Events in the year 2004 in Norway.

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

Harald V Harald V ( no, Harald den femte, ; born 21 February 1937) is King of Norway. He acceded to the throne on 17 January 1991. Harald was the third child and only son of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden. He was second in the li ...

Regent A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...

: Haakon: from 25 November 2003 to 12 April 2004 (during the King's treatment for cancer and the subsequent convalescence period) *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Kjell Magne Bondevik Kjell Magne Bondevik (; born 3 September 1947) is a Norway, Norwegian Lutheranism, Lutheran Religious minister, minister and Politics of Norway, politician. As leader of the Christian Democratic Party (Norway), Christian Democratic Party, he serv ...

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Events

January

* 1 January – Innovation Norway is established, replacing four Norwegian governmental organisations. * 19 January – The freighter MS Rocknes capsizes in Vatlestraumen. 18 people die.

February

March

* 26 March –

Norsk Hydro Norsk Hydro ASA (often referred to as just ''Hydro'') is a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, headquartered in Oslo. It is one of the largest aluminium companies worldwide. It has operations in some 50 countries around the world an ...

fertilizer A fertilizer (American English) or fertiliser (British English; see spelling differences) is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients. Fertilizers may be distinct from ...

business was spun off as a separately stock-listed company under the name of

Yara International Yara International ASA is a Norwegian chemical company. It produces, distributes, and sells nitrogen-based mineral fertilizers and related industrial products. Its product line also includes phosphate and potash-based mineral fertilizers, as well ...

. * 4 April –

NOKAS robbery On 5 April 2004, at 8am the Nokas Cash Handling (formerly Norsk Kontantservice AS or NOKAS) in Stavanger, Norway was raided by heavily armed men. It was the biggest-ever heist in Norway. Although the police had intelligence that a raid was ex ...

: the NOKAS teller central in

Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...

was

robbed Robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or by use of fear. According to common law, robbery is defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the perso ...

. The outcome of the robbery was approximately

NOK Nok is a village in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The village is an archeological site. Archaeology The discovery of terracotta figurines at this location caused its name to be used for the Nok culture, of which these ...

57,4 million (approx. US$9.3 million), making it the largest robbery in Norwegian history. A policeman was shot and killed during the robbery.

April

May

June

* 15 June – The

Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training ( no, Utdanningsdirektoratet, UDIR) is Norwegian government agency under the Ministry of Education and Research. The Directorate is responsible for the development of kindergarten, primary and ...

is created. * 20 June – The first edition of Skolelinux is released.

July

* July – Leona Johansson and Tommy Hol Ellingsen, the founders of environmental organization

Fuck for Forest Fuck for Forest (FFF) is a non-profit environmental organisation founded in 2004 in Norway by Leona Johansson and Tommy Hol Ellingsen. It funds itself through a website of sexually explicit videos and photographs, charging a membership fee for ...

, had intercourse on stage at the

Quart Festival The Quart Festival was an annual popular music festival that took place in Kristiansand, Norway in the beginning of July, from 1991 to 2008. It was the most visited music festival in Norway. It was first named ''Qvadradurmusivalen'' in 1991, but ...

during the performance by

Kristopher Schau Kristopher Hugh Martin Schau (born 12 August 1970) is a Norwegian musician, TV host, comedian, author, and songwriter. He was born in Oslo. Radio and television shows Schau is known from several radio shows (most of them also with his brother A ...

and his band,

The Cumshots The Cumshots were a death 'n' roll band from Norway. The band was formed in 1999 by Kristopher Schau and Ole Petter Andreassen. The band released four albums, and were known for their violent live performances where members of the band regularly ...

to raise awareness for the deforestation issue, resulting in a fine for the organization.

August

* 22 August – Armed robbers steal

Edvard Munch Edvard Munch ( , ; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter. His best known work, ''The Scream'' (1893), has become one of Western art's most iconic images. His childhood was overshadowed by illness, bereavement and the dr ...

's ''

The Scream ''The Scream'' is a composition created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893. The agonized face in the painting has become one of the most iconic images of art, seen as symbolizing the anxiety of the human condition. Munch's work, including ...

