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1994 in Norway

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{{Year in Norway|1994}}

Events in the year 1994 in Norway.

Incumbents

Events

  • 1 January – the Agreement on the European Economic Area comes into effect.{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=EØS-avtalen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/EØS-avtalen|language=no|accessdate=21 October 2024}}
  • 6 January – Grefsen Post Office is robbed for {{NOK|1,1 million}}, the largest post office robbery in Norway to date.{{cite news|title=Raneren ventet i bakgården|work=Dagbladet|date=7 January 1994|language=Norwegian|pages=6–7}}
  • 7 January – Kaci Kullmann Five announces her stepping down as leader of the Conservative Party.{{cite news|title=Kjente til Fives beslutning|date=8 January 1994|work=Arbeiderbladet|language=no}}
  • 26 January – Biologist Dag Olav Hessen survives a hurricane on mount Norefjell, having gone missing since 22 January.{{cite news|title=Vant over orkanen|date=27 January 1994|work=VG|language=no}}
  • 31 January – The "Bjugn case" reaches its verdict in Frostating Court; the accused party is acquitted.{{cite news|title=Hjem til Bjugn – som en fri mann|date=1 February 1994|work=Dagbladet|language=no}}
  • 12 February – The Scream is stolen from the National Gallery of Norway.
  • 26 March – Elisabeth Andreassen and Jan Werner Danielsen win the Melodi Grand Prix 1994, earning a spot in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994.
  • 10 April – Jan Petersen is formally elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party.{{cite news|title=Lover å gjenreise Høyre|date=11 April 1994|work=Aftenposten|language=no}}
  • 15–17 April – The Progress Party national convention at Bolkesjø results in with the libertarian section of the party losing all power to the traditionalists.
  • 22 April – Explorer Børge Ousland becomes the first person to reach the North Pole unsupported on foot.{{cite news|title=Feiret med gledestårer|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=24 April 1994|work=Bergensavisen|language=no}}
  • 7 May – The Scream is recovered and three men arrested for its theft and attempt to sell it, among them Pål Enger.{{cite news|title=Pål Enger også arrestert|work=Dagbladet|date=8 May 1994|language=Norwegian|page=8}}
  • 9 May – Explorer Erling Kagge summits Mount Everest, thus becoming the first person to complete the "Three Poles Challenge".{{cite news|title=Kollapset nær toppen|work=VG|date=10 May 1994|language=no}}
  • 16 May – Musician Varg Vikernes is sentenced in Eidsivating Court to 21 years of prison for murder and arson.{{cite news|title=Lovens lengste straff|date=18 May 1994|work=Arbeiderbladet|language=no}}
  • 24 May – Minister of Finance Sigbjørn Johnsen survives a vote of no confidence in Parliament, related to the recent appointment of Torstein Moland as Bank of Norway governor.{{cite news|title=- Håper Ap har lært|date=25 May 1994|work=Arbeiderbladet|language=no}}
  • 18 June – A strike among NRK personnel ends in a deal between the unions and NRK, having lasted since the previous Sunday.{{cite news|title=Dyr streik for Førde|work=Dagbladet Søndag|date=19 June 1994|language=Norwegian|pages=2–3}}
  • 30 June – A strike among nurses is subdued by the government of Norway, following less than three days of striking.{{cite news|title=Full drift ved sykehusene fra i dag|work=Aftenposten|date=1 July 1994|language=Norwegian|page=4}}
  • 1 July – The emergency phone numbers change from 001, 002 and 003 to 110 (fire), 112 (police) and 113 (ambulance).{{cite news|title=Nye nødnumre fra i dag|author=Brøske, Bjørn Tore|work=Adresseavisen|date=1 July 1994|language=Norwegian|page=12}}
