2008 in Norway
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The Norwegian twin cities Stavanger/Sandnes, together with English Liverpool, are European Capitals of Culture for 2008.
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[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Events
[edit] Anniversaries
- 200 years since the birth of the poet Henrik Wergeland on June 17, 1808[1]
- 140 years since the founding of the Norwegian Mountain Touring Association (January 21)[2]
- 100 years since Norway national football team played its first international game on July 12, 1908 in Gothenburg, Sweden[3]
- 100 years since the sports club SK Brann was established (September 26)[4]
- 100 years since the birth of the poet Olav H. Hauge on August 18, 1908[5]
- 100 years since the birth of the composer and pianist Geirr Tveitt October 19, 1908[6]
- 70 years since the death of Queen Maud of Norway on November 20, 1938[7]
[edit] January – June
Anniken Huitfeldt is appointed new Minister of Children and Equality
- January
- January 1 –
- The Agency for Public Management and eGovernment is established.[8]
- Nordic Battlegroup consisting of military forces from Sweden, Finland, Norway, Ireland, and Estonia under the control of the European Union, is established.[9]
- Mercury becomes banned from use in Norway.[10]
- January 11 – Norwegian police announce that they have arrested a 55-year old man suspected of being the sexual predator known as The Pocket Man.[11]
- January 21 – The OBX Index drops 6.4%, then the second biggest fall since August 1991 and the third largest in its history.[12][13]
- January 1 –
- February –
- February 5 – The Stortinget's Oversight Committee opens the case to decide whether three Supreme Court justices will be impeached over their involvement in the Fritz Moen wrongful conviction scandal.[14]
- February 14 – A political scandal centering on Manuela Ramin-Osmundsen forces her to resign from her post as Minister of Children and Equality and Ida Hjort Kraby to resign from her newly appointed position as Ombudsman for Children.[15]
- February 21 – An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale hits Svalbard. It's the strongest earthquake ever to hit Norway.[16]
- February 23 – The 8 km Eiksund undersea tunnel near Volda in Møre og Romsdal is opened.[17]
- February 26 – The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is officially opened.[18]
- February 29 – Anniken Huitfeldt is appointed Minister of Children and Equality.[19]
- – Former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland is entangled in a political scandal over cancer treatments paid for by the Norwegian state, which she was not entitled to having previously changed her residency abroad.[20]
- March
[edit] July – December
- September
- September 9 – The OBX Index drops 5.57%, then the fourth biggest drop ever.[12][13]
- September 29 – In conjunction with the global liquidity crisis the index of Oslo Stock Exchange drops 8.3%, then its third largest drop ever in one day, but eclipsed only one week later.[22]
- October
- October 6 –
- The OBX Index drops 9.71%, the third largest drop ever in one day.[13]
- Tromsø's bid to become host city to the 2018 Winter Olympics is cancelled when the sports board of Norwegian Confederation of Sports votes 9 against 3 to withdraw the application for government financial guarantee.[23]
- October 8 –
- The OBX Index drops 6.44%[24]
- Bangladeshi-Norwegian parliamentarian for the Labour Party Saera Khan withdraws her candidacy for next year's elections when it is revealed that she has spent large sums using her parliament paid-for mobile phone to call psychic hotlines and then consistently lied to cover up the fact.[25]
- October 15 –
- October 24 –
- October 6 –
- December
- December 13 – Six people die in a fire in an apartment building in Oslo,[28]
[edit] Arts and literature
- January / February –
- In Melodi Grand Prix 2008 the song "Hold On Be Strong" with Maria Haukaas Storeng was selected to be the Norwegian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in late May.[29]
- October –
- Controversy erupts when Holocaust denier and historian David Irving is invited to the 2009 Norwegian Festival of Literature at Lillehammer, to discuss his concept of truth[30], ending in Irving's invitation being withdrawn.[31] Author Stig Sæterbakken resigns as the festival's content director in protest over the decision.[32]
[edit] Sport
- For football, see 2008 in Norwegian football
- January
- The 2008 European Men's Handball Championship is hosted by the Norwegian Handball Federation with venues in Bergen, Drammen, Lillehammer, Stavanger and Trondheim.
