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Events in the year 2014 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Harald V
• President of the Storting – Olemic Thommessen (Conservative)
• Prime Minister – Erna Solberg (Conservative).

Events

Joint recipients of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, Kailash Satyarthi (left) and Malala Yousafzai (right)

January

• 1 January – Buskerud and Vestfold University College established as a merge between Buskerud University College and Vestfold University College
• 19 January – a fire in Lærdalsøyri destroyed forty buildings, including six protected buildings near Gamleøyri.^[1]

February

March

• 28 March – Jens Stoltenberg is named next Secretary General of NATO, assuming the position in October 2014.^[2]

April

May

June

July

• 1 July-1 September – Schoolteacher strike.^[3]

August

September

October

• 10 October – The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, presented by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, is shared between Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai
• 14 October – Storting extends military service to women, making Norway the first European or NATO country to have conscription extended to both genders in peacetime.^[4]
• 17 October – State-owned real estate company Entra Eiendom is privatized and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

November

December

Popular culture

Music

• 11–13 April – Vossajazz
• 6–10 May – Norway participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Silent Storm", performed by Carl Espen.
• 2–5 July – Kongsberg Jazzfestival
• 14–19 July – Moldejazz

Sports

• 7–23 February – at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Norway won a total of 26 Olympic medals including eleven gold medals.^[5]
• 23 November – The 2014 Norwegian Football Cup Final was won by Molde FK.^[6]
• 7–21 December – at the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship, Norway won their sixth title after beating Spain 28–25 in the final.^[7]

Chess

• 2–13 June – Norway Chess 2014.
• 1–14 August – the 41st Chess Olympiad, organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE), took place in Tromsø.^[8]
• 7–28 November – Magnus Carlsen defended his World Championship title in a match against Viswanathan Anand.^[9]

Film

• 10 January – release of the drama film Kule kidz gråter ikke, directed by Katarina Launing.^[10]
• 21 February – the action film In Order of Disappearance, directed by Hans Petter Moland, was released in Norway.^[11] The film premiered on 10 February at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.
• 26 February – the drama film Blind, written and directed by Eskil Vogt, was released in Norway. The film was earlier screened at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Screenwriting Award),^[12] and at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival (awarded the Europa Cinemas Label).^[13]

Literature

• The novella Kveldsvævd by Jon Fosse is published.^[14] In 2015, Fosse was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for Andvake (2007), Olavs draumar (2012) and Kveldsvævd.^[15]

Television

Anniversaries

Bicentennial anniversary of the Constitution

• 14 January – 200 years since the Treaty of Kiel.^[16]
• 16 February – 200 years since the Meeting of Notables.
• 2 March – 200 years since the establishment of the Ministry of Finance (then: the 1st Ministry) and the Ministry of Justice and Emergency Planning (then: the 2nd Ministry)^[17]
• 10 April – 200 years since the convention of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.
• 17 May – 200 years since the signing of the Constitution of Norway.^[18]
• 26 July – 200 years since the outbreak of the Swedish–Norwegian War (1814).
• 14 August – 200 years since the Convention of Moss, which ended the Swedish–Norwegian War.
• 10 October – 200 years since the abdication of King Christian Frederik, in the wake of the Swedish–Norwegian War.
• 4 November – 200 years since the signing of the Constitution of Norway, amended to accommodate a Union between Sweden and Norway.
• 30 November – 200 years since the establishment of the Ministry of Education and Research (then: the 1st Ministry) and Ministry of Defence (then: the 6th Ministry)^[17]

Other

• 18 February – 100 years since the foundation of the Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature.^[19]
• 23 July – 100 years since the birth of Alf Prøysen.^[20]
• 14 August – 200 years since the birth of National Romanticism painter Adolph Tidemand.^[21]
• 100 years since the foundation of the Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology.^[22]
• 100 years since the 1914 Jubilee Exhibition.

