2016 in Norway

Events in the year 2016 in Norway.

Incumbents

Monarch – Harald V
Prime Minister – Erna Solberg (Conservative).

Events

26 April – The CHC Helikopter Service Flight 241, carrying oil workers from the Gullfaks B platform in the North Sea, crashes near Turøy, and all thirteen crew and passengers die.{{cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/helikopterstyrten-i-hordaland/helikopterstyrt-i-hordaland-11-bekreftet-omkommet/a/23671189/ |title=Helikopterstyrt i Hordaland – 13 bekreftet omkommet |language=no |trans-title=Helicopter crash in Hordaland – 13 confirmed dead |newspaper=Verdens Gang |date=29 April 2016 |access-date=27 August 2016}}

Cultural events

=January=

21–24 January – Ice Music Festival in Geilo{{cite web|url=http://www.icemusicfestival.no/7 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150427061107/http://www.icemusicfestival.no/7 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-04-27 |title=Ice Music Festival 21 – 24 Jan 2016 |publisher=IceMusicFestival.no |access-date=2015-04-27 }}
27–30 January – Bodø Jazz Open in Bodø Municipality{{cite web |url=http://bodojazzopen.no/?a_id=1118&ac_parent=1 |title=Datoene for BJO 2016 er klare! |publisher=Bodø Jazz Open |access-date=2015-04-27}}
29 January-7 February – Nordlysfestivalen in Tromsø Municipality{{cite web|url=http://www.nordlysfestivalen.no/en |title=Nordlysfestivalen 2016: 29. januar til 7. februar |language=no |publisher=Nordlysfestivalen |access-date=2015-04-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429072524/http://www.nordlysfestivalen.no/en |archive-date=2015-04-29 }}

=February=

7 February – Oslo Operaball in Oslo
12–21 February – 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer

=March=

2–5 March – By:Larm 2016 in Oslo
5 March – 150th anniversary of the Storting building
4–13 March – Oslo International Church Music Festival 2016 in Oslo
23–26 March – Inferno Metal Festival 2016 in Oslo

