2005 in Norway
# 2005 in Norway

Events in the year 2005 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Harald V
* Regent: Haakon from 29 March to 7 June 2005 (during the King's recovering from heart surgery)
* President of the Storting:
* Prime Minister: Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party) to 17 October, then Jens Stoltenberg (Labour Party)

## Events

### January

* 1 January
   * New Year's celebrations all over Norway fall silent for two minutes as mark of respect for Scandinavian memorial service for those affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
   * The University of Stavanger is established.

### March

* 11 March – Ole Christian Kvarme is appointed bishop of Oslo.

### June

* 8 June – At least 10 people are feared dead after an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. The source is localized to a Borregaard treatment plant in Sarpsborg.
* 13 June – The new Svinesund Bridge is opened. The old Svinesund Bridge still stands 1 kilometre to the east.

### July

* 14 July – The Nærøyfjord, the Geiranger Fjord and the Struve Geodetic Arc are designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.

### September

* 12 September – The 2005 Parliamentary election takes place. The election was won by the opposition centre-left Red-Green Coalition, which took 87 seats.
* 19 September – The trial of the accused in the NOKAS robbery starts in Stavanger.

### October

* 17 October – Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet was appointed after the 2005 Parliamentary elections and Bondevik's step down.

## Popular culture

### Music

* Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
* Rock band Accidents Never Happen forms

## Anniversaries

* 7 June – Centennial of the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.

## Notable births

* 8 April – Leah Isadora Behn, the second daughter of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and husband Ari Behn
* 3 December – Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway, the second child of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway and his wife Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway

## Notable deaths

* 6 January – Nora Strømstad, alpine skier (born 1909)
* 13 January – Karstein Seland, politician (born 1912)
* 20 January – Per Borten, Prime Minister (born 1913)
* 2 February – Anders Hveem, bobsledder (born 1924)
* 2 February – Svein Kvia, footballer (born 1947)
* 20 February – Johan Østby, politician (born 1924)
* 12 March – Johan Skipnes, politician (born 1909)
* 17 March – Sverre Holm, actor (born 1931)
* 8 April – Jeremi Wasiutyński, Polish-Norwegian astrophysicist, philosopher and depth-psychologist (born 1907)
* 31 May – Ole J. Malm, physician (born 1910).
* 2 June – Gunder Gundersen, Nordic combined skier and sports official (born 1930)
* 7 July – Gunnar Fredrik Hellesen, politician and Minister (born 1913)
* 20 July – Finn Gustavsen, politician (born 1926)
* 21 August – Liv Aasen, politician (born 1928)
* 24 September – Arna Vågen, missionary and politician (born 1905)
* 8 October – Erik Grønseth, social scientist and sociologist (born 1925)
* 18 October – Sverre Mitsem, judge (born 1944)
* 29 October – Elsa Skjerven, politician and Minister (born 1919)
* 1 November – Carl Mortensen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (born 1919)
* 23 November – Ingvil Aarbakke, artist (born 1970)
* 1 December – Roar Petersen, novelist (born 1934).
* 3 December – Kåre Kristiansen, politician (born 1920)
* 17 December – Sverre Stenersen, Nordic combined skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (born 1926)
* 24 December – Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric (born 1931)
* 29 December – Gerda Boyesen, founder of Biodynamic Psychology (born 1922)

### Full date missing

* Jens-Halvard Bratz, businessman, politician and Minister (born 1920)
* Eivind Erichsen, economist and civil servant (born 1917)
* Reidar Grønhaug, social anthropologist (born 1938)
* Geir Grung, diplomat (born 1938)
* Ivar Johansen, journalist and editor (born 1923)
* Ola H. Metliaas, civil servant and politician (born 1943)
* Ove Skaug, engineer and civil servant (born 1912)
