page_title: 2018 in Norway
section_title: Deaths
hierarchical_section_title: 2018 in Norway / Deaths
caption_attribution_description: English: Thorvald Stoltenberg Norsk bokmål: Thorvald Stoltenberg
context_page_description: Events in the year 2018 in Norway.
context_section_description: 1 January – Jahn Otto Johansen, journalist, newspaper editor, foreign correspondent and non-fiction writer (b. 1934).
  7 January – Gustav Heiberg Simonsen, lawyer and politician (b. 1935).
  7 January – Bjørg Vik, writer, co-founder of Sirene (b. 1935).
  9 January – Odvar Nordli, politician and 21st Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1927).
  10 January – Gordon Hølmebakk, publishing editor, essayist and novelist (b. 1928).
  11 January – Jan Valentin Sæther, painter (b. 1944).
  15 January – Terje Skarsfjord, footballer (b. 1942).
  16 January – Pål Spilling, physicist and Internet pioneer (b. 1934).
  16 January – Jørgen Dobloug, artist (b. 1945).
  29 January – Asmund Bjørken, jazz musician (b. 1933).
  30 January – Elisabeth Sveri, military officer (b. 1927).
  30 January – Bjørn Boysen, organist (b. 1943).
  4 February – Leif Rygg, folk musician (b. 1940).
  5 February – Ove Stokstad, jazz musician (b. 1939).
  7 February – Skule Waksvik, sculptor (b. 1927).
  13 February – Geir Magnus Nyborg, theologian (b. 1951).
  14 February – Gunnar Kjøde, missionary leader (b. 1922).
  15 February – Ivar Belck-Olsen, politician (b. 1932).
  16 February – Reidar Berg, bobsledder (b. 1924).
  16 February – Lee Chul-ho, chef (b. 1937).
  16 February – Tor Brevik, composer (b. 1932).
  17 February – Martin Buvik, politician (b. 1923).
  25 February – Ragnvald Dahl, civil servant and politician (b. 1938).
  25 February – Ola Thorleif Ruud, politician and civil servant (b. 1926).
  28 February – Gjert Wilhelmsen, ship-owner (b. 1927).
  1 March – Fredrik Bull-Hansen, Chief of Defence from 1984 to 1987 (b. 1927).
  4 March – Johan Trondsen, politician (b. 1922).
  7 March – Kjell Venås, philologist (b. 1927).
  8 March – Gerd Søraa, editor and politician (b. 1934).
  16 March – Adrian Lillebekk Ovlien, footballer (b. 1997)
  18 March – Håkon Banken, singer (b. 1949)
  18 March – Torstein Harbo, educationalist (b. 1927).
  21 March – Anna-Lisa Ruud, actress (Black Saddle, Have Rocket, Will Travel) (b. 1933).
  23 March – Kari Bay Haugen, radio and television presenter (b. 1937).
  25 March – Dagfinn Vårvik, politician and editor (of Nationen), leader of the Centre Party, Minister of Foreign Affairs, of Finance and of Pay and Prices (b. 1924).
  31 March – Frode Viken, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1955).
  31 March – Helge Nordahl, philologist (b. 1927).
  31 March – Ingri Lande, politician (b. 1918).
  31 March – Ivar Sandvik, civil servant (b. 1923).
  31 March – Sven Wibye Meinich, architect (b. 1934).
  2 April – Olaf I. Rønning, botanist (b. 1924).
  6 April – Thorstein Rittun, painter (b. 1929).
  6 April – Tore Thonstad, economist (b. 1930).
  8 April – Helge Røed, painter (b. 1938).
  12 April – Arne Nyland, sports official (b. 1924).
  14 April – Jon Michelet, thriller and crime fiction writer (Orion's Belt), publisher, newspaper editor (Klassekampen) and politician (b. 1944).
  19 April – Arnold Eidslott, poet (b. 1926).
  24 April – Pushwagner, visual artist (b. 1940).
  25 April – Bjørn Hansen, football manager (b. 1939).
  2 May – Finn Tøraasen, footballer (b. 1936).
  7 May – Tore Torell, magician (b. 1941).
  8 May – Frøystein Wedervang, economist (b. 1918).
  10 May – The Wanderer, serial burglar (b. 1958).
  11 May – Mikhail Alperin, jazz pianist and professor (b. 1956).
  12 May – Torstein Hansen, handballer (b. 1943).
  12 May – Jofrid Wiik, politician (b. 1934).
  20 May – Rolf Sand, actor (b. 1920).
  23 May – Kai Ekanger, politician (b. 1929).
  27 May – Harald Bjarne Slettebø, politician (b. 1922).
  27 May – Odd Oppedal, footballer (b. 1936).
  5 June – Ingvald Wahl, war sailor (b. 1919).
  7 June – Minken Fosheim, actress (b. 1956).
  10 June – Nils Terje Dalseide, civil servant (b. 1952).
  10 June – Erling Storrusten, business executive (b. 1923).
  12 June – Torstein "Brim" Hilt, book publisher (b. 1955).
  14 June – Gunnar Vada, politician (b. 1927).
  14 June – Knut Aastveit, geneticist (b. 1921).
  15 June – Arne Martin Klausen, social anthropologist (b. 1927).
  20 June – Solveig Laila Thoresen, politician (b. 1931).
  24 June – Jens Kristian Thune, barrister (b. 1935).
  24 June - Jan Elgarøy, organist (b. 1930).
  30 June – Johan J. Jakobsen, Ce
caption: Thorvald Stoltenberg in 2009
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