  • 2 July – Artist Sigmund Årseth decorates a barn in Vang with a caricature of Gro Harlem Brundtland milking a cow,{{cite news|title=...som fanden på veggen|date=6 July 1994|work=VG|language=no}} becoming one of the iconic expressions of the EU debate in Norway.
  • 15 August – Per Hatling announces his resignation as chief executive officer of Norske Meierier, effective 1 September.{{cite news|title=Felt av frk. Norge|work=VG|date=16 August 1994|page=3|language=Norwegian}}
  • 21 August – A bomb attack against the Blitz House at 03:42 hours injures none.{{cite news|title=Jakter på nynazist|date=22 August 1994|work=Arbeiderbladet|page=3|language=no}}
  • 16 September – The jeweller David-Andersen in downtown Oslo was robbed of {{NOK|2 million}} worth of jewelry.{{cite news|title=2 mill. på 1-2-3|author=Lysvåg, Jan Petter|work=VG|date=16 September 1994|language=Norwegian|page=9}}
  • 28 September – Six Norwegians die in the MS Estonia disaster.{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=M/S_Estonia|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=https://snl.no/M/S_Estonia|language=Norwegian|accessdate=15 September 2021}}
  • 28–29 September – Torp hostage crisis: Two Swedish robbers took two police officers and two pensioners as hostages at the Sandefjord Airport, Torp. The police freed the hostages and killed one of the hostage takers. It is the only incident in peace time that a Norwegian police chief has given the orders to shoot to kill.
  • 7 October – Kåre Kristiansen retires from the Norwegian Nobel Committee following the committee's decision to co-award Yassir Arafat the Nobel Peace Prize.{{cite news|title=Fredsprisen sprengte komitéen|work=Aftenposten|date=11 October 1994|language=Norwegian|page=3}}
  • 13 October – Fugitive Souhaila Andrawes is arrested at Grefsen for her role in the Lufthansa Flight 181 airjacking.{{cite news|title=Innhentet av sin fortid|author=Bakkeli, Tom|author2=Haavik, Svein Arne|work=VG|date=20 October 1994|language=Norwegian|page=3}}
  • 15 October – Death of Silje Redergård
  • 31 October – Arne Solli becomes Chief of Defence of Norway, succeeding Torolf Rein.{{cite news|title=Overtar kommandoen|work=VG|date=1 November 1994|language=Norwegian|page=56}}
  • 1 November – Two new currencies are put into circulation, the {{NOK|20}} coin and the {{NOK|200}} bill.{{cite news|title=Nye norske penger|work=Finansavisen|date=1 November 1994|page=18|language=no}}
  • 21 November – Per Liland is exhonorated by Eidsivating Court for a double murder committed in 1969, having already served a life sentence in prison.{{cite news|title=Frifinnelse til applaus|date=22 November 1994|work=Fredriksstad Blad|page=5|language=no}}
  • 28 November – THe 1994 Norwegian European Union membership referendum: Norway votes no to EU membership, 15 days after Sweden votes yes.
  • 8 December – The Hitra Tunnel is opened, being the world's deepest undersea tunnel at the depth of 264 metres.
  • 10 December – The Nobel Peace Prize is formally awarded to Yassir Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin in Oslo.
  • 12 December – Erik Jarve is fired as chief executive of Oslo Stock Exchange, effective immediately.
  • 24 December – Liv Arnesen becomes the first woman to reach the South Pole by land.{{cite news|title=Kjøkkentjeneste på Sydpolen|work=Aftenposten|date=27 December 1994|language=Norwegian|page=3}}
  • 27 December – Cato Zahl Pedersen becomes the first disabled person to reach the South Pole by land.{{cite news|title=Cato og co. nådde polen|work=VG|date=28 December 1994|language=Norwegian|page=8}} His expedition party started alongside Liv Arnesen.

