2019 in Norway

← 2018 2017 2016 2019 in Norway → 2020 2021 2022
Centuries:	19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 2019 in Norway.

Events

• 22 January - the Christian Democratic Party entered Solberg's Cabinet
• 9 February – Aksel Lund Svindal raced for the last time in alpine skiing, finishing with a silver medal at the World Championships.
• 9 March – Magnus Moan raced for the last time in Nordic combined skiing.
• 23 March – A cruise ship with engine problems sent a mayday call off Norway’s western coast as it desperately tried to avoid being grounded on the rocky coast. Rescue workers then launched a high-risk evacuation of the ship’s 1,300 passengers and crew, winching them one-by-one up to helicopters as heaving waves tossed the ship from side to side.
• 11 April – 150 years since the birth of Gustav Vigeland.
• 30 May – Erling Braut Håland scored 9 goals in one match at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, breaking the U-20 World Cup record and also winning the tournament's Golden Boot.
• 30 July – several landslides in Jølster blocked the European route E39.
• 9–11 August – 2019 European Team Championships, First League were held in Sandnes.
• 10 August – 21-year-old Philip Manshaus was arrested for attacking Al-Noor Islamic Centre in Bærum, on the outskirts of Oslo. The shooting is being investigated as a possible act of terrorism.
• 24 August – Over 200 reindeer found dead in Svalbard; believed to be victims of climate change.
• 31 August – Confirmation of Princess Ingrid Alexandra takes place in Skaugum.