=May=

28 May – 200th anniversary of the Norwegian Bible Society

Notable deaths

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5 January – Hanna-Marie Weydahl, pianist (b. 1922){{cite encyclopedia|title=Hanna-Marie Weydahl|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Hanna-Marie_Weydahl|language=no|access-date=18 February 2016}}
9 January – Elnar Seljevold, correspondent (b. 1934){{cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/ostfold/nrk-ostfolds-forste-distriktssjef-har-gatt-bort-1.12744215|title=NRK Østfolds første distriktssjef har gått bort|last=Enger|first=Jørn|date=11 January 2016|publisher=Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|language=no|access-date=4 February 2016}}
10 January – Bård Breivik, sculptor (b. 1948){{cite encyclopedia|title=Bård Breivik|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Bård_Breivik|language=no|access-date=28 January 2016}}
11 January – Berge Furre, politician (b. 1937){{cite encyclopedia|title=Berge Furre|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Berge_Furre|language=no|access-date=28 January 2016}}
12 January – Thor Furulund, painter (b. 1943){{cite encyclopedia|title=Thor Furulund|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Thor_Furulund|language=no|access-date=18 February 2016}}
18 January – Lars Roar Langslet, politician (b. 1936){{cite encyclopedia|title=Lars Roar Langslet|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Lars_Roar_Langslet|language=no|access-date=28 January 2016}}
18 January – Leif Dubard, radio personality (b. 1931){{cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/rampelys/hallo-mann-leif-dubard-er-doed/a/23600561/|title="Hallo-mann" Leif Dubard er død|last=Alvsing|first=Felicia|date=22 January 2016|work=VG|language=no|access-date=28 January 2016}}
18 January – Karsten Isachsen, priest and speaker (b. 1944){{cite encyclopedia|title=Karsten Isachsen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Karsten_Isachsen|language=no|access-date=28 January 2016}}
18 January – Nicolaus Zwetnow, sport shooter and physician (b. 1929){{cite news|title = Nicolaus Zwetnow|newspaper = Aftenposten|language = no|date =29 January 2016|author=Høyer, Svennik|author-link=Svennik Høyer|page=24|display-authors=etal}}
20 January – Helga Salvesen, physician (b. 1963){{cite news|title=Helga Birgitte Salvesen|date=6 February 2016|work=Aftenposten|author=Staff, Annetine|display-authors=etal|page=49|language=no}}
24 January – Fredrik Barth, social anthropologist (b. 1928){{cite encyclopedia|title=Fredrik Barth|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Fredrik_Barth|language=no|access-date=28 January 2016}}
25 January – Leif Solberg, composer (b. 1914){{cite encyclopedia|title=Leif Solberg|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Leif_Solberg|language=no|access-date=28 January 2016}}
30 January – Tias Eckhoff, designer (b. 1926){{cite encyclopedia|title=Tias Eckhoff|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Tias_Eckhoff|language=no|access-date=13 February 2016}}
1 February – Paul Cappelen, architect (b. 1928){{cite news|title =Paul Cappelen|newspaper = Aftenposten|language = no|date =18 February 2016|author=Dahle, Einar|page=40}}
2 February – Dag Gundersen, lexicographer (b. 1928){{cite encyclopedia|title=Dag Gundersen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Dag_Gundersen|language=no|access-date=18 February 2016}}
3 February – Arnold Weiberg-Aurdal, politician (b. 1925){{stortingetbio|ARWE|name=Arnold Weiberg-Aurdal}}
5 February – Carl E. Wang, politician (b. 1930){{stortingetbio|CAWA|name=Carl E. Wang}}
8 February – Erlend Østgaard, physicist (b. 1938){{cite encyclopedia|title=Erlend Østgaard|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Erlend_Østgaard|language=no|access-date=16 February 2017}}
10 February – Jakob Aano, politician (b. 1920){{cite encyclopedia|title=Jakob Aano|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Jakob_Aano|language=no|access-date=13 February 2016}}
12 February – Martin Jensen, athlete (b. 1942){{cite web|url=https://www.friidrett.no/nyheter/martin-jensen-1942-2016/|title=Martin Jensen (1942–2016)|last=Sandvig|first=Ole Petter|date=15 February 2016|publisher=Norwegian Athletics|language=no|access-date=18 February 2016}}
12 February – Sossen Krohg, actress (b. 1923){{cite encyclopedia|title=Sossen Krohg|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Sossen_Krohg|language=no|access-date=28 January 2016}}
12 February – Bergljot Hobæk Haff, novelist (b. 1925)
17 February – Arthur J. Aasland, businessperson (b. 1934){{cite news|title =Arthur J. Aasland|newspaper = Aftenposten|language = no|date =2 March 2016|author=Høibak, Ralph|author2=Bye, Ronald|author3=Wabakken, Arne|page=24}}
