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2016 in Norway
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Events in the year 2016 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 26 April – The CHC Helikopter Service Flight 241, carrying oil workers from the Gullfaks B platform in the North Sea, crashes near Turøy, and all thirteen crew and passengers die.[1]
Cultural events
January
- 21–24 January – Ice Music Festival in Geilo[2]
- 27–30 January – Bodø Jazz Open in Bodø Municipality[3]
- 29 January-7 February – Nordlysfestivalen in Tromsø Municipality[4]
February
- 7 February – Oslo Operaball in Oslo
- 12–21 February – 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer
March
- 2–5 March – By:Larm 2016 in Oslo
- 5 March – 150th anniversary of the Storting building
- 4–13 March – Oslo International Church Music Festival 2016 in Oslo
- 23–26 March – Inferno Metal Festival 2016 in Oslo
May
- 28 May – 200th anniversary of the Norwegian Bible Society
Notable deaths









- 5 January – Hanna-Marie Weydahl, pianist (b. 1922)[5]
- 9 January – Elnar Seljevold, correspondent (b. 1934)[6]
- 10 January – Bård Breivik, sculptor (b. 1948)[7]
- 11 January – Berge Furre, politician (b. 1937)[8]
- 12 January – Thor Furulund, painter (b. 1943)[9]
- 18 January – Lars Roar Langslet, politician (b. 1936)[10]
- 18 January – Leif Dubard, radio personality (b. 1931)[11]
- 18 January – Karsten Isachsen, priest and speaker (b. 1944)[12]
- 18 January – Nicolaus Zwetnow, sport shooter and physician (b. 1929)[13]
- 20 January – Helga Salvesen, physician (b. 1963)[14]
- 24 January – Fredrik Barth, social anthropologist (b. 1928)[15]
- 25 January – Leif Solberg, composer (b. 1914)[16]
- 30 January – Tias Eckhoff, designer (b. 1926)[17]
- 1 February – Paul Cappelen, architect (b. 1928)[18]
- 2 February – Dag Gundersen, lexicographer (b. 1928)[19]
- 3 February – Arnold Weiberg-Aurdal, politician (b. 1925)[20]
- 5 February – Carl E. Wang, politician (b. 1930)[21]
- 8 February – Erlend Østgaard, physicist (b. 1938)[22]
- 10 February – Jakob Aano, politician (b. 1920)[23]
- 12 February – Martin Jensen, athlete (b. 1942)[24]
- 12 February – Sossen Krohg, actress (b. 1923)[25]
- 12 February – Bergljot Hobæk Haff, novelist (b. 1925)
- 17 February – Arthur J. Aasland, businessperson (b. 1934)[26]
- 19 February – Harald Devold, jazz saxophonist (b. 1964)[27]
- 19 February – Jon Anders Helseth, radio and TV presenter (b. 1933)[28]
- 22 February – Christian Berg-Nielsen, diplomat (b. 1929)[29]
- 26 February – Ivan Kristoffersen, editor (b. 1931)[30]
- 28 February – Hallstein Rasmussen, civil servant (b. 1925)[31][32]
- 1 March – Magnhild Bråthen, concentration camp survivor (b. 1924)[33]
- 4 March – Thea Knutzen, politician (b. 1930)[34]
- 5 March – Even Hansen, footballer (b. 1923)[35]
- 7 March – Magnus Ulleland, philologist (b. 1929)[36]
- 11 March – Kari Diesen, Jr., entertainer (b. 1939)[37]
- 20 March – Sveinung Valle, politician (b. 1959)[38]
- 24 March – Johannes Elviken, speed skater (b. 1912)
- 30 March – Anne Aasheim, editor (b. 1962)
- 4 April – Jarle Bondevik, philologist (b. 1934)[39]
- 5 April – Kari Børresen, theologian (b. 1932)[40]
- 4 April – Andris Snortheim, children's musician (b. 1950)[41]
- 9 April – Finn Hodt, speed skater (b. 1919)[42]
- 24 April – Jan Henrik Kayser, pianist (b. 1933)[43]
- 28 April – Fredrik Grønningsæter, bishop (b. 1923)[44]
- 5 May – Martha Seim Valeur, politician (b. 1923)[45]
- 16 May – Bjarne Saltnes, politician (b. 1934)[46]
- 18 May – Astrid Gunnestad, editor and radio presenter (b. 1938)
- 18 May – Skjalg Jensen, politician (b. 1967)[47]
- 23 May – Arne Sandnes, politician (b. 1924)[48]
- 23 May – Vera Henriksen, author (b. 1927)[49]
- 25 May – Per Øien, musician (b. 1937)[50]
- 27 May – Kai G. Henriksen, businessman (b. 1956)
- 30 May – Jan Aas, footballer (b. 1944)[51]
- 31 May – Olav Djupvik, politician (b. 1931)[52]
- 3 June – Arve Solstad, editor (b. 1935)
- 4 June – Geirmund Ihle, politician (b. 1934)[53]
- 8 June – Terje Fjærn, band leader (b. 1942)[54]
- 10 June – Alfred Oftedal Telhaug, educationalist (b. 1934)
- 10 June – Per Bakken, industrialist (b. 1937)[55]
- 11 June – Lars Skytøen, politician (b. 1929)[56]
- 12 June – Gunnar Gran, editor (b. 1931)[57]
- 12 June – Dagfinn Gedde-Dahl, physician (b. 1937)[58]
- 14 June – Per Hovdenakk, museum director (b. 1935)[59]
