2001 in Norway

• Monarch – Harald V
• Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg (Labour Party) until 19 October, Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party)

File:Vladimir_Putin_19_June_2001-2.jpg Jens Stoltenberg (left) meets Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on 19 June 2001.]]

• 26 January: Murder of Benjamin Hermansen.

• February – Former Prime Minister, then foreign affairs minister Thorbjørn Jagland makes a political scandal when he jokingly refers to Gabon's president Omar Bongo, due for a state visit to Norway, as "Bongo from Congo".{{Cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2001/02/07/240423.html|title=Ytterst pinlig|publisher=Dagbladet|date=7 February 2001|access-date=3 March 2008|language=no}}
• February – Around 40,000 people in Oslo march in a rally to express their outrage and devastation over the racially motivated murder in Holmlia, Oslo of a young black Norwegian boy, Benjamin Hermansen at the hands of a group af neo-Nazis. Marches take place simultaneously all over Norway.

• 25 March – The Schengen Agreement treaty comes into force in Norway.

• 18 June – The state-owned oil and gas company Statoil is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

• August – The Bratsberg Line in Nedre Telemark closes down. It was opened in 1917.
• 25 August – Wedding of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, and Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby.

• 10 September – The 2001 Norwegian parliamentary election takes place. The Norwegian Labour Party won a plurality of votes and seats, closely followed by the Conservative Party. The Labour Party was unable to form a government, and a centre-right coalition of the Conservative Party, the Christian People's Party and the Liberal Party was formed, led by Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of the Christian Democratic Party.

• 19 October – Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik's Second Cabinet was appointed.

• 3 November – Population Census: 4,520,900 inhabitants in Norway.
• 17 November – Eurasian harvest mouse is observed in Norway for the first time.

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• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

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• Jan Kjærstad is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for The Discoverer.{{cite web|url=http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/nordic-council-prizes/nordisk-raads-litteraturpris/winners-of-the-nordic-council-literature-prize/2001 |website=norden.org |title=Nordic Council Literature Prize |archive-date=27 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127125825/http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/nordic-council-prizes/nordisk-raads-litteraturpris/winners-of-the-nordic-council-literature-prize/2001 |access-date=17 November 2020 }}

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• 12 January – Vilde Nilsen, Paralympic cross-country skier and biathlete
• 16 April – Mia Svele, handball player
• 14 July – Maren Grøthe, politician.{{cite web |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=MARGRT |website=stortinget.no |title=Grøthe, Maren (2001-) |language=no |access-date=15 October 2021}}

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• 12 January – Gunnar Olram, actor and stage director (born 1908).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gunnar Olram |first1= |last1= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Gunnar_Olram |language=no |access-date=19 May 2025}}
• 17 January – Sigurd Vestad, cross country skier (born 1907)
• 20 January – Rønnaug Alten, actress (born 1910).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Rønnaug Alten |first=Svend Erik Løken |last=Larsen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Rønnaug_Alten |language=no |access-date=25 January 2025}}
• 26 January – Benjamin Hermansen, murder victim (born 1985)
• 4 February – Asbjørn Antoni Holm, politician (born 1921)
• 8 February – Ivo Caprino, film director and writer (born 1920)
• 8 February – Torkell Tande, politician (born 1901)
• 13 February – Knut Theodor Gleditsch, sports commentator (born 1938){{cite news|title=Markant sportsreporter |url=https://www.nb.no/items/17e6b0cca841f85babde8259fcdc6a75?page=5|work=Asker og Bærums budstikke|issue=38|date=14 February 2001|page=6|language=no}}
• 14 February – Olav Reiersøl, statistician and econometrician (born 1908)
• 8 March – David Sandved, architect (born 1912)
• 11 March – Finn Ferner, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (born 1920)
• 22 March – Rolf Birger Pedersen, football player and coach (born 1939)
• 28 March – Alf Frotjold, trade unionist (born 1929){{cite journal|last=Hansen|first=Stig-Audun|year=1999|title=Alf Frotjold (1929–2001)|journal=Arbeiderhistorie|issue=2001|pages=252–253|language=Norwegian}}
• 29 March – Helge Ingstad, explorer (born 1899)
• 4 April – Sverre Engen, skier, ski coach, ski area manager and filmmaker in America (born 1911)
• 10 April – Knut Andreas Knudsen, politician (born 1919)
• 12 April – Reidar Hirsti, newspaper editor and politician (born 1925)
• 24 April – Gro Anita Schønn, singer (born 1950).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gro Anita Schønn |first=Jon Vidar |last=Bergan |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Gro_Anita_Schønn |language=no |access-date=6 April 2024}}
• 26 April – Sverre Walter Rostoft, politician and Minister (born 1912)
• 7 May – Thor Støre, politician (born 1924)
• 19 May – Vidkunn Hveding, politician and Minister (born 1921)
• 27 May – Knut Myrstad, politician (born 1913)
• 5 June – Sigmund P. Haave, politician (born 1916)
• 14 June – Andreas Wormdahl, politician (born 1911)

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• 2 July – Fredrik Stabel, illustrator and satirical writer (born 1914).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Fredrik Stabel |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Øystein |last=Øystå |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Fredrik_Stabel/utdypning |language=no |access-date=28 January 2013}}
• 15 July – Helge Rognlien, politician and Minister (born 1920)
• 21 July – Gudmund Grytøyr, politician (born 1920)
• 24 July – Sven Olsen, politician (born 1922)
• 31 August – Odd Steinar Holøs, politician (born 1922)
• 6 September – Dagny Hald, ceramist (born 1936).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Dagny Hald |first=Mats |last=Linder |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Dagny_Hald |language=no |access-date=2 June 2025}}
• 12 October – Gunnar Thorleif Hvashovd, politician (born 1924)
• 27 October – Ellisiv Steen, literary scholar (b. 1908).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ellisiv Andrea Steen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://www.snl.no/Ellisiv_Andrea_Steen |language=no |access-date=15 November 2020}}
• 1 November – Engly Lie, politician (born 1919)
• 3 November – Liv Paulsen, sprinter and shot putter (born 1925).
• 8 November – Alf Hellevik, philologist (born 1909).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Alf Hellevik |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Alf_Hellevik |language=no |access-date=22 May 2021}}
• 18 November – Roar Hauglid, art historian (born 1910).{{cite encyclopedia |title=Roar Hauglid |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Lauritz |last=Opstad |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Roar_Hauglid/utdypning |language=no|access-date=7 November 2012}}
• 1 December – Olav Mosebekk, illustrator and painter (born 1910).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Olav Mosebekk |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Lill-Ann |last=Jensen |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Olav_Mosebekk/utdypning |language=no |access-date=6 November 2012}}
• 10 December – Knut Fægri, botanist (born 1909)
• 15 December – Leif Kolflaath, politician (born 1927)
• 19 December – Jakob Weidemann, painter (born 1923)
• 28 December – Arne Rettedal, politician and Minister (born 1926)

• Odd Abrahamsen, poet (born 1924)
• Håkon Flood, professor of inorganic chemistry (born 1905)
• Henriette Bie Lorentzen, humanist, peace activist, feminist and editor (born 1911)
• Anfinn Lund, civil servant and politician (born 1926)
• Nils Slaatto, architect (born 1923)

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