19 February – Harald Devold, jazz saxophonist (b. 1964){{cite news| url=http://www.nrk.no/finnmark/devold-matte-gi-tapt-for-kreft-1.12812243 | title=Devold måtte gi tapt for kreft | language=no | first=Stian | last=Strøm | publisher=NRK | date=2016-02-19 | access-date=2016-02-19}}
19 February – Jon Anders Helseth, radio and TV presenter (b. 1933){{cite news|agency=Norwegian News Agency|title= Jon Anders Helseth er død |language=no|date=23 February 2016}}
22 February – Christian Berg-Nielsen, diplomat (b. 1929){{cite encyclopedia|title=Christian Berg-Nielsen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Christian_Berg-Nielsen|language=no|access-date=27 February 2016}}
26 February – Ivan Kristoffersen, editor (b. 1931){{cite encyclopedia|title=Ivan Kristoffersen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Ivan_Kristoffersen|language=no|access-date=27 February 2016}}
28 February – Hallstein Rasmussen, civil servant (b. 1925){{cite news|agency=Norwegian News Agency|title=Hallstein Rasmussen er død|language=no|date=4 March 2016}}{{cite news|title =Hallstein Rasmussen|newspaper = Aftenposten|language = no|date =9 March 2016|author=Holmefjord, Liv|author2=Gullestad, Peter|author3=Vartdal, Knut|page=40}}
1 March – Magnhild Bråthen, concentration camp survivor (b. 1924){{cite news|agency=Norwegian News Agency|title=Tidsvitnet Magnhild Bråthen er død |language=no|date=2 March 2016}}
4 March – Thea Knutzen, politician (b. 1930){{stortingetbio|THKN|name=Thea Knutzen}}
5 March – Even Hansen, footballer (b. 1923)[http://www.aftenposten.no/dodsfall/#!page=0!name=even%20hansen Death announcement], Aftenposten
7 March – Magnus Ulleland, philologist (b. 1929){{cite encyclopedia|title=Magnus Ulleland|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://snl.no/Magnus_Ulleland|language=no|access-date=30 March 2016}}
11 March – Kari Diesen, Jr., entertainer (b. 1939){{cite news|agency=Norwegian News Agency|title=Kari Diesen d.y. er død|language=no|date=11 March 2016}}
20 March – Sveinung Valle, politician (b. 1959){{cite news|title =-Vi har mistet en klippe|newspaper = Bergens Tidende|language = no|date =22 March 2016|author=Mæland, Pål Andreas|pages=32–33}}
24 March – Johannes Elviken, speed skater (b. 1912)
30 March – Anne Aasheim, editor (b. 1962)
4 April – Jarle Bondevik, philologist (b. 1934)Death announcement, Aftenposten 7 April 2016 p. 48
5 April – Kari Børresen, theologian (b. 1932){{cite news|title =Kari Børresen|newspaper = Aftenposten|language = no|date =9 April 2016|author=Stensvold, Anne|author2=Mæland, Sidsel|page=53}}
4 April – Andris Snortheim, children's musician (b. 1950){{cite news|title=Andris Snortheim til minne|work=Klassekampen|author=Ellingsen, Jan Røed|date=22 April 2016|page=30|language=no|display-authors=etal}}
9 April – Finn Hodt, speed skater (b. 1919){{Cite web |title=Finn Hodt er død |url=http://www.drammenssk.org/news/finn-hodt-er-dod |publisher=Drammens SK|date=2016-04-10 |access-date=2016-04-11 |language=no}}
24 April – Jan Henrik Kayser, pianist (b. 1933){{cite encyclopedia|title=Jan Henrik Kayser|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Jan_Henrik_Kayser|language=no|access-date=6 May 2016}}
28 April – Fredrik Grønningsæter, bishop (b. 1923){{cite encyclopedia|title=Fredrik Grønningsæter|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://snl.no/Fredrik_Gr%C3%B8nnings%C3%A6ter|language=no|access-date=6 May 2016}}
5 May – Martha Seim Valeur, politician (b. 1923){{stortingetbio|MASV|name=Martha Seim Valeur}}
16 May – Bjarne Saltnes, politician (b. 1934){{stortingetbio|BJSA|name=Bjarne Saltnes}}
18 May – Astrid Gunnestad, editor and radio presenter (b. 1938)
18 May – Skjalg Jensen, politician (b. 1967){{cite news|title=Skjalg Jensen er død|work=Finnmark Dagblad|author=Østvik, Helle|date=23 May 2016|page=14|language=no}}
23 May – Arne Sandnes, politician (b. 1924){{cite news|title="Mr. Nord-Trøndelag" døde mandag|work=Namdalsavisa|author=Kirkedam, Ingvild|date=25 May 2016|page=8|language=no}}
23 May – Vera Henriksen, author (b. 1927){{cite encyclopedia|title=Vera Henriksen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://snl.no/Vera_Henriksen|language=no|access-date=20 June 2016}}
25 May – Per Øien, musician (b. 1937){{cite encyclopedia|title=Per Øien|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://snl.no/Per_%25C3%2598ien|language=no|access-date=20 June 2016}}
27 May – Kai G. Henriksen, businessman (b. 1956)
30 May – Jan Aas, footballer (b. 1944)[http://www.f-b.no/ffk/sport/fotball/ffk-vingen-jan-aas-er-dod/s/5-59-472633 FFK-vingen Jan Aas er død], Fredriksstad Blad (2 June 2016) {{in lang|no}}
31 May – Olav Djupvik, politician (b. 1931){{stortingetbio|OLDJ|name=Olav Djupvik}}
3 June – Arve Solstad, editor (b. 1935)
4 June – Geirmund Ihle, politician (b. 1934)[http://www.h-avis.no/haugesund/minneord/nyheter/geirmund-ihle-er-dod/s/5-62-269907 Geirmund Ihle er død] {{in lang|no}}
