2003 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Harald V
• Regent – Crown Prince Haakon – from 25 November 2003 until 12 April 2004
• Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik

  Events

January

February

March

• 19 March – A man dies and four are injured in a blasting accident in Namsos.

  April

May

• 25 May – After docking in Miami at 05:00, is severely damaged by a boiler explosion at 06:30, that kills 7, and injures 17 crew members. A few weeks later it is announced by NCL that she will never sail again as a commercial ocean liner.

  June

July

August

September

• 15 September – Norwegian county council elections, and municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

  October

November

December

• 1 December – King Harald V was announced to be suffering from bladder cancer.
• 8 December – King Harald V successfully undergoes a 5½-hour cancer operation in which his bladder is removed and a new one constructed, at Rikshospitalet University Hospital in Oslo.
• 10 December – Shirin Ebadi of Iran receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.
• 12 December – Keiko, the orca whale who starred in the 1993 film Free Willy, dies of pneumonia while in the Taknes Bay located at the Arasvikfjord in Norway, where he had lived in the recent years.

  Popular culture

Sports

Music

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

  Film

Literature

Television

Notable births

• 29 April – Maud Angelica Behn, daughter of Ari Behn and Princess Märtha Louise of Norway

  Notable deaths

• 13 January – Andreas Holm, politician
• 24 January – Rolf Kirkvaag, journalist and radio and television personality
• 13 February – Axel Jensen, author and poet
• 3 March – Kitty Petrine Fredriksen, politician.
• 6 March – Claus Helberg, resistance fighter and mountain guide
• 17 March – Anne-Olaug Ingeborgrud, politician
• 29 March – Herbjørn Sørebø, media personality.
• 5 April – Sigurd Manneråk, politician
• 6 April – Ole Otto Paus, General and diplomat
• 14 April – Olai Ingemar Eikeland, politician
• 22 April – Ola H. Kveli, politician
• 9 May – Hans Engnestangen, speed skater and World Champion
• 14 May – Ingvar Lars Helle, politician
• 24 May – Arne Skouen, film director and journalist
• 30 May – Lars T. Platou, electrical engineer and politician
• 13 June – Tor Stokke, actor
• 27 June – Magne Aarøen, politician
• 12 August – Håkon Kyllingmark, politician and Minister
• 5 September – Harry Hansen, politician
• 9 September – Otto Lyng, politician
• 8 October – Petter Thomassen, politician and Minister
• 24 October - Eva Haalke, ballet teacher and dancer.
• 10 November – Edvard Beyer, literary historian, literary critic and professor
• 3 December – Kristine Rusten, politician
• 24 December – Gunnar Alf Larsen, politician

  Full date unknown

• Harald Magne Elstad, judge