;Date missing

  • Reform 94 is implemented in secondary schools, giving vocational education the structure of two years in school, two years in business training.
  • A reform in higher education merges hundreds of state colleges into selected university colleges.

Anniversaries

  • 15 April – Oslo Stock Exchange celebrates 175 years.{{cite news|title=Sponser Jarves millionfest|author=Farbrot, Audun|magazine=Økonomisk Rapport|issue=6|year=1994|page=13}}
  • 125 years since the establishment of Dagbladet.
  • 250 years since the police force of Oslo was founded.{{cite news|title=Mester Willys siste natt med gjengen|author=Fonbæk, Dag|work=VG|date=16 September 1994|language=Norwegian|page=4}}

Popular culture

=Sports=

:Norway finishes second in the medals table, albeit with the highest number of overall medals.

:Norway finishes atop the medals table with 64 medals, the tie-breaker with Germany being the number of gold medals, 29 versus 25.

;Date unknown

=Music=

{{Main|1994 in Norwegian music}}

= Film =

{{Main|Norwegian films of the 1990s#1994}}

=Literature=

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Notable births

=January to March=

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=April to June=

  • 6 April – Stefan Hagerup, footballer.
  • 7 April – Maria Therese Tviberg, alpine skier.{{cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/athletes/athlete=tviberg-maria-therese-154959/ |title=FIS profile Maria Therese Tviberg|access-date=3 May 2015}}
  • 9 April – Jo David Meyer Lysne, guitarist.
  • 10 April – Anders Gundersen, footballer.
  • 11 April – Marius Lundemo, footballer.
  • 11 April – Jonas Grønner, footballer.
  • 12 April – Julie Bergan, singer.
  • 13 April – Veton Berisha, footballer.
  • 18 April – Martin Rønning Ovenstad, footballer.
  • 26 April – Gøran Johannessen, handballer.
  • 27 April – Maria Navarro Skaranger, novelist.[https://www.forfattersentrum.no/forfattere/641023f600611209aa6ef204 Forfatterkatalogen]
  • 1 May – Daniel Granli, footballer.
  • 9 May – Martin Sesaker, curler.
  • 11 May – Guro Kleven Hagen, classical violinist.{{cite news | url=https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/213pxR/Guro-Kleven-Hagen-blir-Norges-yngste-konsertmester | title=Guro Kleven Hagen blir Norges yngste konsertmester | language=no | first=Hilde | last=Bjørhovde | newspaper=A-Magasinet | date=2018-01-09 | accessdate=2018-04-13}}
  • 13 May – Ole Kristian Lauvli, footballer.
  • 18 May – Simen Juklerød, footballer.
  • 29 May – Nicholas Fadler Martinsen, competitive sailor.{{cite web |title=Nicholas Fadler Martinsen |website=olympedia.org |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/145713 |access-date=3 August 2021}}
  • 5 June – Aleksander Foosnæs, footballer.
  • 21 June – Sondre Mulongo Nystrøm, singer (born in Kenya).
  • 24 June – August Baskår Pedersen, handballer.
  • 30 June – Andreas Sjalg Unneland, politician.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Andreas Sjalg Unneland |first=Knut Are |last=Tvedt |authorlink=Knut Are Tvedt |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Andreas_Sjalg_Unneland |language=no |access-date=30 September 2021}}{{cite web |title=Unneland, Andreas Sjalg (1994-) |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=AU |website=stortinget.no |language=no |access-date=30 September 2021}}

=July to September=

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=October to December=

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  • 3 October – Andreas Hollingen, footballer.
  • 4 October – Kai Steffen Østensen, politician.{{stortingetbio|KOS|name=Kai Steffen Østensen}}
  • 8 October – Fitim Kastrati, footballer.
  • 13 October – Olav Øby, footballer.
  • 18 October – Sindre Mauritz-Hansen, footballer.
  • 2 November – Aleksander Stokkebø, politician.{{stortingetbio|ALES|name=Aleksander Stokkebø|access-date=8 October 2017 }}
  • 3 November – Felix Stridsberg-Usterud, freestyle skier.
  • 9 November – Katrine Lund, sport shooter.{{cite web |url=https://www.teamnor.no/profiler/skyting/katrine-aannestad-lund/ |title=Katrine Aannestad Lund |website=Team Norway |language=no}}
  • 11 November – Martine Steller Mortensen, competitive sailor.{{cite web |title=Martine Steller Mortensen |website=olympedia.org |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/145678 |access-date=3 August 2021}}
  • 7 December – Viljar Vevatne, footballer.
  • 8 December – Myra (born in Sierra Leone){{cite news|url=https://www.ballade.no/musikken-og-livet/inspirasjoner-myra-velger-arif/|title=Inspirasjoner: Myra velger Arif|author=Valebrokk, Erik|date=9 November 2020|publisher=Ballade|language=no|accessdate=12 September 2024}}
  • 17 December – Birger Meling, footballer.
  • 17 December – Johan Hoel, cross-country skier.
  • 18 December – Vilde Ingstad, handballer.
  • 18 December – Sophie Elise, influencer.{{cite news|url=https://www.klikk.no/mote/detnye/livsstil/jeg-er-ikke-dum-jeg-bare-ser-sann-ut-2766759|title=- Jeg er ikke dum, jeg bare ser sånn ut!|publisher=Klikk.no|date=2 May 2017|author=Ingebrigtsen, Julia Renate|language=no|access-date=4 April 2023}}
  • 31 December – Espen Garnås, footballer.