8 June – Terje Fjærn, band leader (b. 1942){{cite news|agency=Norwegian News Agency|title=Terje Fjærn er død|language=no|date=8 June 2016}}
10 June – Alfred Oftedal Telhaug, educationalist (b. 1934)
10 June – Per Bakken, industrialist (b. 1937){{cite news|title =Per Bakken|newspaper = Aftenposten|language = no|date =22 June 2016|author=Hartviksen, Ivar|page=40}}
11 June – Lars Skytøen, politician (b. 1929){{cite encyclopedia|title=Lars Skytøen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://snl.no/Lars_Skyt%C3%B8en|language=no|access-date=16 June 2016}}
12 June – Gunnar Gran, editor (b. 1931){{cite encyclopedia|title=Gunnar Gran|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Gunnar_Gran|language=no|access-date=16 June 2016}}
12 June – Dagfinn Gedde-Dahl, physician (b. 1937){{cite encyclopedia|title=Dagfinn Gedde-Dahl|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Dagfinn_Gedde-Dahl|language=no|access-date=7 July 2016}}
14 June – Per Hovdenakk, museum director (b. 1935){{cite encyclopedia|title=Per Hovdenakk|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Per_Hovdenakk|language=no|access-date=16 June 2016}}
15 June – Erik Enger, physician (b. 1927){{cite encyclopedia|title=Erik Enger|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Erik_Enger|language=no|access-date=25 July 2016}}
17 June – Willy Andresen, musician (b. 1921){{cite encyclopedia|title=Willy Andresen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Willy_Andresen|language=no|access-date=20 June 2016}}
17 June – Reidar Kvaal, resistance member (b. 1916){{cite news|title=Generalen og sabotøren Reidar Kvaal er død|work=Adresseavisen|date=22 June 2016|page=44|author=Hegvold, Ola|language=no}}{{cite news|title =Reidar Kvaal|newspaper = Aftenposten|language = no|date =24 June 2016|author=Ward, Geoffrey K.|page=36}}
18 June – Sverre Kjelsberg, musician (b. 1946)
27 June – Anfin Skaaheim, missionary leader (b. 1939){{cite news|agency=Norwegian News Agency|title=Tidligere misjonsleder Anfin Skaaheim er død|language=no|date=27 June 2016}}
27 June – Stein Madsen, footballer (b. 1954){{cite news|title =Stein Madsen|newspaper = Aftenposten|language = no|date =13 July 2016|author=Jørstad, Jonas|page=24}}{{cite news|url=http://www.vif-fotball.no/latest-news/article/9kxc81yz3fyx1k24dipxi3akv/title/stein-madsen-er-dod|title=Stein Madsen er død|last=Teigøy|first=Jarle|date=28 June 2016|publisher=Vålerenga Fotball|language=no|access-date=13 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706024202/http://www.vif-fotball.no/latest-news/article/9kxc81yz3fyx1k24dipxi3akv/title/stein-madsen-er-dod|archive-date=6 July 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
28 June – Ragnar Pedersen, ethnologist (b. 1941){{cite news|title=Ragnar Pedersen|date=23 October 2016|work=Hamar Arbeiderblad|language=no}}
29 June – Gunnar Garbo, politician (b. 1924){{stortingetbio|GUGA|name=Gunnar Garbo}}
29 June – Frode Nilsen, diplomat (b. 1923){{cite encyclopedia|title=Frode Nilsen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Frode_Nilsen|language=no|access-date=7 July 2016}}
4 July – Kjell Olaf Jensen, literary critic (b. 1946){{cite news|agency=Norwegian News Agency|title=Litteraturkritiker Kjell Olaf Jensen er død|language=no|date=5 July 2016}}
14 July – Tor Lian, handball official (b. 1945){{cite news|url=https://www.idrettsforbundet.no/Nyhet/den-tidligere-handballederen-tor-lian-er-dod/|title=Den tidligere håndballederen Tor Lian er død|last=Singdahlsen|first=Karl Filip|date=15 July 2016|publisher=Norwegian Confederation of Sports|language=no|access-date=25 August 2016}}
22 July – Geir Myhre, ice hockey player (b. 1954){{cite encyclopedia|title=Geir Myhre|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Geir_Myhre|language=no|access-date=25 July 2016}}
23 July – Carl Falck, wholesaler (b. 1907){{cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/personalia/Nekrolog-Carl-Falck-602185b.html|title=Carl Falck|last1=Bogerud|first1=Bjørn|last2=Gudding|first2=Roar|last3=Sæteren|first3=Liv|date=15 August 2016|work=Aftenposten|language=no|access-date=25 August 2016}}
24 July – Håkon Fimland, hurdler (b. 1942){{cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/sognogfjordane/hakon-fimland-er-dod-1.13056989|title=Håkon Fimland er død|last=Agledal|first=Henrik Halvorsen|date=24 July 2016|publisher=Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|language=no|access-date=25 August 2016}}
28 July – Marianne Ihlen, person (b. 1935){{Cite news| title = Marianne Ihlen, Leonard Cohens norske ekskjæreste, er død| work = Aftenposten | date = 29 July 2016 | access-date = 2016-08-17 | url = http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Marianne-Ihlen_-Leonard-Cohens-norske-ekskjareste_-er-dod-601119b.html | language = no }}
