1999 in Norway
Events in the year 1999 in Norway.
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Incumbents
Events
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The MS Sleipner disaster
- 1 February - The Coastal Party (Norwegian: Kystpartiet) is founded.
- 23 April - Arve Beheim Karlsen drowns in Sogndalselva
- 30 September - Metropol TV starts broadcasting.
- 26 November - The boat MS Sleipner collided with a rock in the notorious part of the North Sea called "Sletta", just north of the town of Haugesund. The ship sank and 16 of the people on board died.
- Saga Petroleum, Norway's third largest petroleum company, is acquired by Norsk Hydro.
- Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
Popular culture
Film
Main article: Norwegian films of the 1990s § 1999
Notable deaths
- 2 January - Aase Lionæs, politician (b.1907)
- 19 January - Odd Vigestad, politician (b.1915)
- 21 January - Magne Lystad, orienteering champion (b.1932)
- 1 February - Martin Skaaren, politician (b.1905)
- 9 February - Bernhard Paus, orthopedic surgeon and Grand Master of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons (b.1910)
- 10 February - Birger Leirud, high jumper (b.1924)
- 13 February - Kåre Hovda, biathlete (b.1944)
- 26 February - Bjørn Wiik, physicist (b.1937)
- 26 March - Olle Johan Eriksen, politician (b.1923)
- 26 March - Nils O. Golten, politician (b.1935)
- 26 March - Eva Kolstad, politician and Minister (b.1918)
- 14 April - Tor Bjerkmann, publisher (b. 1939).[1]
- 7 May - Randi Anda, politician (b.1898)
- 31 May - Carl Viggo Manthey Lange, politician (b.1904)
- 16 June - Thor Lund, politician (b.1921)
- 19 June - Karl J. Brommeland, politician (b.1913)
- 22 June - Petter Furberg, politician (b.1923)
- 26 July - Trygve Haavelmo, economist, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (b.1911)
- 25 August - Jan Iversen, politician (b.1916)
- 7 September - Bjarne Iversen, cross country skier and Olympic silver medallist (b.1912)
- 5 October - Lars Breie, jurist, auditor and politician (b.1907)
- 25 November - Oddvar Berrefjord, jurist, politician and Minister (b.1918)
- 8 December - Bjarne Flem, politician (b.1914)
- 8 December - Kjell Moe, international footballer (b.1909)
- 11 December - Oddleif Fagerheim, politician (b.1911)
- 21 December - Elsa Rastad Bråten, politician (b.1918)
- 22 December - Per Aabel, comic actor (b.1902)
- 23 December - Valter Gabrielsen, politician (b.1921)
- 26 December - Ola Skjåk Bræk, banker, politician and Minister (b.1912)
- 31 December – Ferdinand Finne, artist (b.1910).[2]
- 31 December - Johannes Seland, politician (b.1912)
Full date unknown
- Erling Anger, civil servant (b.1909)
- Ola Bauer, novelist and playwright (b.1943)
- Helmer Dahl, engineer (b.1908)
- Kjølv Egeland, politician (b.1918)
- Dagmar Lahlum, resistance member and agent (b.1922)
- Fredrik Mellbye, physician and chief medical officer (b.1917)
- Karl Olsen, civil servant (b.1910)
- Hans Skjervheim, philosopher (b.1926)
References
- ↑ Tveterås, Egil. "Tor Bjerkmann". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ↑ Høisæther, Ole Rikard. "Ferdinand Finne". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
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