreme Court justice
• 12 June – Tor Bjerkedal, professor of medicine
• 15 June – Alv Jakob Fostervoll, politician
• 15 June – Thorvald S. Sætersdal, anatomist
• 17 June – Per Arne Bjerke, journalist
• 18 June – Fredrik Fasting Torgersen, convict and poet
• 19 June – Per Ludvig Magnus, diplomat
• 27 June – Knut Helle, historian
• 28 June – Eli-Marie Johnsen, textile artist
• 29 June – Ivar Samset, forester
• 29 June – Helge Ole Bergesen, politician
• 3 July – Odd Seim-Haugen, skiing official
• 8 July – Arne Kotte, footballer
• 8 July – Helge Eide Knudsen, businessperson
• 14 July – Gerd Gudding, musician
• 14 July – Gabriel Ålgård, politician
• 16 July – Roar Sundseth, major general
• 18 July – Per Tønder, politician
• 21 July – Olav Riste, historian
• 27 July – Sigmund Lillebjerka, composer
• 28 July – Johan Arnt Wenaas, priest
• 1 August – Kjell Haug, novelist
• 10 August – Knut Osnes, footballer and coach
• 12 August – Per Hjort Albertsen, composer
• 18 August – Nils Bølset, diplomat
• 19 August – Karl Nandrup Dahl, jurist
• 19 August – Ole Jacob Frich, politician
• 25 August – Francis Sejersted, historian
• 26 August – Arne Gunnarsjaa, architect
• 30 August – Natalia Strelchenko, pianist
• 1 September – Stein Løvold, scouting leader
• 2 September – Tone Thiis Schjetne, sculptor
• 6 September – Thor-Erik Lundby, ice hockey player
• 11 September – Knut Næss, footballer
• 25 September – Terje Gulbrandsen, footballer
• 25 September – Morten Krogh, fencer and actor
• 26 September – Sjur Hopperstad, politician
• 27 September – Torgeir Stensrud, businessman
• 27 September – Odd Emil Blomdal, civil servant
• 28 September – Knut Nordstoga, veterinarian
• 30 September – Svein B. Manum, botanist
• 28 September – Bjørn Myhre, archaeologist
• 13 October – Arne Bust Mykle, puppeteer
• 13 October – Leif Mevik, diplomat
• Roar Johansen, footballer
• 24 October – Fredrik Grønvold, chemist
• 29 October – Per Brunvand, newspaper editor
• 3 November – Nils Nygaard, legal scholar
• 4 November – Ole Knapp, politician
• 5 November – Nora Brockstedt, singer
• 8 November – Wetle Holtan, playwright
• 10 November – Erik Henriksen, investor
• 11 November – Ole Sjølie, painter
• 17 November – Thorbjørn Rygh, designer
• 18 November – Bjørn Borgen, footballer
• 20 November – Ketil Vea, composer
• 25 November – Svein "Chrico" Christiansen, jazz drummer
• 25 November – Tor Skjånes, architect
• 27 November – Ragnhild Barland, politician
• 28 November – Inger Moen, linguist
• 1 December – Arvid Eikevik, painter
• 2 December – Theodor Borchgrevink, civil servant
• 2 December – Ernst "Kruska" Larsen, runner
• 4 December – Dag Skogheim, writer
• 6 December – Jakob Rypdal, athlete
• 16 December – Svein Bakke, footballer
• 16 December – Jostein Eriksen, opera singer
• 18 December – Helge Solum Larsen, politician
• 18 December – Martin Jære, cross-country skier
• 20 December – Kaare Norman Selvig, businessperson
• 24 December – Merete Wiger, author
• 24 December – Turid Birkeland, politician
• 25 December – Fredrik Kiil, physician
• 26 December – Tore Andersen, country musician
• 26 December – Ståle Eskeland, legal scholar
• 27 December – Stein Eriksen, alpine skier
• 28 December – Tone Nyhagen, dancer
• 28 December – Åge Nordkild, politician