2013 in Norway

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Events in the year 2013 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Harald V
• Prime Minister - Jens Stoltenberg (Norwegian Labour Party (until 16 October)
• Prime Minister - Erna Solberg (Conservative (from 16 October)

Events

• 16–19 January – Five Norwegians died in the In Amenas hostage crisis.
• 17 January – A lorry full of highly-flammable goat-whey cheese caught fire in a road tunnel near Narvik. The high fat and sugar content of the brunost kept the raging conflagration burning for four days and the tunnel was impassable and badly damaged.
• 19 February – The Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs unanimously criticised Stoltenberg's Cabinet for lack of security arrangement before the 2011 Norway attacks.
• 6 May – Gerd Kristiansen was elected leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
• 28 May – Oslo city council decided to build a new Munch Museum in Bjørvika.
• 1 July – It was announced that the Södra Cell Tofte pulp mill will close.
• 17 July – Marte Dalelv was convicted for extramarital sex and perjury after having reported a man to the police in Dubai for rape. She was later pardoned.
• 5 August – A female employee at the Labour and Welfare Service in Oslo was stabbed at work and died five days later.
• 17 August – The Hardanger Bridge was opened.
• 9 September – In the Norwegian parliamentary election, 2013 the non-socialist parties won a plurality. The Green Party gained a representative in parliament for the first time.
• 9 September – Fifty-five percent of voters in Oslo voted in favour of the Oslo bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
• 30 September – After negotiations, the Conservative Party and the Progress Party agreed to form a new cabinet while the Liberal Party and Christian Democratic Party agreed to support the cabinet in Parliament.
• 7 October – The Conservative and Progress parties presented a political platform for an Erna Solberg cabinet.
• 16 October – Erna Solberg became prime minister in Solberg's Cabinet; the Progress party were represented in government for the first time.
• 23 October – The Supreme Court ruled that a time limit of 25 years for individual fishing quotas does not violate the Constitution of Norway.
• 4 November – Three people died in the 2013 Valdresekspressen hijacking.
• 16 November – Cyclone Hilde struck Trøndelag and Helgeland.
• 3 December – PISA 2012 showed Norwegian pupils scoring below average in mathematics, and generally worse than in 2009.
• 5 December – Seven pioneer divers in the North sea won a case against Norway in the European Court of Human Rights for financial compensation for injuries.
• 10 December – The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.
• 10 December – Joshua French was indicted for the murder of Tjostolv Moland.
• 12 December – Hurricane Ivar struck Central Norway; 53,000 households lost electricity.
• 24 December – A storm struck many areas of the country on Christmas Eve.

Sports and Popular culture

Chess

• 1 April: Magnus Carlsen won the 2013 Candidate tournament in Chess and became the challenger to Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship in November 2013.
• 11 August – 2 September – The Chess World Cup 2013 was hosted in Tromsø.
• 9-22 November – Carlsen won the 2013 World Chess Championship match 6½–3½ against Anand, thus becoming the new world chess champion.

Music

Main article: 2013 in Norwegian music

• "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)", an electronic dance song and viral video by the comedy duo Ylvis, was the top trending video of 2013 on YouTube.
• 9 October - Ylvis performs their viral hit "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Anniversaries

File:Camilla Collett 1839.jpg

200 years since the birth of Camilla Collett

• 23 January – 200 years since the birth of Camilla Collett
• 11 June - 100 years since general suffrage for women in Norway
• 5 August – 200 years since the birth of Ivar Aasen