- March 29 – The Norwegian Premier League 2008 (association football) kicks off, lasting through November 2.[33]
- November 2 – The Norwegian Premier League 2008 ends.[33]
[edit] Births
- September 29 – Emma Tallulah Behn, the daughter of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Ari Behn.[34]
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to March
- 4 January – Bjørn Odmar Andersen, soccer player (b.1943)[35]
- 14 January - Bjørn Paulson, high jumper and Olympic silver medallist, jurist (b.1923)
- 14 January – Carsten Thomassen, journalist, killed in terrorist attack on Serena Hotel in Kabul (b.1969)[36]
Kjell Kristian Rike (1944–2008)
- 19 January - Astrid Løken, entomologist (b.1911)
- 23 January – Stein Rønning, 1990 world champion in karate (b.1965)[37]
- 24 January – Johannes Heggland, author and politician (b.1919)[38]
- 28 January – Dagfinn Grønoset, author (b.1920)[39]
- 28 January – Marie Takvam, author and actor (b.1926)[40]
- 9 February – Nils Retterstøl, professor of psychiatry (b. 1924)[41]
- 10 February – Ove Jørstad footballer (b.1970)[42]
- 10 February – Arne Barhaugen, Nordic combined skier (b.1932)
- 15 February – Inge Thun, footballer (b. 1945)[43]
- 16 February – Per Erik Monsen, Progress party politician (member of Parliament 1997-2005) (b. 1946)[44]
- 7 March – Julius Paltiel, Holocaust survivor (b. 1924)[45]
- 10 March – Marianne Gullestad, social anthropologist (b. 1946)[46]
Aril Edvardsen (1938–2008)
- 14 March – Ingvald Ulveseth, Labour party politician (b. 1924)[47]
- 16 March – Victor Sparre, visual artist (b. 1919)[48]
- 22 March – Arne Skarpsno volunteer worker, known as the "Father of the street children" (b. 1926)[49]
[edit] April to June
- 5 April - Oskar Edøy, politician (b.1916)
- 21 April - Ola M. Hestenes, politician (b.1919)
- 23 April – Haagen Ringnes, journalist and author (b. 1928)[50]
- 29 April – Julie Ege, actress and model (b.1943)[51]
- 15 May – Tove Billington Bye, Centre party politician (b.1928)[52]
- 15 May - Ottar Grønvik, philologist and runology scholar (b.1916)
- 18 May - Odd Strand, civil servant (b.1925)
- 19 May – Kjell Kristian Rike, sports commentator (b.1944)[53]
- 2 June - Geir Kjetsaa, professor of Russian literary history, translator and author (b.1937)
- 11 June – Gunnar Solum, Labour party politician (b. 1929)[54]
- 15 June – Ole-Jørgen Nilsen, actor and theatre director (b. 1936)[55]
- 19 June – Antonio Bibalo, Italian-Norwegian pianist and composer of contemporary music (b. 1922 in Trieste, Italy)[56]
Kjartan Slettemark (1932–2008)
- 22 June – Odd Aukrust, economist (b. 1915)[57]
- 22 June – Jens Petter Ekornes, entrepreneur (b. 1942)[58]
- 22 June – Hans Haga, agrarian leader (b. 1924)[59]
- 22 June - Einar W. Sissener, businessperson (b.1929)
- 26 June – Asbjørn Haugstvedt, Christian Democratic politician (b.1926)[60]
- 27 June – Sasha Gabor, Hungarian-born pornographic actor (b.1945)[61]
- 30 June - Annemarie Lorentzen, politician and Minister (b.1921)
[edit] July to September
- 3 July – Harald Heide-Steen Jr. actor, comedian and singer (b. 1939)[62]
- 8 July – Erling Rønneberg, trainer of the Norwegian resistance movement and mayor of Ski (b. 1923)[63]
- 14 July – Henki Kolstad, actor (b. 1915)[64]
- 21 July – Knut Boye, civil economist (b.1937)[65]
- 30 July - Erik Himle, civil servant, politician and Minister (b.1924)
- 2 August – Rolf Bae, mountaineer, fall from K2 (b.1975)[66]
- 2 August – Helga Gitmark, Centre party politician (Minister of the Environment 1973) (b.1929)[67]
- 15 August - Thor Pedersen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1924)
- 18 August - Ole Frithjof Klemsdal, politician (b.1923)