=Date missing=

  • Emily Sørensen, fantasy author.{{cite web|url=https://www.forfattersentrum.no/forfattere/65ae83769515316f827d6f96?d137c887_page=2|title=Emily Sørensen|work=Forfatterkatalogen|publisher=Norsk Forfattersentrum|access-date=24 February 2025}}
  • Svanhild Amdal Telnes, author.{{cite web|url=https://www.forfattersentrum.no/forfattere/6410244a0061967a8a1dfe14?d137c887_page=21|title=Svanhild Amdal Telnes|work=Forfatterkatalogen|publisher=Norsk Forfattersentrum|access-date=24 February 2025}}
  • {{ill|Kine Olsen Vedelden|no}}, cheerleader.

Notable deaths

=January=

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  • 6 January – Per Palle Storm, sculptor (born 1910).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Per Palle Storm |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Svein |last=Aamold |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Per_Palle_Storm/utdypning |language=no |access-date=6 November 2012}}
  • 7 January – Øistein Sommerfeldt, composer (born 1919).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Øistein Sommerfeldt|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Øistein_Sommerfeldt|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 7 January – Ernst Hansen, politician (born 1912).{{stortingetbio|ERHA|name=Ernst Hansen}}
  • 7 January – Edvard Elsrud, non-fiction writer (born 1926).
  • 8 January – Harry Boye Karlsen, footballer (born 1920).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Harry Boye Karlsen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Harry_Boye_Karlsen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 10 January – Per Skift, actor (born 1920).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Per Skift|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|date=5 February 2021 |editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Per_Skift|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 12 January – Teddy Røwde, painter (born 1912).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Teddy Røwde|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Teddy_Røwde|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 14 January – Agnar Mykle, author (born 1915).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Agnar Mykle|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Agnar_Mykle|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 15 January – Jørgen Adolf Lier, politician (born 1906)
  • 18 January – Tullik Helsing, sports diver (born 1918).[http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/49531 Olympedia]
  • 20 January – Einar Bårdsen, politician (born 1925).{{stortingetbio|ELBD|name=Einar Bårdsen}}
  • 23 January – Johan Jørgen Holst, politician (born 1937).
  • 24 January – Helge Vatsend, lyricist and novelist (born 1928).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Helge Vatsend|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Helge_Vatsend|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 24 January – Astri Fosser, politician (born 1900).{{stortingetbio|ASFO|name=Astri Fosser}}
  • 25 January – Unni Kielland, painter (born 1911).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Unni Kielland|encyclopedia=Norsk kunstnerleksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://nkl.snl.no/Unni_Kielland|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 26 January – Arnt J. C. Mørland, ship-owner (born 1921).{{cite news|title=Arnt J. Mørland (obituary)|author=Baardson, Brynjolv|authorlink=Brynjolv Baardson|date=14 February 1994|work=Aftenposten|page=7|language=Norwegian}}
  • 28 January – Harald Løvenskiold, businessperson (born 1926).Death announcement, Asker og Bærums Budstikke 31 January 1994, p. 10
  • 29 January – Jacob Vaage, historian and museum curator (born 1905).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Jacob Vaage|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Jacob_Vaage|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 30 January – Finn Arnestad, composer (born 1915).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Finn Oluf Arnestad|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Finn_Oluf_Arnestad|language=Norwegian|accessdate=11 July 2021}}