Deaths

Dagfinn Bakke

Ove Kristian Sundberg

Wenche Kvamme

Terje Nilsen

Jon Skolmen

Jon Østeng Hov

Babill Stray-Pedersen

Gjermund Eggen

Signe Marie Stray Ryssdal

Anne Grete Preus

• 1 January − Aud Blegen Svindland, physician (b. 1928).
• 1 January − Dagfinn Bakke, illustrator (b. 1933).
• 1 January − Nils Utsi, actor, stage director and film director (b. 1943).
• 2 January − Tommy Watz, translator (b. 1958).
• 8 January − Karsten Jakobsen, engineer and rector (b. 1928).
• 8 January − Sigvald Tveit, composer (b. 1945).
• 11 January − Bjørg Skjælaaen, figure skater (born 1933).
• 15 January − Espen Thorstenson, film director (b. 1940).
• 18 January − John Krogh, footballer (b. 1938).
• 21 January − Trond Botnen, printmaker (b. 1937).
• 23 January − Reidar Aarsand, accordionist (b. 1946).
• 28 January − Ingvald Godal, politician (b. 1934).
• 29 January − Hans Normann Dahl, illustrator, painter and printmaker (b. 1937).
• 29 January − Eivind Otto Hjelle, journalist (b. 1927).
• 30 January − Per Jorsett, sports reporter (b. 1920).
• 4 February − Karen Randers-Pehrson, actress (b. 1932).
• 4 February − Ove Kristian Sundberg, musicologist and composer (b. 1932).
• 8 February − Knut Haavik, magazine editor (Se og Hør 1978−2003) (b. 1943).
• 15 February − Jens Feder, physicist (b. 1939).
• 15 February − Ragnar Halvorsen, business executive (b. 1924).
• 18 February − Ragnar Christiansen, politician (b. 1922)
• 19 February − Thorbjørn Olaf Tufte, non-fiction writer (b. 1933).
• Henrik Scheele, actor (b. 1952).
• 24 February − Ole Johs. Brunæs, politician (b. 1936).
• 1 March − Håkon Wexelsen Freihow, diplomat (b. 1927).
• 9 March − Wenche Kvamme, actress (b. 1950).
• 9 March − Sveinung Aarnseth, footballer (b. 1933).
• 12 March − Tom Skjønberg, yacht racer (b. 1948).
• 17 March − Hanne Aga, lyricist (b. 1947).
• 17 March − Astri Riddervold, ethnologist (b. 1925).
• 20 March − Terje Nilsen, singer (b. 1951).
• 25 March − Finn Ramsøy, resistance member (b. 1920).
• 25 March − Finn Arnesen, pulp book publisher (b. 1932).
• 28 March − Jon Skolmen, actor and comedian (b. 1940).
• 29 March − Jon Østeng Hov, nature photographer (b. 1936).
• 30 March − Morten Røhrt, actor and voice actor (b. 1954).
• 30 March − Erik Lorange, city planner (b. 1919).
• 3 April − Einar Iversen, jazz musician (b. 1930).
• 3 April − Rolf Håndstad, comics script writer (b. 1958).
• 9 April − Leif Haraldseth, politician (b. 1929).
• 15 April − Guro Fjellanger, politician (b. 1964).
• 18 April − Andreas Ugland, ship-owner (b. 1925).
• 23 April − Viggo Fossum, politician (b. 1949).
• 24 April − Babill Stray-Pedersen, physician (b. 1943).
• 28 April − Bernt Rougthvedt, historian and crime writer (b. 1956).
• 1 May − Arnor Njøs, soil scientist (b. 1930).
• 3 May − Kjell Grandhagen, lieutenant general (b. 1954).
• 4 May − Terje Moe Gustavsen, politician and civil servant (b. 1954).
• 4 May − Solo Cissokho, koraist (b. 1963).
• 6 May − Gjermund Eggen, cross-country skier (b. 1941).
• Arne Grimstad, novelist (b. 1923).
• 12 May − Eva Dahr, film director (b. 1958).
• 12 May − Mads H. Andenæs, legal scholar (b. 1940).
• 16 May − Kjell Wangen, footballer (b. 1942).
• 17 May – Jan Elvheim, politician (b. 1949).
• 18 May − Signe Marie Stray Ryssdal, barrister and politician (b. 1924).
• 19 May − Alfred Janson, composer (b. 1937).
• 21 May – Aase Texmon Rygh, sculptor (b. 1925).
• 22 May – Joar Hoff, football manager (b. 1939)
• 27 May – Karin Hafstad, politician (b. 1936).
• 29 May − Kari Oftedal Lima, politician (b. 1943).
• 30 May – Arne Lyngstad, politician (b. 1962).
• 3 June – Anne Kristin Lund, diplomat (b. 1952).
• 9 June – Erla Bergendahl Hohler, art historian (b. 1937).
• 12 June – Fredrik Hagemann, geologist and civil servant (b. 1929).
• 12 June – Olaf Sætersdal, civil servant (b. 1923).
• 17 June – Knut Andersen, film director (b. 1931).
• 20 June – Helga Lie, politician (b. 1930).
• 22 June – Arild Berg, footballer (b. 1975).
• 23 June – Svanhild Salberg, politician (b. 1932).
• 5 July – Paolo Vinaccia, jazz drummer (b. 1954).
• 6 July – Ragnar Hoen, chess player (b. 1925).
• 6 July – Lasse Sæther, film producer (b. ).
• 10 July – Arvid Andreassen, illustrator (b. 1931).
• 12 July – Paul Karlsen, festival impresario (b. 1947).
• 19 July – Lasse Trædal, non-fiction writer (b. 1945).
• 20 July – Leif Jørgen Aune, economist and politician (b. 1925).
• 26 July – Dagfinn Stenseth, diplomat (b. 1936).
• 27 July – Kolbjørn Brekstad, diplomat (b. 1932).
• 29 July – Egil Danielsen, javelin thrower (b. 1933).
• 30 July – Steinar Johannessen, footballer (b. 1936).
• Oluf Fuglerud, politician (b. 1925).
• 8 August – Erling Wicklund, jazz trombonist (b. 1944).
• 12 August – Jan Simonsen, politician (b. 1953).
• 25 August – Anne Grete Preus, musician (b. 1957).
• 27 August – Sven Trygve Falck, engineer, businessperson and politician (b. 1943).
• 31 August – Agnar Sandmo, economist (b. 1938).
• 31 August – Else Heimstad, war sailor activist (b. 1924).
• 3 September – Halvard Hanevold, biathlete (b. 1969).
• 3 September − Eivin Sannes, jazz pianist (b. 1937).
• 8 September − Olav Skjevesland, bishop (b. 1942).
• September − Magnar Lussand, politician (b. 1945).
• 26 September – Kåre Tønnesson, historian (b. 1926).
• 28 September − Jan E. Rivelsrud, hotelier (b. 1940).
• 9 October – Erling Steineide, cross-country skier (b. 1938).
• 14 October – Gunnar Torvund, sculptor (b. 1948).