- 2 September – Andreas Zeier Cappelen, politician and minister (b.1915)[68]
- 6 September – Aril Edvardsen, evangelical preacher and missionary (b. 1938)[69]
- 11 September – Nils Johan Ringdal,author and historian (b. 1952)[70]
- 14 September - Knut S. Heier, geochemist (b.1929)
- 23 September – Arne Haugestad, Supreme Court lawyer, Arne Treholt's defender (b. 1935)[71]
- 27 September - Olaf Poulsen, speed skater and president of the International Skating Union (b.1920)
[edit] October to December
- 6 October - Anne Margrethe Strømsheim, resistance member (b.1914)
- 18 October - Tormod Haugen, author (b.1945)
- 8 November - Bodil Aakre, jurist and politician (b.1922)
- 14 November - Knut Bjørnsen, sports commentator and journalist (b.1932)
- 24 November - Rolf Ketil Bjørn, businessperson and politician (b.1938)
- 13 December – Kjartan Slettemark, political artist (b. 1932).[72]
- 15 December – Anne-Catharina Vestly, children's book author (b. 1920)[73]
- 27 December - Arild Andresen, soccer and ice hockey player (b.1928)
[edit] References
- ^ Wergeland hailed on 200th birthday, Aftenposten, 17 June 2008
- ^ Kristiansen, Sol (2008-01-17). "Ut på tur i 140 år" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. http://oslopuls.aftenposten.no/?service=redirect&sourceid=2199195. Retrieved on 2008-10-08.
- ^ Aarhus, Lars. "Norwegian national team 1908". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.no/1908/National.html. Retrieved on November 22, 2008.
- ^ "Sportsklubben Brann - Ekte lidenskap har et navn<!- Bot generated title ->". Brann.no. http://www.brann.no/index.php?mapping=218. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
- ^ Olav H. Hauge at the Olav H. Hauge & Geirr Tveitt centennial celebration
- ^ Geirr Tveitt at the Olav H. Hauge & Geirr Tveitt centennial celebration
- ^ "Style & Splendor - Who was Queen Maud of Norway?". Victoria and Albert Museum. http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1333_styleandsplendour/whowas/whowas.html. Retrieved on 2007-06-04.
- ^ Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (2007-12-27). "About DIFI". http://www.difi.no/hovedEnkel.aspx?m=43596.
- ^ Ulf K. Rask (2006-05-29). "Inauguration of the Nordic Battle Group Headquarters". Försvarsmakten. http://www.mil.se/index.php?lang=E&c=news&id=32771. Retrieved on 2006-08-26.
- ^ Bans mercury in products, Press release, 21.12.2007, Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim[1]
- ^ *"Norway nabs 'pocket' sex suspect". BBC News. January 11, 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7184073.stm. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
- ^ a b Landre, Even (2008-09-09). "Krisetemning på børsen" (in Norwegian). NA24 (Oslo, Norway). http://www.na24.no/imarkedet/borskommentar/article2202993.ece. Retrieved on 2008-10-05.
- ^ a b c "Panikken tok børsen" (in Norwegian). e24.no (Oslo, Norway). 2008-10-06. http://e24.no/kommentar/boerskommentar/article2695910.ece. Retrieved on 2008-10-06.
- ^ >"Stortinget må vurdere riksrett" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 2008-02-05. http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2238528.ece. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
- ^ Children's minister quits under fire Aftenposten, February 14, 2008
- ^ Aftenposten
- ^ "Eiksund Undersea Tunnel, Norway". roadtraffic-technology.com. http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/eiksund/index.html#eiksund1. Retrieved on 22 November 2008.
- ^ "'Doomsday' seed vault opens in Arctic". boston.com/Associated Press. 26 February 2008. http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2008/02/26/doomsday_seed_vault_opens_in_arctic/.
