2024 in Norway

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Events in the year 2024 in Norway.

• Monarch – Harald V
• President of the Storting – Masud Gharahkhani (Labour).
• Prime Minister – Jonas Gahr Støre (Labour).

• 1 January – Partial revert of the municipal and county reform:
  • The former county of Troms og Finnmark is split into the counties of Troms and Finnmark.^[1]
  • The former county of Vestfold og Telemark is split into the counties of Vestfold and Telemark.^[2]
  • The former county of Viken is split into the counties of Akershus, Buskerud and Østfold.^[3]
• 19 January – Research and Higher Education Minister Sandra Borch resigns after admitting to have committed plagiarism in her master's thesis.^[4]

• 29 February – A Sikorsky S-92 helicopter owned by Bristow Norway crashes six kilometers off the coast of Bergen, killing one and injuring five others.^[5][6]

• 12 April – Health Minister Ingvild Kjerkol resigns after a probe by her alma mater Nord University found that she had committed plagiarism in her master's thesis.^[7]

• 22 May – The governments of Norway, Ireland, and Spain announce they will recognise the State of Palestine as a sovereign state starting 28 May, calling for a two-state solution. In response, Israel recalls its ambassadors to these countries.^[8]
• 25 May – A man is injured after being attacked by a man with a saw at a beach in Skiphelle, Drøbak. The attacker is arrested by police, who rule out terrorism.^[9]
• 28 May – The government officially recognises the State of Palestine, after declaring their intention to do so on May 22.^[10]

• 16 June – Norway announces it will give Ukraine 1.1 billion kroner (US$103 million) to help repair its energy infrastructure and secure the country's electricity supply before winter.^[11]

• 2 July – The PST announces the arrest of a Norwegian national at Oslo Airport on suspicion of spying for China.^[12]
• 4 July – The Oslo District Court convicts Zaniar Matapour of terrorism over the 2022 Oslo shooting and sentences him to 30 years' imprisonment.^[13]

• 4 August – Marius Borg Hoiby, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, is arrested in Oslo on suspicion of assaulting a woman.^[14]

• 17 August – Eurovision Young Musicians 2024 in Bodø^[15]

Source:^[16]

• 1 January - New Year's Day
• 28 March - Maundy Thursday
• 29 March – Good Friday
• 31 March - Easter Sunday
• 1 April - Easter Monday
• 1 May - May Day
• 9 May - Ascension Day
• 17 May - Constitution Day
• 19 May - Pentecost
• 20 May - Whit Monday
• 25 December - Christmas Day
• 26 December – Second Day of Christmas

• List of Norwegian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

• 1 January – Ole Daniel Enersen, climber journalist and medical historian (born 1943).^[17]
• 2 January – Andreas Heldal-Lund, 59, activist (Operation Clambake).^[18]
• 7 January – Leonard Rickhard, painter (born 1945).^[19]
• 10 January – Velle Espeland, folklorist (born 1945).^[20]
• 11 January – Peter Ørebech, legal scholar and politician (born 1948).^[21]
• 17 January – Knut Hjeltnes, track and field athlete (born 1951).^[22]
• 19 January – Rolv Hellesylt, judge (born 1927).^[23]
• 23 January – Lars Lefdal, politician (born 1939).^[24]
• 27 January – Lillebjørn Nilsen, singer and songwriter (born 1950).^[25]
• 28 January – Egil Egebakken, visual artist (born 1943).^[26][27]
• 31 January – Leif Eriksen, footballer (born 1940).^[28]

• 5 February – Toppen Bech, journalist (born 1939).^[29]
• 9 February – Eva Harr, artist (born 1951).^[30]
• 11 February – Margrethe Tennfjord, politician (born 1935).^[31]
• Announced 12 February – Mounir Hamoud, footballer (born 1985).^[32]
• 13 February – Reidar Thomassen, writer (born 1936).^[33]
• 15 February – Arnfinn Johs. Stein, politician (born 1931).^[34]
• 16 February – Ottar Brox, politician and social scientist (born 1932).^[35]
• 17 February – Johan Galtung, sociologist (born 1930).^[36]
• 18 February –
  • Steinar Bastesen, politician (born 1945).^[37]
  • Lorns Skjemstad, cross-country skier (born 1940).^[38]
• 20 February – Martin Hole, cross-country skier (born 1959).^[39]
• 26 February – Rolf Aamot, painter, film director, photographer and tonal-image composer (born 1934).^[40]
• 26 February – Stein Winge, actor and theatre director (born 1940).^[41]