=February=

  • 4 February – Per Gulowsen, diplomat (born 1920).{{cite news|title=Per Gulowsen (obituary)|author=Brøymer, Bjørn|date=14 February 1994|work=Aftenposten|page=7|language=Norwegian}}
  • 9 February – Tom Pettersen, swimmer (born 1935).[http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/49562 Olympedia]
  • 14 February – Halfdan Petterøe, equestrian (born 1906).[http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12563 Olympedia]
  • 15 February – Reidar Bull, judge (born 1909).Death announcement, Aftenposten 24 February 1994, p. 11
  • 15 February – Rafael Goldin, museum director (born 1920).
  • 20 February – Kaare Steel Groos, politician (born 1917)
  • 20 February – Rolf Jacobsen, writer (born 1907).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Rolf Jacobsen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Rolf_Jacobsen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 23 February – Ragnar Christiansen, politician (born 1922)
  • 23 February – Odd Højdahl, trade unionist and politician (born 1921).
  • 24 February – Tor Ørvig, paleontologist (born 1916, died in Sweden).[https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1995/1276.html 1276 (Vem är det : Svensk biografisk handbok / 1995)]
  • 26 February – Odd Furøy, painter (born 1908).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Odd Furøy|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Odd_Furøy|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 28 February – Arne Ekeland, painter (born 1908).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Arne Ekeland|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Arne_Ekeland|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}

=March=

  • 3 March – Tønnes Sirevåg, school principal (born 1909).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Tønnes Sirevåg|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Paul|last=Jasper|editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/T%C3%B8nnes_Sirev%C3%A5g |language=no |access-date=6 November 2012}}
  • 5 March – Tor Frøysaker, physician (born 1929).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Tor Andreas Frøysaker|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Tor_Andreas_Frøysaker|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 7 March – Rolf Rynning Eriksen, resistance member (born 1911).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Rolf_Rynning_Eriksen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Rolf_Rynning_Eriksen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 7 March – Arild Kalvik, trade unionist (born 1918).
  • 8 March – Knut Haukelid, resistance member (born 1911).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Knut Haukelid|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Knut_Haukelid|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 13 March – Magne Lerheim, politician (born 1929).
  • 14 March – Solveig Tunold, literary historian (born 1900).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Solveig Tunold|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Solveig_Tunold|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 15 March – Erling Sverdrup, resistance member and statistician (born 1917).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Erling Sverdrup|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Erling_Sverdrup|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 16 March – Asbjørn Andersen, politician (born 1941).{{stortingetbio|ASAN|name=Asbjørn Andersen}}
  • 21 March – Paula Nordhus, politician (born 1935)
  • 27 March – Vigdis Rojahn, children's writer (born 1902).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Vigdis Rojahn|encyclopedia=Norsk kunstnerleksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://nkl.snl.no/Vigdis_Rojahn|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 28 March – Sten Nilsen, illustrator (born 1921).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Sten Nilsen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Sten_Nilsen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 30 March – Bjørn Aronsen, animation film director (born 1926).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Bjørn Aronsen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|date=18 September 2019 |editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Bjørn_Aronsen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}

=April=

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  • 2 April – Inggard Rosseland, painter and printmaker (born 1914).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Inggard Rosseland|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Inggard_Rosseland|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 2 April – Rowland Greenberg, jazz trumpeter (born 1920).{{cite encyclopedia | url=https://nbl.snl.no/Rowland_Greenberg | title=Rowland Greenberg | first=Bjørn | last=Stendahl | encyclopedia=Norsk Biografisk Leksikon | publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget | date=2009-02-13 | accessdate=2017-03-17}}
  • 7 April – Sigmund Ruud, ski jumper (born 1907).
  • 7 April – Karl Otto Hoff, jazz drummer (born 1930).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Karl Otto Hoff|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Karl_Otto_Hoff|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 9 April – Bjarne Fidjestøl, philologist (born 1937).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Bjarne Fidjestøl|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Bjarne_Fidjestøl|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 10 April – Finn Emanuel Olsen, painter and writer (born 1911).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Finn Emanuel Olsen|encyclopedia=Norsk kunstnerleksikon|date=20 February 2017 |editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://nkl.snl.no/Finn_Emanuel_Olsen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 11 April – Unn Kleve, printmaker (born 1923).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Unn Kleve|encyclopedia=Norsk kunstnerleksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://nkl.snl.no/Unn_Kleve|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 15 April – Finn Alexander, civil servant (born 1909).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Finn Alexander|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Finn_Alexander|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 19 April – Nina Smid, politician (born 1907).{{stortingetbio|NISM|name=Nina Smid}}
  • 20 April – Egil Sundar, newspaper editor (born 1932).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Egil Sundar|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Egil_Sundar|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 20 April – Sigmund Selberg, mathematician (born 1910).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Sigmund Selberg |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Nils Andreas |last=Baas |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Sigmund_Selberg/utdypning |language=no |access-date=6 November 2012}}
  • 24 April – Leif B. Lillegaard, writer (born 1918).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Leif Bryde Lillegaard|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Leif_Bryde_Lillegaard|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 24 April – Ivar Jerven, painter and printmaker (born 1924).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Ivar Jerven|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Ivar_Jerven|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 24 April – Marta Schumann, novelist (born 1919).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Marta Schumann|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Marta_Schumann|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 25 April – Per Tannum, furniture designer (born 1912).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Per Tannum|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Per_Tannum|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 28 April – Olav Nordrå, writer (born 1919)
  • 29 April – Kaleb Nytrøen, police officer (born 1905).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Kaleb Nytrøen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Jørn-Kr |last=Jørgensen |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Kaleb_Nytrøen/utdypning |language=no |access-date=14 March 2013}}
  • 29 April – Rein Henriksen, lawyer and industrialist (born 1915).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Rein Henriksen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|date=19 August 2020 |editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Rein_Henriksen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}

