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Oslo , the capital city of Norway was affected by July 2011 terror attacks .
Prince Haakon at the 'Rose march' to pay tribute for the victims of the 2011 Norway attacks .
British Foreign Secretary William Hague (right) and Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre sign a Memorandum of Understanding on UK-Norway co-operation on polar research and cultural heritage in London , England , on 30 November 2011.
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June – 2011 Eastern Norway floods.
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(January 2011 )
January
Thorbjørn Svenssen
1 January – Peter F. Hjort , physician (born 1924)[13]
8 January – Thorbjørn Svenssen , footballer (born 1924)[14]
8 January – Jan K. S. Jansen , professor of medicine (born 1931)[15]
11 January – Johannes Holt , engineer (born 1917)[16]
11 January – Knut Olsen , television presenter (born 1953)[17] [18]
12 January – Terje Sagvolden , neuroscientist (born 1945)[19]
14 January – Per Olav Wiken , yacht racer (born 1937, died in Spain)[20]
23 January – Ole Kopreitan , political activist (born 1937)[21]
24 January – Audun Tylden , record mogul (born 1948)[22]
27 January – Svein Mathisen , footballer (born 1952)[23]
27 January – Hannemor Gram , alpine skier (born 1918)[24]
27 January – Kjeld Vibe , diplomat (born 1927)[25]
28 January – Kari Werner Øfsti , broadcasting executive (born 1940)[26]
February
Arnfinn Bergmann
1 February – Knut Risan , actor (born 1930)[27]
3 February – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs , pianist (born 1913)[28]
6 February – Axel Seeberg , archeologist (born 1931)[29]
10 February – Randi Thorvaldsen , speed skater (born 1925)[30]
10 February – Astrid Carlson , teacher and orienteer (born 1954).[31]
13 February – Arnfinn Bergmann , ski jumper (born 1928)[32]
13 February – Harald Kolstad , film critic (born 1946) – body found on this date[33]
13 February – Rolf Solem , police chief (born 1917)[34]
14 February – Kjell Bertheussen , physician (born 1947)[35]
22 February – Kjell Bjartveit , physician (born 1927)[36]
23 February – Rolf Tofte , journalist (born 1923)[37] [38] [39]
24 February – Irma Bruun Hodne , artist (born 1919)[40] [41]
26 February – Willy Simonsen , sports official (born 1927)[42]
26 February – Harald Grimen , philosopher (born 1955)[43]
April
Grete Waitz
1 April – Siri Skare , air force officer (born 1958, died in Afghanistan )[53]
4 April – Liv Undheim , trade unionist and politician (born 1949)[54]
4 April – Ottar Dahl , historian (born 1924)[55]
4 April – Paul Grøstad , businessperson (born 1933)[56]
10 April – Børt Erik Thoresen , musician (born 1932)[57] [58]
11 April – Bjørn Oscar Gulbrandsen , oce hpcley player and yacht racer (born 1925)[59]
16 April – Hermod Skånland , banker (born 1925)[60]
16 April – Erik Tumyr , journalist (born 1962)[61]
18 April – Kjell Håkonsen , harness racer (born 1935)[62]
18 April – Trygve Simonsen , politician (born 1937)[63] [64]
19 April – Grete Waitz , runner (born 1953)[65]
19 April – Aage Møst , sports official (born 1923)[66]
20 April – Kari Nyquist , ceramicist (born 1918)[67]
21 April – Cato Wadel , social anthropologist (born 1936)[68] [69]
22 April – Eyvind Solås , musician (born 1937)[70]
24 April – Georg Johan Jacobsen , politician (born 1929)[71]
27 April – Dag Stokke , keyboardist (born 1967)[72]
28 April – Johan Henrik Andresen , businessperson (born 1930)[73]
May
Sølvi Wang
2 May – Knut Hedemann , diplomat (born 1922)[74]
2 May – Sverre Lyngstad , literary scholar (born 1922)[75]
7 May – Einar Coldevin Hellem , printmaker (born 1923)[76]
8 May – Finn Wischmann , botanist (born 1918)[77]
11 May – Erik Stallemo , businessperson and football agent (born 1935)[78]
12 May – Målfrid Kuvås , sports official (born 1942)[79]
12 May – Harry Danielsen , politician (born 1936)[80]
13 May – Merete Lie Hoel , journalist (born 1926)[81] [82]
15 May – Turid Holter , textile artist (born 1936)[83]
22 May – Rolf Aalerud , politician (born 1921)[84]
25 May – Reidar Rudjord , printmaker (born 1930)[85]
27 May – Jostein Løfsgaard , university director (born 1923)[86]
27 May – Peter Hallaråker , onomastician (born 1933)[87]
27 May – Arne Solheim , painter (born 1926)[88]
28 May – Sigurd Müller , police chief (born 1924)[89]
31 May – Sølvi Wang , singer (born 1929)[90]
July
2 July – Jostein Erstad , jurist (born 1922)[99]
2 July – Per Aasen , journalist and ambassador (born 1927)[100] [101]
2 July – Johan Henrik Dahl , ambassador (born 1928)[102]
2 July – Paul W. Weeden , jazz guitarist (born 1923 )[103]
2 July – Magnar G. Huseby , politician (born 1928)[104]
3 July – Birger Blom-Kalstø , politician (born 1940)[105]
5 July – Odd Mæhlum , javelin thrower (born 1921).[106]
7 July – Olav Versto , editor (born 1950)[107]
