2007 in Norway

• Monarch – Harald V
• Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg

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• 13 January – The Greek ship Server breaks in half off the Norwegian coast, releasing over 200 tons of crude oil.
• 15 January – TV 2 Nyhetskanalen starts broadcasting and becomes Norway's first 24-hour news channel.

• 9 March – Gerd-Liv Valla resigns as the leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.
• 10 March – Worker's Communist Party and Red Electoral Alliance, as well as their common youth organization Red Youth, merge to become the Red Party.
• 12 March – In a radio interview on NRK P3, painter Marianne Aulie names two people who attempted to drug and rape her.

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• 3 April – A 41-year-old man admits to have killed Inger Johanne Apenes in 1978 as a 13-year-old.
• 12 April – Eight people are killed when the Norwegian supply vessel Bourbon Dolphin capsized off the coast of Shetland and sank three days later while preparations were being made to tow her to shore.
• 26–27 April – NATO summit in Oslo.
• 30 April – A 35-year-old woman and her 7-year-old niece is found murdered in Overhalla Municipality in Nord-Trøndelag. The woman's ex-husband was later arrested for the murder.

• 17 May – Docks located in Trondheim are completely destroyed in a fire.

• 23 August – Per Ditlev-Simonsen resigned as mayor of Oslo after it was revealed that he held a secret Swiss bank account for which he did not pay the Norwegian wealth tax on.

• 10 September – Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

• 1 October – The merging of the oil businesses between the two Norwegian companies Norsk Hydro and Statoil, to form StatoilHydro, which was announced in December 2006, is completed.

• 24 November – 3 people are killed and 24 are injured when a bus overturns in the Verdal Municipality.
• 28 November – Terra Securities files for bankruptcy as a result of the Terra Securities scandal.

• 1 December – The Lofoten Mainland Connection officially opens, giving direct access to Lofoten from the surrounding municipalities.
• 12 December – Statfjord oil spill: thousands of tonnes of oil were spilled into the North Sea during the loading of a tanker at the Statfjord oil field. The spill, estimated at 21,750 barrels (approx 3,000 metric tons), was Norway's second largest ever oil spill.
• 30 December – Five people were seriously injured after an explosion in a residential building in Lund Municipality in Rogaland. The explosion occurred due to tampering with fireworks.

File:Norsk stemmeurne.jpg|Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

• The Laid company is founded.

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• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

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• 2 February – The Junior Olsen Gang and the Silver Mine Mystery, directed by Arne Lindtner Næss, was released in Norway.{{cite book |title=Filmen i Norge. Norske kinofilmer 1995–2011 |editor-first =Jan Erik |editor-last=Holst |year=2011 |publisher=Gyldendal | language=no |isbn=978-82-05-41398-6 |pages=244–245}}
• 23 February – USA vs. Al-Arian, directed by Line Halvorsen, was released in Norway.{{cite book |title=Filmen i Norge. Norske kinofilmer 1995–2011 |editor-first =Jan Erik |editor-last=Holst |year=2011 |publisher=Gyldendal | language=no |isbn=978-82-05-41398-6 |page=248}}
• 2 March – Mirush, directed by Marius Holst, was released in Norway.{{cite book |title=Filmen i Norge. Norske kinofilmer 1995–2011 |editor-first =Jan Erik |editor-last=Holst |year=2011 |publisher=Gyldendal | language=no |isbn=978-82-05-41398-6 |pages=248–249}}
• 30 March – On a Tightrope, directed by Petr Lom, was released in Norway. The film was awarded Grand Prix at the Chicago International Documentary Film Festival 2007.{{cite book |title=Filmen i Norge. Norske kinofilmer 1995–2011 |editor-first =Jan Erik |editor-last=Holst |year=2011 |publisher=Gyldendal | language=no |isbn=978-82-05-41398-6 |page=253}}

• The novella Andvake by Jon Fosse is published.{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/kultur/andvake-1.3194554 |website=nrk.no |title=Andvake |date=15 August 2007 |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=no }} In 2015, Fosse was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for Andvake, Olavs draumar and Kveldsvævd.{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/kultur/fosse-vant-nordisk-rads-litteraturpris-1.12624644 |website=nrk.no |title=Nordisk råds litteraturpris til Jon Fosse |date=27 October 2015 |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=no }}

