2002 in Norway

• Monarch – Harald V
• Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party)

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• 27 February – Metropol TV ceases broadcasting because of financial difficulties.

• 24 May – Ari Behn marries Princess Märtha Louise of Norway in Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.

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• June – World Bank Oslo 2002 Protests

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• Lars Saabye Christensen is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for The Half Brother.{{cite web|url=http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/nordic-council-prizes/nordisk-raads-litteraturpris/winners-of-the-nordic-council-literature-prize/2002 |website=norden.org |title=Nordic Council Literature Prize |archive-date=27 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127052512/http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/nordic-council-prizes/nordisk-raads-litteraturpris/winners-of-the-nordic-council-literature-prize/2002 |access-date=17 November 2020 }}

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• 21 February – Marcus & Martinus Gunnarsen, two identical brothers singers
• 12 May – Birgitta Elisa Oftestad, cellist
• 5 September – Alessandra Mele, Norwegian-Italian singer

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• 1 January – Arne Røgden, bobsledder (born 1917)
• 20 January – Knut Thomassen, actor and theatre director (born 1921).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Knut Thomassen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Knut_Thomassen |language=no |access-date=11 January 2024}}
• 24 January – Ragnar Horn, politician (born 1913)
• 31 January – Jens P. Flå, politician (born 1923)
• 1 February – Sigurd Berge, composer (born 1928)
• 27 February – Tord Godal, bishop (born 1909).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Tord Godal |first=Hallgeir |last=Elstad |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Tord_Godal |language=no |access-date=23 January 2025}}
• 19 March – Egil Storbekken, folk musician (born 1911).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Egil Storbekken |first=Bjørn |last=Aksdal |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Egil_Storbekken |language=no |access-date=23 January 2025}}
• 18 April – Thor Heyerdahl, ethnographer and adventurer (born 1914)
• 29 April – Sverre Bratland, military leader (born 1917)
• 1 May – Birger Tvedt, physician (born 1910).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Birger Tvedt |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Jørn-Kr. |last=Jørgensen |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Birger_Tvedt/utdypning |language=no |access-date=7 November 2012}}
• 17 June – Stein Ove Berg, singer and songwriter (born 1948).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Stein Ove Berg |first=Jon Vidar |last=Bergan |first2=Espen |last2=Tørset |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Stein_Ove_Berg |language=no |access-date=16 January 2025}}
• 29 June – Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist (born 1931)
• 10 August – Kristen Nygaard, mathematician, computer programming language pioneer and politician (born 1926)
• 26 September – Eleonore Bjartveit, politician and Minister (born 1924)
• 2 October – Martin Mehren, businessperson and sportsperson (born 1905).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Martin Mehren |first=Per Roger |last=Lauritzen |author-link=Per Roger Lauritzen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Martin_Mehren |language=no |access-date=16 January 2025}}
• 4 October – Per Bronken, actor and writer (born 1935).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Per Bronken |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Per_Bronken |language=no |access-date=22 January 2025}}
• 10 October – Joseph Grimeland, sculptor (born 1916).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Joseph Grimeland |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Joseph_Grimeland |language=no |access-date=23 January 2025}}
• 10 October – Sverre L. Mo, politician (born 1915)
• 19 October – Guy Krohg, painter, scenographer (born 1917).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Guy Krohg |first=Anny Bo |last=Fremmerlid |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Guy_Krohg |language=no |access-date=20 January 2025}}
• 25 October – Edith Ranum, crime fiction writer (born 1922).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Edith Ranum |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Edith_Ranum |language=no |access-date=19 January 2025}}
• 31 October – Knut Rumohr, painter (born 1916).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Knut Lindstrøm Rumohr |first=Anny Bo |last=Fremmelid |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Knut_Lindstrøm_Rumohr |language=no |access-date=23 January 2025}}
• 15 November – Hans Jørgen Toming, visual artist and designer (b. 1933).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Hans Jørgen Toming |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Rune |last=Larsstuvold |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Hans_Jørgen_Toming | language=no |access-date=30 October 2018}}
• 24 November – Odd Lien, newspaper editor and politician (born 1915)
• 5 December – Magnar Sætre, politician (born 1940)
• 20 December – Tore Tønne, politician and Minister (born 1948)
• 21 December – Arnljot Høyland, mathematical statistician (born 1924).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Arnljot Høyland |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Arnljot_Høyland |language=no |access-date=16 January 2025}}
• 21 December – Harald U. Lied, politician (born 1927)
• 24 December – Kjell Aukrust, author, poet and artist (born 1920).{{cite encyclopedia |title=Kjell Aukrust |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |first1=Finn |last1=Jor |author-link1=Finn Jor |editor-link=Knut Helle |editor-last=Helle |editor-first=Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Kjell_Aukrust |language=no |access-date= 1 January 2020}}

• Odd Chr. Gøthe, civil servant and politician (born 1919)
• Johan Berthin Holte, businessperson (born 1915)
• Nils Peder Langvand, judge (born 1929)
• Oddrunn Pettersen, politician and Minister (born 1937)
• Fritz Røed, sculptor (born 1928)
• Einar Skinnarland, resistance fighter (born 1918)
• Knut Tjønneland, politician (born 1907)

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