=May=

  • 1 May – Gunnar Fredriksen, athlete (born 1907).[http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/74134 Olympedia]
  • 7 May – Erik Kullerud, children's writer (born 1926).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Erik Kullerud|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|date=14 February 2020 |editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Erik_Kullerud|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 8 May – Einar Diesen, newspaper editor (born 1897).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Einar Diesen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Einar_Diesen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 8 May – Rolf Sjøl, businessperson (born 1921).Death announcement, Aftenposten 29 June 1994, p. 19
  • 18 May – Hans Stenseth, flautist (born 1896).
  • 22 May – Harald Reinertsen, politician (born 1904).{{stortingetbio|HARE|name=Harald Reinertsen}}
  • 23 May – Olav H. Hauge, poet (born 1908).
  • 28 May – Erik Rinde, jurist and social scientist (born 1919)
  • 29 May – Aasta Voss, actress (born 1914)."Dødsfall" (in Norwegian). Film og kino 4/1994, p. 41

=June=

  • 2 June – Odd Dahl, nuclear physicist (born 1898, died in the US).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Odd Dahl|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Odd_Dahl|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 2 June – Ole Hegge, cross-country skier (born 1900)
  • 16 June – Chrix Dahl, painter, printmaker and illustrator (born 1906).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Chrix Dahl|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Chrix_Dahl|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 16 June – Ivar Orgland, philologist (born 1921).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Ivar Orgland|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Ivar_Orgland|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 17 June – Eigil Olaf Liane, politician (born 1916)
  • 21 June – Jan Fredrik Wiborg, civil engineer (born 1944)
  • 24 June – Thorstein Guthe, fencer (born 1912).[http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/23013 Olympedia]
  • 25 June – Helga Waabenø, missionary (born 1908).
  • 26 June – Jan-Erik Aarberg, sailor (born 1924).[http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/64254 Olympedia]

=July=

  • 4 July – Liv Nilsson, trade unionist (born 1943).{{cite news|title=Liv Nilsson er død|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=4 July 1994|language=Norwegian}}
  • 6 July – Kåre Prytz, writer (born 1926).
  • 6 July – Knut Lykke, diplomat (born 1904).
  • 6 July – Olav Benestad, activist (born 1942).{{cite news|title=Minneord|date=28 July 1994|work=Bergens Tidende|page=18|language=no}}{{cite news|title=Olav Benestad|last=Poleszynski|first=Dag Viljen |display-authors=etal|date=14 July 1994|work=Aftenposten|page=19|language=no}}
  • 12 July – Finn Andreas Westbye, musician (born 1914).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Finn Andreas WestbyeDiesen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Finn_Andreas_Westbye|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 12 July – Arne Johnson, illustrator (born 1994).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Arne Johnson|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Arne_Johnson|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 16 July – Dagfinn Mannsåker, archivist and historian (born 1916)
  • 26 July – Knud Haaning, painter (born 1929).Death announcement, Agderposten 27 July 1994{{cite encyclopedia|title=Knud Haaning|encyclopedia=Norsk kunstnerleksikon|date=20 February 2017 |editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://nkl.snl.no/Knud_Haaning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=25 September 2023}}
  • 29 July – Gorgus Coward, school administrator (born 1912).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Gorgus Major Coward|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Gorgus_Major_Coward|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}

