2000 in Norway

• Monarch – Harald V
• Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party) until 17 March, Jens Stoltenberg (Labour Party)

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• 19 January – Five people die when a bus is taken by an avalanche in Lyngen Municipality.

• 11 March – Three people die when a community center in Målselv Municipality collapsed due to heavy snowfall.
• 17 March – Stoltenberg's First Cabinet was appointed.

• 5 April – Two freight trains collide at Lillestrøm Station. 2,000 people were evacuated because of the danger of a gas explosion.

• 19 May – Baneheia murders

• 23 June – The Frøya Tunnel is opened.
• June – Project Deep Spill: the first intentional deepwater oil and gas spill, which was done in order to study how crude oil behaved at depth.

• 1 December – King Harald V of Norway informs the Norwegian government about the engagement between Crown Prince Haakon and Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby.
• 4 December – The state-owned telecommunications company Telenor is partially privatised and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.

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• 19 to 26 February – The Biathlon World Championships 2000 were held in Holmenkollen.

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• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

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• 10 January – Erik Botheim, footballer
• 6 February – Jørgen Strand Larsen, footballer
• 18 February – Anders Waagan, footballer
• 27 February – Erik Sandberg, footballer
• 29 February – Hugo Vetlesen, footballer
• 7 April – André Klippenberg Grindheim, swimmer.{{cite web |title=André Klippenberg Grindheim |website=olympedia.org |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2503672 |access-date=13 September 2021}}
• 7 May – Markus Karlsbakk, footballer
• 21 July
• Erling Haaland, English-born Norwegian footballer
• Jens Lurås Oftebro, Nordic combined skier
• 19 September – Jakob Ingebrigtsen, middle- and long-distance runner.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jakob Ingebrigtsen |first1=Rolf |last1=Bryhn |first2=Jørn |last2=Sundby |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Jakob_Ingebrigtsen |language=no |access-date=16 January 2023}}

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• 9 January – Olaug Hay, politician (b.1902)
• 11 January – Edvard Magnus Edvardsen, politician (b.1910).{{cite web|url=http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=EDED&tab=Biography |title=Edvardsen, Edvard Magnus |language=no|access-date=9 November 2012 |work=stortinget.no |publisher=Parliament of Norway }}
• 21 January – Kristian Asdahl, politician (b.1920)
• 27 January – Asle Enger, priest (born 1906).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Asle Enger |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Paul |last=Odland |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Asle_Enger/utdypning |language=no |access-date=15 March 2013}}
• 3 February – Aslaug Fredriksen, politician (b.1918)
• 16 February – Karsten Solheim, golf club designer and businessman in America (b.1911)
• 2 March – Audun Boysen, middle-distance runner and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1928)
• 3 March – Egil Werner Erichsen, politician (b.1901)
• 6 March – Ole Jacob Hansen, jazz drummer (b.1940).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/478109-Ole-Jacob-Hansen | title=Ole Jacob Hansen | work=Discography | publisher=Discogs.com | access-date=2017-03-14}}
• 18 March – Randi Hultin, jazz critic and impresario (b.1926).{{cite web | url=http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=955016324 | title=Randi Hultin – Under the Spell of Jazz | publisher=JazzHouse.org | access-date=2017-03-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929084125/http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=955016324 | archive-date=29 September 2007 | url-status=dead }}
• 2 April – Greta Gynt, singer, dancer and actress (b.1916)
• 2 April – Synnøve Anker Aurdal, textile artist (born 1908).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Synnøve Anker Aurdal |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Hjørdis |last=Danbolt |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Synnøve_Anker_Aurdal |language=no |access-date=2 July 2016}}
• 11 April – Olav Økern, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1911)
• 22 April – Arnt Eliassen, meteorologist (b.1915)
• 28 April – Anders Skauge, politician (b.1912)
• 19 May – Petter Hugsted, ski jumper and Olympic gold medallist (b.1921)
• 11 June – Aud Alvær, politician (b.1921)
• 22 June – Svein Finnerud, jazz pianist (b.1945).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/537611-Svein-Finnerud | title=Svein Finnerud | work=Discography | publisher=Discogs.com | access-date=2017-03-14}}
• 26 June – Arne Thomas Olsen, actor, stage producer and theatre director (b.1909)
• 27 June – Dagmar Maalstad, politician (b.1902)
• 2 September – Johannes Sandven, educator (born 1909).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Johannes Sandven |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Åsmund L |last=Strømnes |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Johannes_Sandven/utdypning |language=no |access-date=25 February 2013}}
• 17 October – Joachim «Jokke» Nielsen (36), rock musician and poet.{{cite web|url=http://www.puls.no/4458.html | title=Joachim 'Jokke' Nielsen funnet død | language=no | last=Mathiesen |first=Trygve | publisher=Puls.no | date=2000-10-18 | access-date=2017-03-14}}
• 10 September – Haldis Havrøy, politician (b.1925)
• 4 November – Anneliese Dørum, politician (b.1939)
• 18 November – Torstein Tynning, politician (b.1932)
• 28 November – Margith Johanne Munkebye, politician (b.1911)

• Bjarte Birkeland, literary researcher (b.1920)
• Finn-Egil Eckblad, mycologist and professor (b.1923)
• Jostein Goksøyr, microbiologist (b.1922)
• Kjell Holler, politician and Minister (b.1925)
• Jul Låg, soil researcher (b.1915)
• Arne B. Mollén, sports official (b.1913)
• Odd Narud, businessperson (b.1919)
• Christian Norberg-Schulz, architect, architectural historian and theorist (b.1926)

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