Notable deaths

• 2 January - Dag Lyseid, footballer and politician (b. 1954)
• 3 January - Preben Munthe, economist (b. 1922)
• 3 January - Lars T. Bjella, politician (b. 1922)
• 4 January - Petter Fauchald, footballer (b. 1930)
• 5 January - Trygve Goa, printmaker (b. 1925)
• 7 January - Helge B. Andresen, businessperson (b. 1935)
• 8 January - Asbjørn Aarnes, literary historian (b. 1923)
• 14 January - Morten Mølster, guitarist (b. 1962)
• 18 January - Borghild Niskin, alpine skier (b. 1924)
• 18 January - Svein Magnus Håvarstein, sculptor (b. 1942)
• 19 January - Viggo Hagstrøm, law scholar (b. 1954)
• 25 January - Aase Nordmo Løvberg, opera singer (b. 1923)
• 25 January - Arne Berg, ice hockey player (b. 1931)
• 1 February - Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, musicologist (b. 1926)
• 2 February - Tarjei Rygnestad, physician (b. 1954)
• 3 February - Kåre Syrstad, agrarian leader (b. 1939)
• 5 February - Egil Hovland, composer (b. 1924)
• 7 February - Nic Knudtzon, engineer (b. 1922)
• 8 February - Knut Nesbø, musician, footballer and journalist (b. 1961)
• 9 February - Kåre Valebrokk, media executive (b. 1940)
• 11 February - Villy Andresen, footballer (b. 1925)
• 16 February - Jan Dahm, resistance member (b. 1921)
• 19 February - Eva Bergh, actress (b. 1926)
• 20 February - Oddbjørn Hågård, politician (b. 1940)
• 1 March - Margaret Johansen, novelist (b. 1923)
• 2 March - Niels Hertzberg, sports official (b. )
• 2 March - Bjørn Skau, politician (b. 1929)
• 15 March - Trond Brænne, actor (b. 1953)
• 16 March – Georg Rajka, dermatologist (born 1925)
• 17 March - Svein Blindheim, military officer (b. 1916)
• 18 March - Eivind Rølles, guitarist (b. 1959)
• 19 March - Eyvind Fjeld Halvorsen, philologist (b. 1922)
• 23 March - Aloysius Valente, dancer (b. 1926)
• 24 March - Inge Lønning, theologian and politician (b. 1938)
• 24 March - Jo Inge Bjørnebye, ski jumper (b. 1946)
• 25 March - Ellen Einan, poet (b. 1931)
• 27 March - Hjalmar Andersen, speed skater (b. 1923)
• 1 April - Eskild Jensen, civil servant (b. 1925)
• 2 April - Johnny Lunde, alpine skier (b. 1923)
• 3 April - Jul Haganæs, poet (b. 1932)
• 3 April - Kiki Byrne, naturalised British fashion designer (b. 1937)
• 13 April - Hilmar Myhra, ski jumper (b. 1915)
• 17 April - Yngve Moe, musician (b. 1957)
• 18 April - Jon Åker, hospital director (b. 1927)
• 21 April - Bjarne Sandemose, inventor (b. 1924)
• 21 April - Sigurd G. Helle, topographer (b. 1920)
• 21 April - Ludvig Johan Bakkevig, missionary (b. 1921)
• 23 April - Tor Traheim, ship-owner (b. 1925)
• 28 April - Carl M. Rynning-Tønnesen, police chief (b. 1924)
• 29 April - Erling Løseth, politician (b. 1927)
• 29 April - Ole K. Sara, politician (b. 1936)
• 5 May - Leif Preus, photographer (b. 1928)
• 5 May - Arne Ratchje, acquaculturist (b. 1916)
• 5 May - Tore Magnussen, pro boxer (b. 1938)
• 10 May - Per Maurseth, historian (b. 1932)
• 12 May - Olaf B. Bjørnstad, ski jumper (b. 1931)
• 12 May - Helga Syrrist, politician and activist (b. 1921)
• 16 May - Kristen Kyrre Bremer, bishop (b. 1925)
• 17 May - Otto Julius Rosenkrantz Kloumann, officer and physician (b. 1916)
• 18 May - Jo Benkow, politician (b. 1924)
• 19 May - Anders Vangen, opera singer (b. 1960)
• 25 May - Jan Kinder, ice hockey player (b. 1944)
• 1 June - Atle Kittang, literary historian (b. 1941)
• 2 June - Sverre Magelssen, YMCA leader (b. 1918)
• 8 June - Per Edvard Danielsen, naval officer (b. 1918)
• 9 June - Leif Karl Lundesgaard, military officer (b. 1922)
• 12 June - Scott Winkler, ice hockey player (b. 1990)
• 20 June - Per Ung, sculptor (b. 1933)
• 29 June - Jørgen Sønstebø, politician (b. 1922)
• 1 July - Rolf Nordhagen, physicist (b. 1927)
• 7 July - Ingebjørg Wærstad, politician (b. 1926)
• 9 July - Johannes Østtveit, politician (b. 1927)
