1999 in Norway

Events in the year 1999 in Norway.

← 1998 1997 1996 1999 in Norway → 2000 2001 2002
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Harald V
• Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party)

Events

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.

Popular culture

Sports

Music

Main article: 1999 in Norwegian music

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Film

Literature

Television

Main article: 1999 in Norwegian television

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)
• 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).[3]
• 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).[4]
• Hans Skjervheim, philosopher (b.1926)

See also

References

1. Nilsen, Sissel. "Else Granheim". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
2. Tveterås, Egil. "Tor Bjerkmann". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
3. Høisæther, Ole Rikard. "Ferdinand Finne". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
4. 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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