# 1999 in Norway

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Events in the year 1999 in Norway.

## Incumbents

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

## Events

* 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
### Music

* Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

### Television
## Notable births

* 11 January – Jeanette Hegg Duestad, sport shooter.
* 8 February – Kristine Stavås Skistad, cross-country skier.
* 9 February – Henny Reistad, handball player.
* 16 February – Girl in Red (Marie Ulven), singer-songwriter.
* 28 April – Silje Opseth, ski jumper.
* 4 June – Aryan Tari, chess player.
* 16 July – Frida Maanum, footballer.
* 23 August – Jesper Pedersen, para-alpine skier.

## Notable deaths
### January

* 2 January – Aase Lionæs, politician (b.1907).
* 4 January – Fredrik Mellbye, physician and chief medical officer (born 1917).
* 12 January – Gerda Ring, actress (born 1891).
* 19 January – Odd Vigestad, politician (b.1915).
* 21 January – Magne Lystad, orienteering champion (b.1932).

### February

* 1 February – Martin Skaaren, politician (b.1905).
* 8 February – Øistein Parmann, journalist and publisher (born 1921).
* 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)

### March

* 7 March
** Else Granheim, librarian and civil servant (born 1926).
** Olav Hagesæther, bishop (born 1909).
* 14 March
** Frithjof Jacobsen, diplomat (born 1914).
** Marius Müller, rock musician (born 1958).
* 16 March –
** Trygve Bull, politician (born 1905).
** Åsta Holth, writer (born 1904).
* 17 March – Elling Øvergård, sport shooter (born 1947).
* 20 March – Grete Nash, ceramist (born 1939).
* 24 March – Odd Sannes, sport shooter (born 1922).
* 26 March
** Olle Johan Eriksen, politician (b.1923).
** Nils O. Golten, politician (born 1936).
** Eva Kolstad, politician and Minister (b.1918).
* 27 March – Oskar Øksnes, politician (born 1921).
* 28 March – Jens Book-Jenssen, popular singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director (b.1910).
* 29 March – Helmer Dahl, electrical engineer (born 1908).
* 31 March – Curt James Haydn, bobsledder (born 1919).

### April

* 9 April – Ingolv Helland, politician (born 1906).
* 13 April – Knut Hauge, writer (born 1911).
* 14 April – Tor Bjerkmann, publisher (b. 1939).
* 16 April – Osmund Faremo, politician (born 1921).
* 27 April – Gunnar Brunvoll, impresario and opera administrator (b. 1924).

### May

* 4 May – Henry Tiller, boxer (born 1914).
* 7 May – Randi Anda, politician (b.1898).
* 9 May – Albert Henrik Mohn, journalist (born 1918).
* 25 May – Lydolf Lind Meløy, politician (born 1908).
* 31 May – Carl Viggo Manthey Lange, politician (b.1904).

### June

* 5 June – Magne Kleiven, gymnast (born 1921).
* 10 June – Ingrid Øvre Wiik, actress (born 1918).
* 12 June – Ola Bauer, novelist and playwright (born 1943).
* 16 June – Thor Lund, politician (b.1921).
* 19 June – Karl J. Brommeland, politician (b.1913).
* 22 June
** Petter Furberg, politician (b.1923).
** Eva Scheer, journalist, literary critic, translator and author (b. 1915).
* 25 June – Borghild Rud, illustrator (born 1910).

### July

* 4 July – Georg Johansen, gymnast (born 1924).
* 12 July – Trond Øyen, violinist (born 1929).
* 20 July – Kirsten Ohm, diplomat (born 1930).
* 21 July – Arne Sletsjøe, violist (born 1916).
* 23 July – Yngvar Barda, chess player (born 1935).
* 26 July – Trygve Haavelmo, economist, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (b.1911)

### August

* 12 August – Olav Hummelvold, politician (born 1903).
* 25 August – Jan Iversen, politician (b.1916).

### September

* 7 September – Bjarne Iversen, cross country skier and Olympic silver medallist (b.1912).
* 13 September
** Erik Diesen, revue writer and radio and television personality (born 1922).
** Ragnar Rygel, ice hockey player (born 1930).
* 19 September – Kjell Kristiansen, footballer (born 1925).

### October

* 1 October – Thore Boye, diplomat (born 1912).
* 5 October – Lars Breie, jurist, auditor and politician (b.1907).
* 6 October – Randi Kolstad, actress (born 1925).
* 9 October – Per Håland, newspaper editor (born 1919).
* 20 October – Asbjørn Skarstein, diplomat (born 1922).
* 24 October – Nicolai Johansen, sports official (born 1917).

### November

* 9 November – Hersleb Vogt, diplomat (born 1912).
* 24 November – Per Hohle, writer (born 1918).
* 25 November – Oddvar Berrefjord, jurist, politician and Minister (b.1918).

### December

* 8 December
** Bjarne Flem, politician (b.1914).
** 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).
* 25 December – Arne Ileby, footballer (born 1913).
* 26 December
** Wilhelm Aarek, philologist and educationalist (born 1907).
** Ola Skjåk Bræk, banker, politician and Minister (b.1912).
* 28 December – Dagmar Lahlum, resistance member and agent (born 1923).
* 30 December – Kjølv Egeland, politician (b.1918).
* 31 December
** Ferdinand Finne, artist (b.1910).
** Johannes Seland, politician (b.1912).

### Full date unknown

* Erling Anger, civil servant (b.1909)
* Karl Olsen, civil servant (b.1910)
* Hans Skjervheim, philosopher (b.1926)