10 July – Terje Grøstad , artist (born 1925)[108] [109]
13 July – Per Erik Burud , retailer (born 1962)[110] – body found on 22 July
14 July – Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn , writer (born 1947)[111]
14 July – Peter Sjøholt , physicist (b. 1925)[112]
15 July – Arne Sigurd Haugen , editor and musician (born 1943)[113]
18 July – Ludvik Zajc , ski jump coach (born 1943 )[114]
20 July – Gunnar Vatten , engineer (born 1927)[115]
21 July – Lars Skjølaas , politician (born 1933)[116]
22 July – Einar Tandberg-Hanssen , astrophysicist (born 1921, died in the US)[117]
24 July – Imre Hercz , physician (born 1929 )[118]
24 July – Harald Johnsen , jazz bassist (born 1973)[119]
26 July – Hans Prydz , biochemist (born 1933)[120]
28 July – Einar Nistad , retailer (born 1932)[121] [122] [123]
29 July – Arild Braastad , diplomat (born 1946)[124]
31 July – Fredrik Jensen , Waffen-SS officer (born 1921, died in Sweden)
September
Lilly Bølviken
3 September – Finn Helgesen , speed skater (born 1919)[129]
4 September – Hilde Heltberg , singer (born 1959)[130]
5 September – Reidar Børjeson , figure skater (born 1931)[131]
11 September – Lilly Bølviken , Supreme Court Justice (born 1914)[132]
19 September – Reidar Hauge , organist (born 1947)[133]
22 September – Asbjørn Osnes , ski jumper (born 1932)[134]
22 September – Knut Steen , sculptor (born 1924)[135]
25 September – Erling Lars Dale , educationalist (born 1946)[136]
25 September – Oddmund Bye , fishers' leader (born 1935)[137]
25 September – Gjermund Barstad , architect and designer (born 1919)[138]
29 September – Andreas Hagen , newspaper editor (born 1924)[139]
30 September – Kjell Torheim , fashion designer (born 1948)[140]
October
1 October – Hans Christian Alsvik , television presenter (born 1936)[141]
2 October – Kristian Kvakland , sculptor (born 1927.[142]
7 October – Magne Solheim , resistance member (born 1918)[143] [144]
9 October – Vibeke Falk , actress (born 1918)[145]
10 October – Arne Lindaas , artist (born 1924)[146]
12 October – Leiv Mjeldheim , historian (born 1929)[147]
15 October – Benny Dahl-Hansen , pianist and rector (born 1923)[148]
16 October – Arne Eidsmo , politician (born 1941)[149]
19 October – Leif Tomren , businessperson (born 1928)[150]
22 October – Tove Strømme , pianist and rector (born 1940)[151]
28 October – Sivert Farstad , Lord Chamberlain (born 1931)[152]
29 October – Kjell Eide , civil servant (born 1925)[153]
30 October – Vigleik Eide , Chief of Defence (born 1933)[154]
30 October – Evy-Ann Midttun , politician (born 1943)[155] [156]
31 October – Nils Johan Lavik , psychiatrist (born 1931)[157]
31 October – Helene Andrea Nilsen, supercentenarian (born 1901 )
November
1 November – Olav Myklebust , diplomat and politician (born 1932)[158]
1 November – Johan Christian Evandt , athlete (born 1934)[159]
11 November – Fridtjof Frank Gundersen , legal scholar and politician (born 1934)[160]
13 November – Anders Aune , politician (born 1923)[161]
14 November – Brikt Jensen , publisher and writer (born 1928)[162]
18 November – Erik Gjems-Onstad , resistance member, barrister and politician (born 1922)[163]
19 November – Kåre Elgmork , zoologist (born 1924)[164]
19 November – Bjarne Lingås , boxer (born 1933)[165]
22 November – Oscar Bodøgaard , painter (born 1923)[166]
23 November – Henry Øberg , football referee (born 1931)[167]
24 November – Gunnar Stensland , footballer (born 1922)[168]
25 November – Erling Lægreid , journalist (born 1939)[169]
30 November – Ola Byrknes , politician (born 1933)[170]
December
Ulf Aas
1 December – Siss Hartmann , singer (born 1934)[171]
2 December – Karl E. Nilsen , sculptor (born 1945)[172]
4 December – Arne Sund , military psychiatrist (born 1925)[173]
9 December – Alf R. Bjercke , businessperson (born 1921)[174]
9 December – Kjell Elgjo , professor of medicine (born 1945)[175]
15 December – Birger Stuevold Lassen , legal scholar (born 1927)[176]
16 December – Ulf Aas , illustrator (born 1919)[177]
25 December – Truls Fyhn , police chief (born 1945)[178]
29 December – Sveinung Ones , journalist (born 1938)[179]
29 December – Arne Rudvin , bishop in the Church of Pakistan (born 1929)[180]
29 December – Svein Krøvel , cinematographer (born 1946)[181]
Full date missing
Jon Viktor Aslaksen , politician (born 1935)
Gerd Stub Andersen , resistance member (born 1918)
Odd Kappfjell , politician (born 1942)
Kjell Knarvik , ski jumper (born 1927)
Inge Mannsåker , writer (born 1922)
Karl Over-Rein , writer (born 1946)
Rolf Eilhardt Pedersen , naval officer (born 1934)
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"Entreprenøren Trygve Stangeland er død" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 19 June 2011.
Kjelstad, Harald (24 June 2011). "Herman Hagen er død". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian).
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