=August=

  • 3 August – Fritz Harstrup, ceramist (born 1951).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Fritz Harstrup|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|date=5 December 2019 |editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Fritz_Harstrup|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 4 August – Rolf Greger Strøm, luger (born 1940).[http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97914 Olympedia]
  • 5 August – Paul Sæthrang, footballer (born 1918).{{NFT player|70501|name=Kai Sjøberg}}
  • 16 August – Erik Anker, sailor (born 1903)
  • 16 August – Kaare Espolin Johnson, painter (born 1907).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Kaare Espolin Johnson|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Kaare_Espolin_Johnson|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 18 August – Anfinn Stigen, philosopher (born 1923).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Anfinn Emil Stigen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Anfinn_Emil_Stigen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 23 August – Lars Holen, politician (born 1912){{stortingetbio|LAHO|name=Lars Holen}}
  • 25 August – Leif Eldring, judge and civil servant (born 1933).
  • 25 August – Ingrid Wyller, rector (born 1896).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Ingrid Wyller|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Ingrid_Wyller|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 30 August – Olav Gjærevoll, botanist and politician (born 1916).

=September=

  • 2 September – Jan Willums, businessperson (born 1916, died in Belgium).{{cite news|title=Jan Willums|last=Berg|first=Eivinn|date=8 September 1994|work=Aftenposten|author-link=Eivinn Berg|language=no}}
  • 4 September – Gert Jynge, painter (born 1904).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gert Jynge|encyclopedia=Norsk kunstnerleksikon|date=20 February 2017 |editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://nkl.snl.no/Gert_Jynge|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 9 September – Soffi Schønning, opera singer (born 1894).{{cite news|title=Soffi Schønning|last=Hurum|first=Maud|date=15 September 1994|work=Aftenposten|page=15|language=no}}
  • 9 September – Hagbarth Schjøtt Sr., businessperson (born 1894).Death announcement, Aftenposten 12 September 1994, p. 9
  • 15 September – Peter Theodor Viken, politician (born 1930).{{stortingetbio|PEVK|name=Peter Theodor Viken}}
  • 15 September – Kai Sjøberg, footballer (born 1936).{{NFT player|48592|name=Kai Sjøberg}}
  • 20 September – Bjarne Øen, Chief of Defence (born 1898).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Bjarne Øen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Bjarne_Øen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 24 September – Stein Hamnes, politician (born 1940).{{stortingetbio|STHA|name=Stein Hamnes}}

=October=

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  • 5 October – Anker Rogstad, criminal and crime novelist (born 1925).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Anker Rogstad|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Anker_Rogstad|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 5 October – Harald Ofstad, philosopher (born 1920).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Harald Ofstad|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Harald_Ofstad|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 6 October – Per Mørch Hansson, businessperson (born 1905).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title= Per Mørch Hansson|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Per_Mørch_Hansson|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 7 October – Agnes Vold, priest (born 1912).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Agnes Vold|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Agnes_Vold|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 8 October – Ivan Th. Rosenqvist, geologist (born 1916).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Ivan Thoralf Koss Rosenqvist|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Ivan_Thoralf_Koss_Rosenqvist|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 12 October – Edel Eckblad, actress (born 1914)
  • 15 October – Dagny Haraldsen, Queen mother (born 1898).{{cite news|title=De forlot oss i år|date=31 December 1994|work=Adresseavisen|page=17|language=no}}
  • 18 October – Ivar Kornelius Eikrem, politician (born 1898)
  • 23 October – Helge Røstad, judge (born 1923)
  • 23 October – Ivar Refseth, politician (born 1921).{{stortingetbio|IVRE|name=Ivar Refseth}}
  • 23 October – Tobias Gedde-Dahl, physician (born 1903).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Tobias Müller Gedde-Dahl|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Tobias_Müller_Gedde-Dahl|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 23 October – Arvid S. Kapelrud, theologian (born 1912).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Arvid S. Kapelrud|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Arvid_S._Kapelrud|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 26 October – Tutta Rolf, actress (born 1907, died in the US).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Tutta Rolf|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Tutta_Rolf|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 29 October – Einar Falck, businessperson (born 1925).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Einar Falck|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Einar_Falck|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 29 October – Oscar Midtlyng, athlete (born 1906, died in the US).[http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/74190 Olympedia]
  • 31 October – Erling Stordahl, singer (born 1923).