31 July – Jon Klette, jazz saxophonist (b. 1962){{cite encyclopedia|title=Jon Klette|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Jon_Klette|language=no|access-date=11 August 2016}}{{cite news|title =Jon Klette|newspaper = Aftenposten|language = no|date =24 August 2016|author=Johansen, Gisle|page=36|author2=Stendahl, Bjørn}}
31 July – Kjell Underlid, psychologist (b. 1950){{Cite web |url=https://www.fo.no/nyheter/minneord-for-kjell-underlid-article12306-1164.html |title=Amano, Marcos. 2016. Minneord for Kjell Underlid. FO Hordaland. |access-date=2016-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003175258/https://www.fo.no/nyheter/minneord-for-kjell-underlid-article12306-1164.html |archive-date=2016-10-03 |url-status=dead }}
4 August – Eivald Røren, scientist (b. 1932){{cite news|title =Eivald Michael Røren|newspaper = Aftenposten|language = no|date =10 August 2016|author=Vahl, Trond|author2=Mathiesen, Tor-Christian|author3=Haraldsrud, Haakon Eriksen|page=36}}
5 August – Erling Ree-Pedersen, tax director (b. 1922)Obituaries and death announcement, Moss Avis 11 August 2016, pp. 22–23
6 August – Jan Wilsgaard, Volvo designer (b. 1930)
9 August – Per Müller, singer (b. 1932)Death announcement, Aftenposten 13 August 2016
10 August – Helen Brinchmann, actress (b. 1918){{cite encyclopedia|title=Helen Brinchmann|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|date=25 January 2021|url=https://snl.no/Helen_Brinchmann|language=no|access-date=19 November 2021}}
11 August – Sigbjørn Ravnåsen, politician (b. 1941){{stortingetbio|SIGR|name=Sigbjørn Ravnåsen}}
13 August – Holger Ursin, professor of medicine (b. 1934){{cite news|title =Holger Ursin|newspaper = Aftenposten|language = no|date =15 August 2016|author=Norum, Kaare|author-link=Kaare R. Norum}}
15 August – Knut Kjøk, fiddler (b. 1948){{cite encyclopedia|title=Knut Kjøk|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=https://snl.no/Knut_Kjøk|language=no|access-date=11 March 2018}}
16 August – Knut Aunbu, television producer (b. 1943){{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
18 August – Fred Nøddelund, musician (b. 1947){{cite news|title =Fred Nøddelund|newspaper = Aftenposten|language = no|date =24 August 2016|author=Berg, Eigil|page=36|display-authors=etal}}
22 August – Per Lønning, bishop and politician (b. 1928){{cite encyclopedia|title=Per Lønning|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=https://snl.no/Per_L%C3%B8nning|language=no|access-date=25 August 2016}}
23 August – Berit Mørdre, skier (b. 1940){{cite encyclopedia|title=Berit Mørdre|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://snl.no/Berit_M%C3%B8rdre|language=no|access-date=30 August 2016}}
26 August – Harald Grønningen, skier (b. 1934){{cite encyclopedia|title=Harald Grønningen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://snl.no/Harald_Gr%C3%B8nningen|language=no|access-date=30 August 2016}}
30 August – Peter Wollnick, radio presenter (b. 1927){{cite news|title =Peter Wollnick|newspaper = Aftenposten|language = no|date =9 September 2016|author=Eriksen, Jan|page=28|display-authors=etal}}
1 September – Leif Mæhle, philologist (b. 1927){{cite encyclopedia|title=Leif Magnar Mæhle|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://snl.no/Leif_Magnar_M%C3%A6hle|language=no|access-date=8 September 2016}}
2 September – Thorstein Sandholt, speed skater (b. 1935)[skoyter-15-46-6.origo.no/-/bulletin/show/868357_juniormesteren-fra-1957-er-doed Juniormesteren fra 1957 er død]
3 September – Jan Otto Hauge, editor (b. 1945){{cite news|title =Jan Otto Hauge|newspaper = Aftenposten|language = no|date =9 September 2016|author=Geard, Kathrine|page=28|display-authors=etal}}
3 September – Jan Nilsen, footballer (b. 1937){{cite news|url=http://www.f-b.no/ffk/lisleby-fk/fotball/eks-lisleby-og-ffk-spiller-dod/s/5-59-536590|title=Eks Lisleby- og FFK-spiller død|date=6 September 2016|access-date=9 September 2016|author=Vidar Henriksen|language=no|work=Fredriksstad Blad}}
10 September – Knut Wiggen, composer (b. 1927){{cite encyclopedia|title=Knut Wiggen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://snl.no/Knut_Wiggen|language=no|access-date=23 September 2016}}
10 September – Sonja Barth, environmentalist (b. 1923){{cite news|title=Sonja Louise Barth|last=Wollum|first=Lars Otto|date=22 September 2016|work=Aftenposten|page=41|language=no}}
11 September – Per Brandtzæg, professor of medicine (b. 1936){{cite encyclopedia|title=Per Brandtzæg|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://snl.no/Per_Brandtz%C3%A6g|language=no|access-date=23 September 2016}}
12 September – Tor Brustad, biophysicist (b. 1926){{cite news |title=Professor emeritus Tor Brustad døydde 12. september, nær 90 år |first1=Jan Vincents |last1=Johannessen |author-link1=Jan Vincents Johannessen |first2=Vidar |last2=Jetne |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/personalia/Nekrolog-Tor-Brustad-604978b.html |newspaper=Aftenposten |date=20 September 2016 |access-date=28 September 2016 |language=no }}