• 1 March – Erling Folkvord, politician (born 1949).^[42]
• 2 March – Ørjar Øyen, sociologist (born 1927).^[43]
• 2 March – Odd Selmer, journalist, novelist, crime fiction writer and playwright (born 1930).^[44]
• Announced 5 March – Arild Holm, alpine skier (born 1942).^[45]
• Announced 5 March – Dagmar Loe, journalist (born 1923).^[46][47]
• 5 March – Sidsel Mørck, writer (born 1937).^[48]
• 13 March – Helga Haugen, politician (born 1932).^[49]
• 14 March – Arne Alsåker Spilde, politician (born 1937).^[50]
• 18 March – Tone Vigeland, silversmith and jewellery designer (born 1938).^[51][52]
• 30 March – Lasse Sigurd Seim, diplomat (born 1943).^[53]

• 6 April – Dutty Dior, rapper, singer and songwriter (born 1996).^[54]
• 13 April – Morten Rieker, skier and sailor (born 1940).^[55]
• 15 April – Atle Ørbeck Sørheim, veterinarian and civil servant (born 1933).^[56]
• 17 April – Per Henriksen, footballer (born 1952).^[57]
• 29 April – Dagne Groven Myhren, folk musician and literary scholar (born 1940).^[58]

• Announced 2 May – Halvdan Furholt, folk musician (born 1931).^[59][60]
• Announced 5 May – Alexander Reichenberg, ice hockey player (born 1992).^[61]
• 7 May – Jan Helge Jansen, politician (born 1937).^[62]
• 9 May – Kurt Narvesen, poet and translator (born 1948).^[63]
• 9 May – Tore Schweder, statistician (born 1943).^[64]
• 17 May – Pål Johannessen, child actor (born 1959).^[65][66]
• 28 May – Sverre M. Fjelstad, zoologist, photographer, writer (born 1930).^[67]

• 3 June – Dag Erik Pedersen, cyclist and sports journalist (born 1959).^[68]
• 4 June – Karin Gundersen, literary scholar and translator (born 1944).^[69]
• 5 June – Petter Nome, journalist, television personality, and organizational leader (born 1954).^[70]
• 9 June – Svenn Kristiansen, politician (born 1940).^[71]
• 14 June – Trygve Reenskaug, computer scientist (born 1930).^[72]
• 23 June – Olav T. Laake, judge and politician (born 1934).^[73]
• Announced 24 June – Gunnar Stubseid, folk musician yand educator (born 1948)^[74][75]
• 26 June – Steffen Tangstad, professional boxer (born 1959).^[76]
• 29 June – Pål Enger, art thief (born 1967).^[77][78]
• 30 June – Hallvard Bakke, politician (born 1943).^[79]

• 1 July – Thor Spydevold, footballer (born 1944).^[80]
• 6 July – André Drege, cyclist (born 1999).^[81]
• 12 July – Leif Solheim, ice hockey player (born 1932).^[82][83]
• 17 July –
  • Bjørn Hernæs, politician (born 1936).^[84]
  • Odd Kristian Reme, priest and politician (born 1953).^[85]
• 24 July – Torkjell Berulfsen, television personality (born 1943).^[86]
• 26 July – Geir Karlsen, footballer (born 1948).^[87]

• 1 August – Steinar Bjølbakk, ice hockey player (born 1946).^[88]
• 3 August – Eyvind W. Wang, politician (born 1942).^[89]
• 7 August – Kristian Eidesvik, businessperson and politician (born 1945).^[90][91]
• 8 August – Boo Ahl, Swedish ice hockey goaltender (born 1969).^[92]
• 9 August – Thor-Øistein Endsjø, physician and sport shooter (born 1936).^[93]

• Ute de Lange Nilsen, jewelry artist and puppet maker (born 1931).^[94]

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