2005 in Norway

2005 in Norway
Events in the year 2005 in Norway.
Incumbents
Monarch: Harald V
Regent: Haakon from 29 March to 7 June 2005 (during the King's recovering from heart surgery)
President of the Storting:
Prime Minister: Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party) to 17 October, then Jens Stoltenberg (Labour Party)
Events
January
1 January
New Year's celebrations all over Norway fall silent for two minutes as mark of respect for Scandinavian memorial service for those affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
The University of Stavanger is established.
February
March
11 March – Ole Christian Kvarme is appointed bishop of Oslo.
April
May
June
8 June – At least 10 people are feared dead after an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. The source is localized to a Borregaard treatment plant in Sarpsborg.
13 June – The new Svinesund Bridge is opened. The old Svinesund Bridge still stands 1 kilometre to the east.
July
14 July – The Nærøyfjord, the Geiranger Fjord and the Struve Geodetic Arc are designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.
August
September
12 September – The 2005 Parliamentary election takes place. The election was won by the opposition centre-left Red-Green Coalition, which took 87 seats.
19 September – The trial of the accused in the NOKAS robbery starts in Stavanger.
October
17 October – Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet was appointed after the 2005 Parliamentary elections and Bondevik's step down.
November
December
Popular culture
Sports
Music
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Rock band Accidents Never Happen forms
Film
Literature
Television
Anniversaries
7 June – Centennial of the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
Notable births
8 April – Leah Isadora Behn, the second daughter of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and husband Ari Behn
3 December – Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway, the second child of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway and his wife Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
Notable deaths
6 January – Nora Strømstad, alpine skier (born 1909)
13 January – Karstein Seland, politician (born 1912)
20 January – Per Borten, Prime Minister (born 1913)
2 February – Anders Hveem, bobsledder (born 1924)
2 February – Svein Kvia, footballer (born 1947)
20 February – Johan Østby, politician (born 1924)
12 March – Johan Skipnes, politician (born 1909)
17 March – Sverre Holm, actor (born 1931)
8 April – Jeremi Wasiutyński, Polish-Norwegian astrophysicist, philosopher and depth-psychologist (born 1907)
31 May – Ole J. Malm, physician (born 1910).
2 June – Gunder Gundersen, Nordic combined skier and sports official (born 1930)
7 July – Gunnar Fredrik Hellesen, politician and Minister (born 1913)
20 July – Finn Gustavsen, politician (born 1926)
21 August – Liv Aasen, politician (born 1928)
24 September – Arna Vågen, missionary and politician (born 1905)
8 October – Erik Grønseth, social scientist and sociologist (born 1925)
18 October – Sverre Mitsem, judge (born 1944)
29 October – Elsa Skjerven, politician and Minister (born 1919)
1 November – Carl Mortensen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (born 1919)
23 November – Ingvil Aarbakke, artist (born 1970)
1 December – Roar Petersen, novelist (born 1934).
3 December – Kåre Kristiansen, politician (born 1920)
17 December – Sverre Stenersen, Nordic combined skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (born 1926)
24 December – Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric (born 1931)
29 December – Gerda Boyesen, founder of Biodynamic Psychology (born 1922)
Full date missing
Jens-Halvard Bratz, businessman, politician and Minister (born 1920)
Eivind Erichsen, economist and civil servant (born 1917)
Reidar Grønhaug, social anthropologist (born 1938)
Geir Grung, diplomat (born 1938)
Ivar Johansen, journalist and editor (born 1923)
Ola H. Metliaas, civil servant and politician (born 1943)
Ove Skaug, engineer and civil servant (born 1912)
See also
References
External links
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