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2001 in Norway

Events

• February – Former Prime Minister, then foreign affairs minister Thorbjørn Jagland makes a political scandal when he jokingly refers to Gabon's president Omar Bongo, due for a state visit to Norway, as Bongo from Congo.^[1]
• 25 March – The Schengen Agreement comes into force in Norway.
• August – The railway line Bratsbergbanen in Nedre Telemark closes down. It was opened in 1917.
• 19 October – Kjell Magne Bondevik's second cabinet takes over.
• 3 November – A census counts 4,520,900 inhabitants in Norway.

Arts and literature

Births

January to June

July to December

Full date unknown

Deaths

• 29 January – Ingebrigt Davik, writer (b. 1925)
• 26 January – Benjamin Hermansen, murder victim (b. 1985)
• 8 February – Ivo Caprino, animator (b. 1920)
• 8 February – Torkell Tande, politician (b. 1901)
• 13 February – Knut Th. Gleditsch, sports commentator (b. 1938)
• 22 March – Rolf Birger Pedersen, football player and manager (b. 1939)
• 29 March – Helge Ingstad, scientist (b. 1899)
• 12 April – Reidar Hirsti, editor (b. 1925)
• 24 April – Gro Anita Schønn, singer (b. 1950)
• 19 May – Vidkunn Hveding, politician (b. 1921)
• 31 August – Odd Steinar Holøs, politician (b. 1922)
• 19 December – Jakob Weidemann, painter (b. 1923)
• 28 December – Arne Rettedal, politician (b. 1926)

Full date unknown

• Henriette Bie Lorentzen, activist (b. 1911)

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