• 13 July - Mona Røkke, politician (b. 1940)
• 15 July - Terje Mørkved, footballer and speed skater (b. 1949)
• 16 July - Torbjørn Falkanger, ski jumper (b. 1927)
• 18 July - Ivar P. Enge, radiologist (b. 1922)
• 18 July - Kåre Lunden, historian (b. 1930)
• 18 July - Mary Eide, politician (b. 1940)
• 19 July - Niclas Gulbrandsen, artist (b. 1930)
• 24 July - Arne Eriksen, footballer (b. 1918)
• 29 July - Ole Henrik Moe, museum director (b. 1920)
• 2 August - Ola Enstad, sculptor (b. 1942)
• 9 August - Kristian Smidt, literary historian (b. 1916)
• 17 August - Kjell Lund, architect (b. 1927)
• 17 August - Alf Magne Austad, painter (b. 1946)
• 18 August - Tjostolv Moland, soldier and death row inmate (b. 1981)
• 18 August - Rolv Wesenlund, comedian (b. 1936)
• 24 August - Alf Kaartvedt, historian (b. 1921)
• 27 August - Lucy Smith, law professor (b. 1934)
• 27 August - Magnhild Holmberg, politician (b. 1943)
• 29 August - Are Vesterlid, architect (b. 1921)
• 29 August - Trond Kristoffersen, businessperson (b. 1956)
• 30 August - Oddvar Vormeland, educationalist (b. 1924)
• 4 September - Inge Paulsen, footballer (b. 1923)
• 8 September - Tore Sinding-Larsen, judge (b. 1929)
• 9 September - Gunnar Høst Sjøwall, tennis player (b. 1929)
• 14 September - Amund Venger, politician (b. 1943)
• 17 September - Alex Naumik, rock and pop artist (b. 1949)
• 18 September - Torleiv Anda, diplomat (b. 1921)
• 19 September - Sven Josef Cyvin, chemist (b. 1931)
• 19 September - Øystein Fischer, physicist (b. 1942)
• 21 September - Albert Assev, family therapist (b. 1922)
• 23 September - Eivinn Berg, diplomat (b. 1931)
• 23 September - Kirsten Sørlie, theatre instructor (b. 1926)
• 24 September - Sverre Bruland, conductor (b. 1923)
• 25 September - Hans Guttorm, politician (b. 1927)
• 26 September - Arnstein Johansen, accordionist (b. 1925)
• 26 September - Helge Solvang, politician (b. 1913)
• 1 October - Ole Danbolt Mjøs, physician and politician (b. 1939)
• 1 October - Bjørn Randby, handballer and businessperson (b. 1931)
• 2 October - Kaare Ørnung, pianist (b. 1931)
• 12 October - Hans Wilhelm Longva, diplomat (b. 1942)
• xx October - Rolf Wembstad, footballer (b. in Norway)
• xx October - Ola Syrstad, agriculturalist (b. in Norway)
• 19 October - Lage Fosheim, musician (b. 1958)
• 21 October - Karen Sogn, politician (b. 1931)
• 22 October - Jo Filseth, businessperson (b. 1937)
• 25 October - Dan Laksov, mathematician (b. 1940)
• 25 October - Arne Johansen, speed skater (b. 1927)
• 28 October - Trygve Kornelius Fjetland, businessperson (b. 1926)
• 2 November - Målfrid Grude Flekkøy, Children Ombudsman (b. 1936)
• 2 November - Brita Borge, politician (b. 1931)
• 4 November - Håkon Barfod, yacht racer (b. 1926)
• 6 November - Arvid Johanson, politician (b. 1929)
• 9 November - Helen Aareskjold, blind people's activist (b. 1938)
• 9 November - Grethe Rytter Hasle, planktologist (b. 1920)
• 11 November - Stein Grieg Halvorsen, actor (b. 1909)
• 12 November - Erik Augestad, handballer (b. 1951)
• 12 November - Tore Lindseth, footballer (b. 1948)
• 16 November - Arne Pedersen, footballer (b. 1931)
• 16 November - Erik Loe, editor (b. 1920)
• 16 November - Tor Schaug-Pettersen, physicist (b. 1928)
• 18 November - Knut Tøraasen, diplomat (b. 1938)
• 21 November - Fred Kavli, entrepreneur (b. 1927)
• xx November - Edgar Falch, footballer (b. 1930)
• 23 November - Solveig Muren Sanden, illustrator (b. 1918)
• 15 December - Frank Meidell Falch, cultural director (b. 1920)
• 15 December - Viking Mestad, jurist (b. 1930)
• 22 December - David Kvebæk, family therapist (b. 1933)
• 22 December - Frank Bjerkholt, writer (b. 1927)
• 24 December - Jakob Sigurd Holmgard, politician (b. 1929)
• 27 December - Gunn Olsen, politician (b. 1952)

See also

• 2013 in Norwegian music