- 15 June – Erik Enger, physician (b. 1927)[60]
- 17 June – Willy Andresen, musician (b. 1921)[61]
- 17 June – Reidar Kvaal, resistance member (b. 1916)[62][63]
- 18 June – Sverre Kjelsberg, musician (b. 1946)
- 27 June – Anfin Skaaheim, missionary leader (b. 1939)[64]
- 27 June – Stein Madsen, footballer (b. 1954)[65][66]
- 28 June – Ragnar Pedersen, ethnologist (b. 1941)[67]
- 29 June – Gunnar Garbo, politician (b. 1924)[68]
- 29 June – Frode Nilsen, diplomat (b. 1923)[69]
- 4 July – Kjell Olaf Jensen, literary critic (b. 1946)[70]
- 14 July – Tor Lian, handball official (b. 1945)[71]
- 22 July – Geir Myhre, ice hockey player (b. 1954)[72]
- 23 July – Carl Falck, wholesaler (b. 1907)[73]
- 24 July – Håkon Fimland, hurdler (b. 1942)[74]
- 28 July – Marianne Ihlen, person (b. 1935)[75]
- 31 July – Jon Klette, jazz saxophonist (b. 1962)[76][77]
- 31 July – Kjell Underlid, psychologist (b. 1950)[78]
- 4 August – Eivald Røren, scientist (b. 1932)[79]
- 5 August – Erling Ree-Pedersen, tax director (b. 1922)[80]
- 6 August – Jan Wilsgaard, Volvo designer (b. 1930)
- 9 August – Per Müller, singer (b. 1932)[81]
- 10 August – Helen Brinchmann, actress (b. 1918)[82]
- 11 August – Sigbjørn Ravnåsen, politician (b. 1941)[83]
- 13 August – Holger Ursin, professor of medicine (b. 1934)[84]
- 15 August – Knut Kjøk, fiddler (b. 1948)[85]
- 16 August – Knut Aunbu, television producer (b. 1943)[citation needed]
- 18 August – Fred Nøddelund, musician (b. 1947)[86]
- 22 August – Per Lønning, bishop and politician (b. 1928)[87]
- 23 August – Berit Mørdre, skier (b. 1940)[88]
- 26 August – Harald Grønningen, skier (b. 1934)[89]
- 30 August – Peter Wollnick, radio presenter (b. 1927)[90]
- 1 September – Leif Mæhle, philologist (b. 1927)[91]
- 2 September – Thorstein Sandholt, speed skater (b. 1935)[92]
- 3 September – Jan Otto Hauge, editor (b. 1945)[93]
- 3 September – Jan Nilsen, footballer (b. 1937)[94]
- 10 September – Knut Wiggen, composer (b. 1927)[95]
- 10 September – Sonja Barth, environmentalist (b. 1923)[96]
- 11 September – Per Brandtzæg, professor of medicine (b. 1936)[97]
- 12 September – Tor Brustad, biophysicist (b. 1926)[98]
- 15 September – Haakon Sørbye, resistance member (b. 1920)[99]
- 21 September – Ragnar Hvidsten, footballer (b. 1926)[100]
- 22 September – Svein Gunnar Morgenlien, politician (b. 1922)[101]
- 24 September – Wenche Lowzow, politician (b. 1926)[102]
- 26 September – Wilhelm Mohr, aviation officer (b. 1917)[103]
- 26 September – Jens Lothe, physicist (b. 1931)[104]
- 28 September – Gunnar Block Watne, industrialist (b. 1929)[105]
- 30 September – Lilleba Lund Kvandal, opera singer (b. 1940)[106]
- 2 October – Georg Apenes, politician (b. 1940)[107]
- 8 October – Jan "Jonas" Gulbrandsen, footballer (b. 1933)[108]
- 10 October – Hans Petter Langtangen, computer scientist (b. 1962)[109]
- 10 October – Christian Erlandsen, physician and politician (b. 1926)[110]
- 10 October – Benn Mikalsen, politician (b. 1956)[111]
- 15 October – Per Rune Wølner, footballer (b. 1949)[112]
- 21 October – Kjell Aas, physician (b. 1924)[113]
- 24 October – Johan Stølan, politician (b. 1939)[114]
- 25 October – Bjørn Lidin Hansen, footballer (b. 1989)[115]
- 30 October – Leif Einar Plahter, art historian (b. 1929)[116]
- 1 November – Sverre Andersen, footballer (b. 1936)[117]
- 3 November – Turid Karlsen Seim, theologian (b. 1945)[118]
- 7 November – Birger Jansen, ice hockey player (b. 1948)[119]
- 11 November – Lauritz Bernhard Sirevaag, politician (b. 1926)[120]
- 13 November – Aslaug Fadum, politician (b. 1925)[121]
- 22 November – Per Sundby, physician (b. 1926)[122]
- 25 November – Marit Kalstad, children's writer (b. 1931)[123]
- 26 November – Alv Gjestvang, speed skater (b. 1937)[124]
- 26 November – Ida Blom, historian (b. 1931)[125]
- 27 November – Eystein Paasche, botanist (b. 1932)[126]
- 2 December – Tove Kari Viken, politician (b. 1942)[127]
- 6 December – Jan Frøystein Halvorsen, Supreme Court Justice (b. 1928)[128]
- 11 December – Oddvar S. Kvam, composer (b. 1927)[129]
- 14 December – Arnie Norse, entertainer (b. 1925)
- 18 December – Rolf Trygve Busch, diplomat (b. 1920)[130]
- 18 December – Vibeke Knudsen, diplomat (b. 1948)[131]
- 19 December – Anne Borg, dancer (b. 1936)[132]
- 26 December – Joachim Calmeyer, actor (b. 1931)[133]
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