- ^ NRK Nett-TV Nyheter: Her kommer den nye statsråden - Opposisjonen positiv til Huitfeldt - Her kommer den nye barneministeren
- ^ (Norwegian) VG.no:Betalte operasjon i 2002
- ^ "Bein von Lanzinger muss amputiert werden" (in German). Austria: ORF. March 4, 2008. http://salzburg.orf.at/stories/261153/. Retrieved on 2008-03-04..
- ^ Magnus, Klever (2008-09-29). "Verste dag på 17 år" (in Norwegian). NA24 (Oslo, Norway). http://www.na24.no/imarkedet/borskommentar/article2258169.ece. Retrieved on 2008-09-30.
- ^ "Tromsø’s application withdrawn". Aftenposten. 6 October 2008. http://www.aftenposten.no/english/sports/article2695284.ece. Retrieved on 2008-10-06.
- ^ Øverbye, Gulbrand (2008-10-08). "Et av tidenes største børsfall" (in Norwegian). NA24 (Oslo, Norway). http://www.na24.no/imarkedet/borskommentar/article2284829.ece. Retrieved on 2008-10-08.
- ^ Magnus, Gunnar; Geir Salvesen, Stine Barstad (2008-10-09). "Khan tar ikke gjenvalg". Aftenposten. http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2703665.ece. Retrieved on 2008-10-09.
- ^ Svendsen, Paal Adolfsen (2008-10-15). "Kraftig nedgang på Oslo Børs" (in Norwegian). NRK (Oslo, Norway). http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/okonomi/1.6262680. Retrieved on 2008-10-16.
- ^ "100 milliarder forduftet fra børsen" (in Norwegian). e24.no (Oslo, Norway). 2008-10-24. http://e24.no/kommentar/boerskommentar/article2732487.ece. Retrieved on October 24, 2008.
- ^ "Six persons die in fire in Oslo". Xinhuanet.com. Xinhua. 13 December 2008. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/13/content_10499911.htm. Retrieved on 16 December 2008.
- ^ "Norway: Maria Haukaas Storeng to Begrade". http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/10474. Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
- ^ Rakvaag, Geir (2008-10-07). "Irving fortsatt invitert" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen (Oslo). http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/article372935.ece. Retrieved on 2008-10-08.
- ^ "Holocaust denial speaker's invitation cancelled". Aftenposten. 2008-10-09. http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2704141.ece. Retrieved on 2008-10-10.
- ^ Olsen, Geir (2008-10-10). "Retrett mot Davig Irving. Irving: – De tør ikke møte meg" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang (Oslo, Norway). http://www.vg.no/rampelys/artikkel.php?artid=528392. Retrieved on 2008-10-10.
- ^ a b "Norwegian Premier League - Fixtures 2008". NRK Sport. http://www.nrksport.no/fotball/eliteserien/?arr=l1&sesong=2008&type=terminliste. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
- ^ Her birth – Verdens Gang, September 29, 2008
- ^ Obituary (in Norwegian)
- ^ Er en av de beste - utenriks - Dagbladet.no
- ^ Karatemester Rønning er død - Dagbladet (Norwegian)
- ^ (Norwegian) "Johannes Heggland er død " – Dagsavisen Retrieved on February 1, 2008
- ^ Banken, Jan Roger. "Så det store i det små" (in Norwegian). Lokalavisa Sør-Østerdal. http://www.lokal-avisa.no/artikkel.asp?ArtID=146332. Retrieved on 22 November 2008.
- ^ "Marie Takvam er død" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. NTB (Oslo, Norway). January 28, 2008. http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article2223332.ece. Retrieved on 22 November 2008.
- ^ Psykiatriprofessor Nils Retterstøl er død (Norwegian)
- ^ Fotland, Maiken Nøtsund; Morten Sandal (12 February 2008). "Døde på trening" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=510727. Retrieved on 2008-02-12.
- ^ Obituary, Drammens Tidende (Norwegian)
- ^ Rowe, Asle (16 February 2008). "Per Erik Monsen er død" (in Norwegian). Sandefjords Blad. http://www.sb.no/article/20080216/NYHETER/809021572.