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• 17 January – Tor Hagfors, scientist, radio astronomer and radar expert (b.1930)
• 17 January – Olav Per Sætren, politician (b.1935).{{stortingetbio|OLS_E|name=Olav Per Sætren}}
• 25 January – Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, comparative physiologist (b.1915)
• 29 January – Jens Marcussen, politician (b.1926)
• 29 January – Yngvar Ustvedt, writer (born 1928).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Yngvar Ustvedt |first1= |last1= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Yngvar_Ustvedt |language=no |access-date=28 December 2024}}
• 11 February – Lorentz Eldjarn, biochemist and medical doctor (born 1920).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Lorentz Eldjarn |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Lars |last=Walløe |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Lorentz_Eldjarn/utdypning |language=no |access-date=17 June 2013}}
• 12 March – Hege Nerland, politician (b.1966)
• 21 March – Sven O. Høiby, journalist (b.1936)
• 31 March – Tom Martinsen, photographer (b. 1943).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Tom Martinsen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon|location=Oslo|url=https://snl.no/Tom_Martinsen |language=no |access-date=26 July 2020 }}
• 13 April – Johan M. Nyland, politician (b.1931)
• 25 April – Arne Vinje Gunnerud, sculptor (born 1930).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Arne Vinje Gunnerud |first1= |last1= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Arne_Vinje_Gunnerud |language=no |access-date=31 December 2024}}
• 29 April – Arve Opsahl, film and stage actor, singer and stand-up comedian (b.1921)
• 29 April – Weiert Velle, veterinarian (b.1925).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Weiert Velle |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Weiert_Velle |language=no|access-date=24 September 2018}}
• 23 May – Tron Øgrim, journalist, author and politician (b.1947)
• 24 May – Hans Bjørnstad, ski jumper and World Champion (b.1928)
• 27 May – Ole J. Kleppa, physical chemist (b.1920)
• 12 June – Ingolf Håkon Teigene, journalist and editor (b.1949)
• 15 June – Thor Gystad, politician (b.1919)
• 10 July – Jon Fossum, orienteer and politician (b.1923).{{stortingetbio|JBFO|name=Fossum, Jon Bäckstrøm ( 1923–2007 ) |accessdate=28 June 2014}}
• 18 July – Sigurd Kalheim, politician (b.1927)
• 25 July – Bjørn Egge, military officer (b.1918)
• 27 July – Arnt Gudleik Hagen, politician (b.1928)
• 6 August (in the United States) – Atle Selberg, mathematician (b.1917).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Atle Selberg |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Nils Andreas |last=Baas |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Atle_Selberg/utdypning |language=no |access-date=12 November 2012}}
• 16 August – Henrik Svensen, politician (b.1904)
• 21 August – Herman Hebler, printmaker and graphic artist (b.1911)
• 21 September – Hallgeir Brenden, cross country skier and double Olympic gold medallist (b.1928)
• 11 October – Stephan Tschudi-Madsen, art historian (b.1923)
• 12 October – Egil Bergsland, politician (b.1924)
• 16 October – Ragnar Pedersen, illustrator ("Joker"), magazine editor and revue writer (b 1942).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ragnar Pedersen |first=Øyvind |last=Reisegg |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ragnar_Joker_Pedersen |language=no|access-date=24 September 2018}}
• 12 November – Tinius Nagell-Erichsen, publisher (b.1933)
• 16 November – Trond Kirkvaag, comedian, actor, imitator, screenwriter, author, director and television host (b.1946)
• 27 November – Svein Johannessen, chess player, became Norway's second International Master (b.1937)
• 13 December – Wiggo Hanssen, speed skater (b.1923)
• 30 December – Laila Kaland, politician (b.1939)
• 31 December – Sverre Helland, politician (b.1924)

• Finn Hødnebø, philologist (b.1919).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Finn Hødnebø |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Finn_Hødnebø |language=no|access-date=24 September 2018}}
• Ove Liavaag, civil servant (b.1938).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ove Liavaag |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ove_Liavaag |language=no|access-date=24 September 2018}}
• Alf Nordvang, actor and theatre director (b.1931).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Alf Nordvang |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Alf_Nordvang |language=no|access-date=24 September 2018}}

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