Notable deaths

• 5 January – Sissel Sellæg, actress (b. 1928)^[23]
• 6 January – Thor Hilmersen, rock guitarist (b. 1946)^[24]
• 7 January – Alf Kvasbø, writer (b. 1928)^[25]
• 9 January – Hans Lund-Andersen, engineer (b. 1921)^[26]
• 12 January – Erik Nord, civil servant (b. 1925)^[27]
• 13 January – Robert Heetmøller, painter (b. 1950)^[28]
• 13 January – Guri Lysell, dancer (b. 1930)^[29]
• 14 January – Ole Moe, newspaper editor (b. 1918)^[30]
• 14 January – Jon Bing, author and jurist (b. 1944)^[31]
• 15 January – Per Eirik Johansen, music manager (b. 1959)^[32]
• 15 January – Tor Milde, journalist and writer (b. 1953)^[33]
• 15 January – Aage Teigen, jazz trombonist (b. 1944)^[34]
• 17 January – Niels Lauritz Dahl, diplomat (b. 1925)^[35][36]
• 17 January – Rønnaug Eliassen, women's rights activist (b. 1911)^[37][38]
• 21 January – Roar Woldum, swimmer (b. 1933)^[39]
• 21 January – Anbjørg Sætre Håtun, television presenter (b. 1972)^[40]
• 23 January – Ivar Moe, politician (b. 1922)^[41]
• 24 January – Lars Andreas Larssen, actor (b. 1935)^[42]
• 24 January – Knut Aukland, physiologist (b. 1935)^[43]
• 24 January – Maren-Sofie Røstvig, literary historian (b. 1920)^[44]
• 31 January – Carsten Hopstock, curator (b. 1924)^[45]
• 31 January – Hans Methlie Michelsen, jurist (born 1920)^[46]
• 31 January - Lillen Vogt, graphic artist (b. 1918)^[47]
• 1 February – Einar Slyngstad, news anchor (b. 1938)^[48]
• 2 February – Karl Erik Bøhn, handball coach (b. 1965)^[49]
• 3 February – Pål Skjønberg, actor (b. 1919)^[50]
• 3 February – Bjarne Sløgedal, composer (b. 1927)^[51]
• 5 February – Tom Sandberg, photographer (b. 1953)^[52]
• 7 February – Terje Bergstad, artist (b. 1938)^[53]
• 9 February – Sverre Solberg, actor (b. 1959)^[54]
• 9 February – Harald Øveraas, trade unionist (b. 1927)^[55]
• 16 February – Mansour Koushan, Iranian novelist, poet and playwright (b. 1948).^[56][57]
• 24 February – Eilert Eilertsen, physician and politician (b. 1918)^[58]
• 27 February – Arnstein Øverkil, police chief and civil servant (b. 1937)^[59][60]
• 28 February – Juul Bjerke, economist (b. 1928)^[61]
• 2 March – Jacob Jervell, theologian (b. 1925)^[62]
• 5 March – Wenche Fossen, book publisher and politician (b. 1946)^[63]
• 6 March – Bjørn Bryn, television maker (b. 1930)^[64][65]
• 6 March – Viking Olver Eriksen, nuclear physicist (b. 1922)^[66]
• 7 March – Jan Sagvaag, footballer (b. 1926)^[67]
• 11 March – Brett Borgen, writer (b. 1934)^[68]
• 12 March – Kjell Nupen, painter (b. 1955)^[69]
• 13 March – Jan Erik Düring, film director (b. 1926)^[70]
• 18 March – Leon Bodd, lawyer and politician (b. 1924)^[71]
• 18 March – Terje Gruer, Paralympic champion (b. 1955)^[72][73]
• 22 March – Thor Listau, politician (b. 1938)^[74]
• 24 March – Arne Løvlie, zoologist (b. 1931)^[75]
• 27 March – Per Lillo-Stenberg, actor (b. 1928)^[76]
• 27 March – Erna Mundal Pedersen, politician (b. 1929)^[77]
• 1 April – Andreas Bjørkum, philologist (b. 1932)^[78]
• 3 April – Edvard Grimstad, politician (b. 1933)^[79]
• 5 April – Rolv Enge, resistance member (b. 1921)^[80]
• 5 April – Leif Haanes, ship-owner (b. 1932)^[81]
• 6 April – Liv Dommersnes, actress (b. 1922)^[82]
• 8 April – Viggo Jan Olsen, fishers' leader (b. 1937)^[83]
• 12 April – Øystein Øystå, writer (b. 1934)^[84][85]
• 14 April – Thorleif Holth, politician (b. 1931)^[86]