15 September – Haakon Sørbye, resistance member (b. 1920){{cite news|title=Nekrolog: Haakon Sørbye |first=Helga|last=Arntzen |work=Aftenposten |date=20 September 2016 |access-date=26 September 2016 |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/personalia/Nekrolog-Haakon-Sorbye-604979b.html |language=no}}
21 September – Ragnar Hvidsten, footballer (b. 1926){{NFT player|52025|name=Ragnar Hvidsten}}
22 September – Svein Gunnar Morgenlien, politician (b. 1922){{stortingetbio|SVMR|name=Svein Gunnar Morgenlien}}
24 September – Wenche Lowzow, politician (b. 1926){{stortingetbio|WELO|name=Wenche Bryn Lowzow}}
26 September – Wilhelm Mohr, aviation officer (b. 1917){{cite news|title=Krigshelt Wilhelm Mohr er død |url=https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/krigshelt-wilhelm-mohr-er-dod-1.13152259 |language=no |access-date=27 September 2016 |work=NRK}}
26 September – Jens Lothe, physicist (b. 1931)[http://www.aftenposten.no/personalia/Nekrolog-Jens-Lothe-606115b.html Obituary]
28 September – Gunnar Block Watne, industrialist (b. 1929){{cite encyclopedia|title=Gunnar Block Watne|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Gunnar_Block_Watne|language=no|access-date=8 October 2016}}
30 September – Lilleba Lund Kvandal, opera singer (b. 1940)[http://www.aftenposten.no/personalia/Nekrolog-Lilleba-Lund-Kvandal-606298b.html Obituary]
2 October – Georg Apenes, politician (b. 1940){{stortingetbio|GEAP|name=Georg Apenes}}
8 October – Jan "Jonas" Gulbrandsen, footballer (b. 1933)[http://www.aftenposten.no/dodsfall#!page=0!name=jonas%20gulbrandsen Death announcement]
10 October – Hans Petter Langtangen, computer scientist (b. 1962)[http://www.aftenposten.no/personalia/Nekrolog-Hans-Petter-Langtangen-606633b.html Obituary]
10 October – Christian Erlandsen, physician and politician (b. 1926){{stortingetbio|CHER|name=Christian Erlandsen}}
10 October – Benn Mikalsen, politician (b. 1956){{stortingetbio|BM|name=Benn Mikalsen}}
15 October – Per Rune Wølner, footballer (b. 1949)[http://www.dt.no/minneord/godset/sport/minneord-per-rune-wolner/s/5-57-472168 Minneord: Per Rune Wølner], Drammens Tidende (21 October 2016). Retrieved 26 October 2016. {{in lang|no}}
21 October – Kjell Aas, physician (b. 1924)[http://www.aftenposten.no/personalia/Nekrolog-Kjell-Aas-608246b.html Obituary]
24 October – Johan Stølan, politician (b. 1939){{cite web | url=http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/sortrondelag/2016/10/25/Tidligere-ordf%C3%B8rer-er-d%C3%B8d-13693738.ece | title=(+)Tidligere ordfører er død | date=25 October 2016 }}
25 October – Bjørn Lidin Hansen, footballer (b. 1989)[http://www.itromso.no/sport/2016/10/31/Fotballprofil-Bj%C3%B8rn-Lidin-Hansen-27-er-d%C3%B8d-13720740.ece Fotballprofil Bjørn Lidin Hansen (27) er død]
30 October – Leif Einar Plahter, art historian (b. 1929)[http://www.aftenposten.no/personalia/Nekrolog-Leif-Einar-Plahter-608336b.html Obituary]
1 November – Sverre Andersen, footballer (b. 1936){{cite encyclopedia|title=Sverre Andersen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Sverre_Andersen|language=no|access-date=5 November 2016}}
3 November – Turid Karlsen Seim, theologian (b. 1945){{cite encyclopedia|title=Turid Karlsen Seim|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Turid_Karlsen_Seim|language=no|access-date=8 November 2016}}
7 November – Birger Jansen, ice hockey player (b. 1948){{cite encyclopedia|title=Birger Jansen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Birger_Jansen|language=no|access-date=8 November 2016}}
11 November – Lauritz Bernhard Sirevaag, politician (b. 1926){{stortingetbio|LASR|name=Lauritz Bernhard Sirevaag}}
13 November – Aslaug Fadum, politician (b. 1925){{stortingetbio|ASFD|name=Aslaug Fadum}}
22 November – Per Sundby, physician (b. 1926){{cite encyclopedia|title=Per Sundby|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Per_Sundby|language=no|access-date=5 December 2016}}
25 November – Marit Kalstad, children's writer (b. 1931){{Cite web|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/personalia/Nekrolog-Marit-Kalstad-610495b.html|title=Nekrolog: Marit Kalstad}}
26 November – Alv Gjestvang, speed skater (b. 1937){{cite encyclopedia|title=Alv Gjestvang|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Alv_Gjestvang|language=no|access-date=28 November 2016}}
26 November – Ida Blom, historian (b. 1931){{cite encyclopedia|title=Ida Blom|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Ida_Blom|language=no|access-date=5 December 2016}}
27 November – Eystein Paasche, botanist (b. 1932){{cite encyclopedia|title=Eystein Karl Mørner Paasche|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Eystein_Karl_Mørner_Paasche|language=no|access-date=2 July 2021}}

