1999 in Norway
Events in the year 1999 in Norway.
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Harald V
- Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party)
Events
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The MS Sleipner disaster
- 1 February – The Coastal Party (Norwegian: Kystpartiet) is founded.
- 23 April – Arve Beheim Karlsen drowns in Sogndalselva
- 30 September – Metropol TV starts broadcasting.
- 26 November – The boat MS Sleipner collided with a rock in the notorious part of the North Sea called "Sletta", just north of the town of Haugesund. The ship sank and 16 of the people on board died.
- Saga Petroleum, Norway's third largest petroleum company, is acquired by Norsk Hydro.
- Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
Notable deaths
- 2 January – Aase Lionæs, politician (b.1907)
- 19 January – Odd Vigestad, politician (b.1915)
- 21 January – Magne Lystad, orienteering champion (b.1932)
- 1 February – Martin Skaaren, politician (b.1905)
- 9 February – Bernhard Paus, orthopedic surgeon and Grand Master of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons (b.1910)
- 10 February – Birger Leirud, high jumper (b.1924)
- 13 February – Kåre Hovda, biathlete (b.1944)
- 26 February – Bjørn Wiik, physicist (b.1937)
- 7 March – Else Granheim, librarian and civil servant (born 1926).[1]
- 26 March – Olle Johan Eriksen, politician (b.1923)
- 26 March – Nils O. Golten, politician (b.1935)
- 26 March – Eva Kolstad, politician and Minister (b.1918)
- 28 March – Jens Book-Jenssen, popular singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director (b.1910)
- 14 April – Tor Bjerkmann, publisher (b. 1939).[2]
- 27 April – Gunnar Brunvoll, impresario and opera administrator (b. 1924)
- 7 May – Randi Anda, politician (b.1898)
- 31 May – Carl Viggo Manthey Lange, politician (b.1904)
- 16 June – Thor Lund, politician (b.1921)
- 19 June – Karl J. Brommeland, politician (b.1913)
- 22 June – Petter Furberg, politician (b.1923)
- 25 June – Borghild Rud, illustrator (born 1910).[3]
- 26 July – Trygve Haavelmo, economist, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (b.1911)
- 25 August – Jan Iversen, politician (b.1916)
- 7 September – Bjarne Iversen, cross country skier and Olympic silver medallist (b.1912)
- 5 October – Lars Breie, jurist, auditor and politician (b.1907)
- 25 November – Oddvar Berrefjord, jurist, politician and Minister (b.1918)
- 8 December – Bjarne Flem, politician (b.1914)
- 8 December – Kjell Moe, international footballer (b.1909)
- 11 December – Oddleif Fagerheim, politician (b.1911)
- 21 December – Elsa Rastad Bråten, politician (b.1918)
- 22 December – Per Aabel, comic actor (b.1902)
- 23 December – Valter Gabrielsen, politician (b.1921)
- 26 December – Ola Skjåk Bræk, banker, politician and Minister (b.1912)
- 31 December – Ferdinand Finne, artist (b.1910).[4]
- 31 December – Johannes Seland, politician (b.1912)
Full date unknown
- Erling Anger, civil servant (b.1909)
- Ola Bauer, novelist and playwright (b.1943)
- Helmer Dahl, engineer (b.1908)
- Kjølv Egeland, politician (b.1918)
- Dagmar Lahlum, resistance member and agent (b.1922)
- Fredrik Mellbye, physician and chief medical officer (b.1917)
- Karl Olsen, civil servant (b.1910)
- Eva Scheer, journalist, literary critic, translator and author (b. 1915).[5]
- Hans Skjervheim, philosopher (b.1926)
References
- Nilsen, Sissel. "Else Granheim". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- Tveterås, Egil. "Tor Bjerkmann". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- Kalleklev, Katrine. "Borghild Rud". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- Høisæther, Ole Rikard. "Ferdinand Finne". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- Gjerde, Åsmund Borgen. "Eva Scheer". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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