• 16 April – Gunilla Hegfeldt, painter (b. 1915)^[87]
• 18 April – Trygve Lange-Nielsen, judge (b. 1921)^[88]
• 24 April – Rolf Johan Lenschow, engineer and rector (b. 1928)^[89][90]
• 26 April – Ole Enger, child actor and businessperson (b. 1948)^[91]
• 30 April – Odd Langmoen, industrialist (b. 1919)^[92]
• 1 May – Bjørn Barth, diplomat (b. 1931)^[93]
• 3 May – Trine Krogh, swimmer (born 1955).^[94]
• 5 May – Sven Sønsteby, illustrator (b. 1933)^[95]
• 8 May – Jens Christian Hansen, geographer (b. 1932)^[96]
• 8 May – Rita Haugerud, politician (b. 1919)^[97]
• 11 May – Kaare Kroppan, actor (b. 1933)^[98][99]
• 12 May – Daud Mirza, actor (b. 1969)^[100]
• 18 May – Per Rollum, alpine skier (b. 1928)^[101]
• 18 May – Per Almar Aas, politician (b. 1929)^[102]
• 23 May – Per Gunnar Jensen, pop singer (b. 1928)^[103]
• 22 May – Leif Aagaard, resistance member (b. 1920)^{[104][105][106]}
• 24 May – Jan P. Jansen, news anchor (b. 1929)^[107]
• 27 May – Sigmund Kvaløy Setreng, philosopher (b. 1934)^[108][109]
• 27 May – Alf Ramsøy, actor and runner (b. 1924)^[110]
• 27 May – Dagfinn Aarskog, pediatrician (b. 1928)^[111][112]
• 31 May – Jon Sandsmark, textile artist (b. 1941)^[113]
• 5 June – Reiulf Steen, politician (b. 1933)^[114]
• 8 June – Eva Kløvstad, resistance member (b. 1921)^[115][116]
• 8 June – Hans Kristian Eriksen, writer and editor (b. 1933)^[117]
• 8 June – Jan Deberitz, novelist (b. 1950)^[118]
• 9 June – Marit Svarva Henriksen, politician (b. 1925)^[119]
• 10 June – Peder I. Ramsrud, politician (b. 1923)^[120]
• 16 June – Thore Heramb, painter (b. 1916)^[121][122]
• 25 June – Arvid Jacobsen, newspaper editor (b. 1938)^[123]
• 25 June – Ragnhild Hilt, actress (b. 1945)^[124]
• 25 June – Audvar Os, jurist (b. 1920)^[125]
• 3 July – Bjørn Bruland, naval officer (b. 1926)^[126][127]
• 4 July – Torill Thorstad Hauger, author (b. 1943)^[128]
• 4 July – Otto Nes, media executive (b. 1920)^[129][130]
• 5 July – Jan Wiese, author (b. 1928)^[131]
• 17 July – Bjørn Johan Landmark, astrophysicist (b. 1927)^[132]
• 18 July – Sjur Olsnes, professor of medicine (b. 1939)^[133]
• 21 July – Harald Hove, politician (b. 1949)^[134]
• 21 July – Liv Holtskog, poet (b. 1934)^[135][136]
• 25 July – Thor-Eirik Gulbrandsen Mykland, politician (b. 1940)^[137]
• 28 July – Hans I. Kleven, Marxist theorist and politician (b. 1928)^[138]
• 29 July – Nini Stoltenberg, activist (b. 1963)^[139]
• 30 July – Finn Gundersen, footballer (b. 1933)^[140]
• 1 August – Jan Roar Leikvoll, novelist (b. 1974)^[141]
• 4 August – Svein-Inge Thime, football referee (b. 1940)^[142]
• 9 August – Alex Scherpf, theatre instructor (b. 1955)^[143]
• 14 August – Ada Haug Grythe, broadcaster (b. 1934)^[144]
• 16 August – Trond Schea, rally driver (b. 1930)^[145]
• 17 August – Børre Knudsen, priest and anti-abortion activist (b. 1937)^[146]
• 18 August – Per Engebretsen, civil servant (b. 1946)^[147]
• 19 August – Kåre Kolberg, composer (b. 1936)^[148][149]
• 23 August – Inga Juuso, yoik artist (b. 1945)^[150]
• 25 August – Hildur Krog, botanist (b. 1922)^[151]
• 27 August – Jan Groth, musician (b. 1946)^[152]
• 27 August – Rolf S. Thorsen, politician (b. 1934)^[153]
• 27 August – Bjørn Jervås, musician (b. 1962)^[154]
• 29 August – Rolf Kahrs Baardvik, resistance member (b. 1919)^[155]
• 6 September – Odd Bondevik, bishop (b. 1941)^[156]