2 December – Tove Kari Viken, politician (b. 1942){{stortingetbio|TKV|name=Tove Kari Viken}}
6 December – Jan Frøystein Halvorsen, Supreme Court Justice (b. 1928){{cite encyclopedia|title=Jan Frøystein Halvorsen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Jan_Fr%C3%B8ystein_Halvorsen|language=no|access-date=30 December 2016}}
11 December – Oddvar S. Kvam, composer (b. 1927){{cite encyclopedia|title=Oddvar S. Kvam|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Oddvar_S._Kvam|language=no|access-date=26 December 2016}}
14 December – Arnie Norse, entertainer (b. 1925)
18 December – Rolf Trygve Busch, diplomat (b. 1920){{cite encyclopedia|title=Rolf Trygve Busch|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Rolf_Trygve_Busch|language=no|access-date=26 December 2016}}
18 December – Vibeke Knudsen, diplomat (b. 1948){{cite encyclopedia|title=Vibeke Knudsen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Vibeke_Knudsen|language=no|access-date=26 December 2016}}
19 December – Anne Borg, dancer (b. 1936){{cite encyclopedia|title=Anne Borg|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Anne_Borg|language=no|access-date=26 December 2016}}
26 December – Joachim Calmeyer, actor (b. 1931){{cite encyclopedia|title=Joachim Calmeyer|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Joachim_Calmeyer|language=no|access-date=30 December 2016}}

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