'', ''

Madonna Madonna Louise Ciccone (; ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Widely dubbed the " Queen of Pop", Madonna has been noted for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting, a ...

'', and other paintings from the

Munch Museum Munch Museum ( no, Munch-museet), marketed as Munch (stylised as MUNCH) since 2020, is an art museum in Bjørvika, Oslo, Norway dedicated to the life and works of the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. The museum was originally located at Tøyen, ...

in Oslo, Norway.

September

October

November

December

* 26 December – 84

Norwegian people Norwegians ( no, nordmenn) are a North Germanic ethnic group and nation native to Norway, where they form the vast majority of the population. They share a common culture and speak the Norwegian language. Norwegians are descended from the ...

are among thousands of people killed by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, including Norwegian jazz musician

Sigurd Køhn Sigurd Eystein Køhn (6 August 1959 – 26 December 2004) was a Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer. Career Køhn was born in Kristiansand, Norway, and started playing the violin and the clarinet at the age of 9, and begun playing the ...

Popular culture

Music

* 1 January – The Norwegian pop/

country A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, sovereign state, while the ...

singer

Kurt Nilsen Kurt Erik Nilsen () (born 29 September 1978) is a Norwegian pop/country singer. He won the first season of the Norwegian reality show ''Idol'', which aired on TV 2 in May 2003. He then won a one-off international version of ''Pop Idol'' called ...

, whom won the first season of the Norwegian version of the reality television show ''

Pop Idol ''Pop Idol'' is a British music competition television series created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of the show was to decide the best new young pop singer (or "pop idol") in the UK based on viewer voting and par ...

'' in May 2003, wins the ''

World Idol ''World Idol'' (Germany: ''SuperStar Weltweit'', Arab World: ''SuperStar El Alaam'') is a one-off international version of the singing competition television show ''Pop Idol'', featuring winners of the various national ''Idol'' shows around t ...

'' competition which was a one-off international version of ''Pop Idol'' featuring winners of the various national Idol shows. * 6 March – Selection of the participant for

Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 Norway competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, represented by Knut Anders Sørum with the song "High". The song was chosen as the Norwegian entry for the 2004 contest through the Melodi Grand Prix contest. Before Eurovision Melodi Grand ...

. * 20 July –

Maria Mena Maria Viktoria Mena (born 19 February 1986) is a Norwegian pop singer, best known for her singles such as " You're the Only One", "Just Hold Me", "All This Time" which charted in multiple countries. Early life Maria Mena was born into an art ...

performs " You're the Only One" on

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Sports

Film

Literature

Television

Notable births

The Crown Prince and Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway

* 21 January –

Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (born 21 January 2004) is the eldest child of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and the grandchild of King Harald V. She is second in line of succession to the Norwegian throne after her fat ...

, the daughter of

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (; Haakon Magnus; born 20 July 1973) is the heir apparent to the Norwegian throne. He is the only son of King Harald V and Queen Sonja. Haakon represents the fourth generation of the sitting Norwegian royal famil ...

and second in the

line of succession to the Norwegian throne The line of succession to the Norwegian throne consists of people entitled to become head of state of Norway. The succession is currently governed by Article 6 of the Constitution, altered most recently in 1990 to introduce absolute primogenitu ...

Notable deaths

* 13 January – Arne Næss, Jr., businessman and mountaineer (born 1937) * 29 January –

Helge Seip Helge Lunde Seip (5 March 1919 – 29 January 2004) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party. He was born in Surnadal. At a young age he became involved in the Young Liberals, the youth wing of the L ...

, politician (born 1919) * 8 February –

Kristian Henriksen Kristian "Svarten" Henriksen (3 March 1911 – 8 February 2004) was a Norwegian footballer and coach. As a player, Henriksen was a wing half who played for Sarpsborg, Lyn and Frigg. With Lyn, he won the 1945 and the 1946 Norwegian Football Cup. ...