• 6 September – Arne Amundsen, footballer (b. 1952)^[157]
• 10 September – Hans Petter Tholfsen, harness racer (b. 1946)^[158]
• 12 September – Bjørn Tore Bryn, news anchor (b. 1936)^[159][160]
• 16 September – Alf Ivar Samuelsen, politician (b. 1942)^[161]
• 21 September – Ole Wiig, politician (b. 1923)^[162]
• 24 September – Ailo Gaup, author and shaman (b. 1944)^[163]
• 26 September – Astrid Dirdal Hegrestad, politician (b. 1929)^[164]
• 28 September – Lisbeth Bodd, theatre leader (b. 1958)^[165]
• 4 October – Olav Lund, politician (b. 1942)^[166]
• 5 October – Vivi Haug, entertainer (b. 1936)^[167]
• 10 October – Olav Dale, jazz saxophonist (b. 1955)^[168]
• 10 October – Finn Lied, politician and research director (b. 1916)^[169]
• 14 October – Kjell Østrem, diplomat (b. 1932)^[170][171]
• 17 October – Jon Ramstad, politician (b. 1925)^[172]
• 22 October – Almar Heggen, opera singer (b. 1933)^[173][174]
• 24 October – Arne Fuglum, port director (b. 1933)^[175]
• 27 October – Reidar Sundby, footballer (b. 1926)^[176]
• 27 October – Kåre Langvik-Johannessen, germanist (b. 1919)^[177]
• 30 October – Grethe Werner, sportswoman (born 1928).^[178]
• 1 November – Edin Løvås, pastor (b. 1920)^[179]
• 4 November – Annæus Schjødt, Jr., jurist (b. 1920)^[180]
• 4 November – Kristine Bernadotte, royal (b. 1932)
• 5 November – Frantz Johansen, philanthropist and missionary (b. 1920)^[181]
• 7 November – Torbjørn Sikkeland, physicist (b. 1923)^[182]
• 8 November – Rolf Ramm Østgaard, architect (b. 1923)^[183]
• 9 November – Rolf Ramm Østgaard, architect (b. 1923)^[184]
• 9 November – Jens Bugge, Supreme Court justice (b. 1930)^[185]
• 11 November – Erik Sture Larre, lawyer and resistance member (b. 1914)
• 14 November – Kjell Hvidsand, footballer (b. 1941)^[186]
• 15 November – Emanuel Minos, Pentecostalist (b. 1925)^[187]
• 16 November – Torunn Borge, poet (b. 1960)^[188]
• 17 November – Jan Thomas Njerve, painter (b. 1927)^[189]
• 20 November – Gisle Johnson, scouting leader (b. 1934)^[190]
• 21 November – Jorolf Alstad, chemist (b. 1927)^[191]
• 21 November – Leif Andersen, competition rower (b. 1936).^[192]
• 22 November – Andreas Lønning, engineer (b. 1929)^[193]
• 24 November – Otto Hageberg, literary researcher (b. 1936)^[194]
• 27 November – Arne Serck-Hanssen, rower (b. 1925)^[195]
• 27 November – Annine Qvale, children's writer (b. 1963)^[196]
• 30 November – Mari Bjørgan, actor and revue artist (b. 1950)^[197]
• 4 December – Hroar Elvenes, speed skater (b. 1932)^[198]
• 8 December – Knut Nystedt, composer (b. 1915)
• 9 December – Gerd Kirste, politician (b. 1918)^[199]
• 9 December – Frank Beck, motivator (b. 1927)^[200]
• 12 December – John Persen, composer (b. 1941)^[201]
• 16 December – Reidar Dørum, footballer (b. 1925)^[202]
• 17 December – Jarle Ofstad, physician (b. 1927)^[203]
• 18 December – Otto Johan Hennig-Olsen, businessperson (b. 1927)^[204]
• 23 December – Johnny Bergh, TV producer (b. 1934)^[205]
• 24 December – Reidar Floeng, politician (b. 1918)^[206]
• 25 December – Kjell Hanssen, editor and politician (b. 1932)^[207]
• 25 December – Alf Næsheim, illustrator (b. 1925)^[208]
• 29 December – Odd Iversen, footballer (b. 1945)^[209]
• 29 December – Ulf Sand, politician (b. 1938)^[210]
• 29 December – Eldrid Straume, archaeologist (b. 1929)^[211]