2002 in Norway
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Events in the year 2002 in Norway.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
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February
[edit]- 27 February – Metropol TV ceases broadcasting because of financial difficulties.
March
[edit]April
[edit]May
[edit]- 24 May – Ari Behn marries Princess Märtha Louise of Norway in Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.
June
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July
[edit]August
[edit]September
[edit]October
[edit]November
[edit]December
[edit]Popular culture
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Sports
[edit]Music
[edit]Film
[edit]Literature
[edit]- Lars Saabye Christensen is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for The Half Brother.[1]
Television
[edit]Notable births
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- 21 February – Marcus & Martinus Gunnarsen, two identical brothers singers
- 12 May – Birgitta Elisa Oftestad, cellist
- 5 September – Alessandra Mele, Norwegian-Italian singer
Notable deaths
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- 1 January – Arne Røgden, bobsledder (born 1917)
- 20 January – Knut Thomassen, actor and theatre director (born 1921).[2]
- 24 January – Ragnar Horn, politician (born 1913)
- 31 January – Jens P. Flå, politician (born 1923)
- 1 February – Sigurd Berge, composer (born 1928)
- 18 April – Thor Heyerdahl, ethnographer and adventurer (born 1914)
- 29 April – Sverre Bratland, military leader (born 1917)
- 1 May – Birger Tvedt, physician (born 1910).[3]
- 29 June – Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist (born 1931)
- 10 August – Kristen Nygaard, mathematician, computer programming language pioneer and politician (born 1926)
- 26 September – Eleonore Bjartveit, politician and Minister (born 1924)
- 10 October – Sverre L. Mo, politician (born 1915)
- 15 November – Hans Jørgen Toming, visual artist and designer (b. 1933).[4]
- 24 November – Odd Lien, newspaper editor and politician (born 1915)
- 5 December – Magnar Sætre, politician (born 1940)
- 20 December – Tore Tønne, politician and Minister (born 1948)
- 21 December – Harald U. Lied, politician (born 1927)
- 24 December – Kjell Aukrust, author, poet and artist (born 1920).[5]
Full date unknown
[edit]- Odd Chr. Gøthe, civil servant and politician (born 1919)
- Johan Berthin Holte, businessperson (born 1915)
- Nils Peder Langvand, judge (born 1929)
- Oddrunn Pettersen, politician and Minister (born 1937)
- Fritz Røed, sculptor (born 1928)
- Einar Skinnarland, resistance fighter (born 1918)
- Knut Tjønneland, politician (born 1907)
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Nordic Council Literature Prize". norden.org. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Knut Thomassen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Jørgensen, Jørn-Kr. "Birger Tvedt". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ Larsstuvold, Rune. "Hans Jørgen Toming". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ Jor, Finn. "Kjell Aukrust". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
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