=November=

  • 3 November – Andreas Tømmerbakke, resistance member (born 1910).{{cite news|title=Andreas Tømmerbakke (obituary)|work=Aftenposten|first=Odd|last=Øyen|author-link=Odd Øyen|author2=Welle-Strand, Erling |author-link2=Erling Welle-Strand |date=21 November 1994|language=no}}
  • 5 November – Christian Christensen, newspaper editor (born 1922).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Christian Christensen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Christian_Christensen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=11 July 2021}}
  • 6 November – Edvard Natvig, athlete (born 1907).[http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/74196 Olympedia]
  • 7 November – Charles Mathiesen, speed skater (born 1911)
  • 7 November – Thor Inge Kristiansen, actor (born 1924).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Thor Inge Kristiansen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Thor_Inge_Kristiansen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 9 November – Erling Christophersen, explorer, botanist and diplomat (born 1898).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Erling Christophersen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Erling_Christophersen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 11 November – Harry Johan Olai Klippenvåg, politician (born 1913)
  • 11 November – Jan Johnsen, politician (born 1925).{{stortingetbio|JAJH|name=Jan Johnsen}}
  • 15 November – Asbjørn Lindhjem, politician (born 1910)
  • 15 November – Hallvard Magerøy, philologist (born 1916).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Hallvard Magerøy|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Hallvard_Magerøy|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 18 November – Henning Sinding-Larsen, journalist (born 1904).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Henning Sinding-Larsen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Henning_Sinding-Larsen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 27 November – Toralf Tollefsen, accordionist (born 1914).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Toralf Tollefsen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Toralf_Tollefsen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 29 November – Ferdinand Strøm, dentist (born 1903).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Ferdinand Strøm|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Ferdinand_Strøm|language=Norwegian|accessdate=11 July 2021}}

=December=

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  • 3 December – Knut Mørch Hansson, actor (born 1920).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Knut M. Hansson|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Knut_M._Hansson|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 4 December – Beate Mulholland, children's writer (born 1944).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Beate Mulholland|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|date=28 October 2019 |editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Beate_Mulholland|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 6 December – Annette Thommessen, human rights activist (born 1932).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Annette Thommessen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Annette_Thommessen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=11 July 2021}}
  • 9 December – Hans Egil Rønbeck, politician (born 1912).{{stortingetbio|HAR_O|name=Hans Egil Rønbeck}}
  • 11 December – Magnus Andersen, politician (born 1916)
  • 12 December – Sverre Oddvar Andresen, politician (born 1924)
  • 12 December – Rolf Gjermundsen, politician (born 1921)
  • 12 December – Nanna Münster Ebbing, politician (born 1913).{{stortingetbio|NAEB|name=Nanna Münster Ebbing}}
  • 13 December – Georg Hygen, botanist (born 1908).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Georg Hygen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Georg_Hygen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 13 December – Erik Jarve, stock exchange executive (born 1944).{{cite news|title=Valgte avskjed|last=Haugan|first=Bjørn|date=14 December 1994|work=VG|author2=Talsnes, Stål|page=7|language=no}}
  • 14 December – Trygve Leivestad, Supreme Court Justice (born 1907).Death announcement, Vårt Land 15 December 1994
  • 17 December – Ella Hval, actress (born 1914).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Ella Signe Hval|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Ella_Signe_Hval|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 28 December – Arnljot Norwich, politician (born 1922).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Arnljot Norwich|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|date=15 March 2021 |editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Arnljot_Norwich|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 30 December – Sverre Lysgaard, sociologist (born 1923).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Sverre Lysgaard|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Sverre_Lysgaard|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
  • 30 December – Kjell Samuelsen, politician (born 1930).{{stortingetbio|KJSA|name=Kjell Samuelsen}}
  • 31 December – Reidar Helgesen, politician (born 1920).{{stortingetbio|REHE|name=Reidar Helgesen}}

;Date unknown

  • Docile, dog belonging to Egil Olsen.{{cite news|title=Docile avlivet|author=Lillelien, Per|work=VG|date=19 November 1994|pages=14-15|language=no}}

See also

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References

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