- ^ Aftenposten: Julius Paltiel er død (Norwegian)
- ^ Jan Petter Blom, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Marianne Elisabeth Lien, Halvard Vik: «Marianne Gullestad». Obituary in Aftenposten, kultur pages 14, 17 March 2008. See also nb:Marianne Gullestad
- ^ 2008 in Norway biography at Stortinget.no (Norwegian)
- ^ Larsen, Mona (2008-03-17). "Billedkunstner Victor Sparre er død" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen (Oslo, Norway). http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/article340128.ece. Retrieved on 2008-10-05.
- ^ (Norwegian) TV2 About Arne Skarpsno
- ^ NRK
- ^ Obituary: Independent
- ^ Johansen, Elin Reffhaug (19 May 2008). "Tove Bye er død" (in Norwegian). Budstikka. http://www.budstikka.no/sec_lokal/sec_asker/article180158.ece. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
- ^ "Kjell Kristian Rike er død" (in Norwegian). NRK. 19 May 2008. http://www.nrksport.no/1.5715697. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
- ^ Manka, Stian (11 June 2008). "Gunnar Solum er død" (in Norwegian). Trønder-Avisa. http://www.t-a.no/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080611/NYHETER/901227403. Retrieved on 2008-06-18.
- ^ Bernhus, Rune (2008-06-16). "Ole-Jørgen Nilsen er død" (in Norwegian). Romerikes Blad. http://www.rb.no/lokal_kultur/article3609977.ece. Retrieved on 2008-10-05.
- ^ Bratt, Anne Christine; Veire, Ragnhild (June 23, 2008). "Antonio Bibalo er død" (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: NRK. http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_klassisk/1.6092084. Retrieved on 22 November 2008.
- ^ Hauglid, Stein B. (June 25, 2008). "Sosialøkonomen" (in Norwegian). Dagens Næringsliv (Oslo, Norway). http://www.dn.no/forsiden/kommentarer/article1431885.ece. Retrieved on 22 November 2008.
- ^ "Møbelkjempen Ekornes er død" (in Norwegian). Ukeavisen Ledelse. NTB (Oslo, Norway). June 21, 2008. http://www.ukeavisenledelse.no/ledelse/20080623/mobelkjempen_ekornes_er_dod/. Retrieved on 22 November 2008.
- ^ "Hans Haga er død" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 24 June 2008. http://www.dagsavisen.no/innenriks/article356387.ece. Retrieved on 2008-06-24.
- ^ KrF-politikeren Asbjørn Haugstvedt er død (Norwegian)
- ^ Sasha Gabor er død - Side2 (Norwegian)
- ^ Aftenposten: "Harald Heide Steen jr. er død", 3 July 2008 (Norwegian)
- ^ Atlar, Christin (12 July 2008). "Erling Rønneberg er død" (in Norwegian). Østlandets Blad. http://www.oblad.no/article/20080712/SKI/765075320. Retrieved on 2008-07-23.
- ^ Berglund, Nina (2008-07-14). "Actor dead at 93". Aftenposten. http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2539454.ece. Retrieved on 2008-07-16.
- ^ NHHs internavis Paraplyen: Knut Boye er død (Norwegian)
- ^ "Climbers killed on K2". Aftenposten. August 4, 2008. http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2573189.ece. Retrieved on 2008-08-07.
- ^ Obituary (Norwegian)
- ^ 2008 in Norway biography at Stortinget.no (Norwegian)
- ^ Kristiansen, Arnhild Aass (2008-09-06). "Aril Edvardsen er død" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. http://www.kjendis.no/2008/09/06/545999.html. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
- ^ Verdens Gang (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Arne Haugestad er død" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 2008-09-24. http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2671860.ece. Retrieved on 2008-09-26.
- ^ "Kjartan Slettemark död" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. TT. December 13, 2008. http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2374&a=863682. Retrieved on 2008-12-16.
- ^ Hedeman, Anders (December 15, 2008). "Anne-Cath. Vestly er død" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2824292.ece. Retrieved on 2008-12-15.

