2005 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Harald V
• Regent: Crown Prince Haakon from 29 March to 7 June 2005
• Prime Minister: Kjell Magne Bondevik to 17 October, then Jens Stoltenberg

  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.

  February

March

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

  April

May

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 joining Norway and Sweden. 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.

  August

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.

  November

December

Popular culture

Sports

Music

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

  Film

Literature

Television

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
• 13 January – Karstein Seland, politician
• 20 January – Per Borten, politician and Prime Minister of Norway
• 2 February – Anders Hveem, bobsledder
• 2 February – Svein Kvia, international soccer player
• 20 February – Johan Østby, politician
• 12 March – Johan Skipnes, politician
• 17 March – Sverre Holm, actor
• 31 May – Ole J. Malm, physician.
• 2 June – Gunder Gundersen, Nordic combined skier and sports official
• 7 July – Gunnar Fredrik Hellesen, politician and Minister
• 20 July – Finn Gustavsen, politician
• 21 August – Liv Aasen, politician
• 24 September – Arna Vågen, missionary and politician
• 8 October – Erik Grønseth, social scientist and sociologist
• 18 October – Sverre Mitsem, judge
• 29 October – Elsa Skjerven, politician and Minister
• 1 November – Carl Mortensen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist
• 23 November – Ingvil Aarbakke, artist
• 3 December – Kåre Kristiansen, politician
• 17 December – Sverre Stenersen, Nordic combined skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion
• 24 December – Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric
• 29 December – Gerda Boyesen, founder of Biodynamic Psychology

  Full date unknown

• Jens-Halvard Bratz, businessman, politician and Minister
• Eivind Erichsen, economist and civil servant
• Reidar Grønhaug, social anthropologist
• Geir Grung, diplomat
• Ivar Johansen, journalist and editor
• Ola H. Metliaas, civil servant and politician
• Ove Skaug, engineer and civil servant