, international soccer player, coach (born 1911) * 10 February – Nils Aas, sculptor (born 1933) * 15 February –

Jens Evensen Jens Ingebret Evensen (5 November 1917 – 15 February 2004) was a Norwegian lawyer, judge, politician (for the Labour Party), trade minister, international offshore rights expert, member of the International Law Commission and judge at the Int ...

, lawyer, judge, politician and Minister (born 1917) * 4 March – Erik Stai, high jumper (born 1915) * 13 March –

Guttorm Berge Guttorm Berge (19 April 1929 – 13 March 2004) was a Norwegian Alpine skier. He was born in Vardal and died in Høvik. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Berge was bronze medalist in the slalom, 1.7 seconds behind gold winner Othmar Schneid ...

, alpine skier and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1929) * 18 March – Jostein Nerbøvik, historian (born 1938) * 27 March –

Einar Magnussen Einar Magnussen (5 June 1931 – 27 March 2004) was a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Ålesund. In 1973, in the second cabinet Bratteli, Aune was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Sh ...

, economist and politician (born 1931) * 10 April –

Odd Wang Sørensen Odd Wang Sørensen (22 December 1922 – 10 April 2004) was a Norwegian international footballer. On club level Sørensen played for Sarpsborg team Sparta, where he won the Norwegian cup in 1952. He played with the Norwegian national team at the S ...

, international soccer player (born 1922) * 25 April – Thorbjørn Kultorp, politician (born 1929) * 6 May – Kjell Hallbing, author of Western books under the pseudonym ''Louis Masterson'' (born 1934) * 13 May –

Kjell Bækkelund Kjell Bækkelund (6 May 1930 – 13 May 2004) was a Norwegian classical pianist. Biography Bækkelund was born in Oslo, Norway. He was the son of Martin Bækkelund (1903–66) and Rallik Antonette Hansen (1904–94). He was a student at the ...

, pianist (born 1930) * 13 May – Magnar Estenstad, cross country skier and double Olympic medallist (born 1924) * 13 May – Bergfrid Fjose, politician and Minister (born 1915) * 30 May –

Leif Lund Leif Lund (24 September 1942 – 30 May 2004) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1997, and was re-elected on one occasions. However, during his second term he died and ...

, politician (born 1942) * 2 June – Egil Tynæs, medical doctor, killed in

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(born 1941) * 23 June –

Tor Aspengren Ivar Tor Aspengren (1 February 1917 – 23 June 2004) was a Norway, Norwegian laborer, trade unionist and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party. He Leaders of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, led the Norwegian Confede ...

, trade unionist (born 1917) * 25 June –

Carl Fredrik Wisløff Carl Fredrik Wisløff (31 December 1908 – 25 June 2004) was a Norwegian Lutheran theologian and preacher, who spent much of his professional career at the MF Norwegian School of Theology. He is considered among the most important lay preac ...

, theologian and Christian preacher (born 1908) * 13 July – Tore A. Liltved, politician (born 1939) * 17 July – Paul Hilmar Jenson, philatelist (born 1930) * 21 July – Oddbjørn Sverre Langlo, politician (born 1935) * 31 August – Edvin Landsem, cross country skier (born 1925) * 13 October –

Erik Bye Erik Erikssønn Bye (March 1, 1926 – October 13, 2004) was a versatile Norwegian-American journalist, artist, author, film actor, folk singer and radio and television personality. He was one of the 20th century's most well-known and popular ra ...

, journalist, artist and radio and television personality (born 1926) * 3 November –

Eilert Dahl Eilert Dahl (15 September 1919 – 3 November 2004) was a Norwegian nordic skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the cross-country skiing 4 × 10 km relay at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Champi ...

, Nordic skier (born 1919) * 14 November – Petter Mørch Koren, politician and Minister (born 1910) * 14 November – Harald Kråkenes, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1925) * 18 November –

Kolbjørn Stordrange Kolbjørn Stordrange (27 September 1924 in Nes, Vest-Agder – 18 November 2004) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 1969, and was re-elected on one occasion. He had ...

, politician (born 1924) * 4 December – Oscar Olsen, politician (born 1908) * 5 December –

Øystein Rottem Øystein Rottem (1 February 1946 – 5 December 2004) was a Norwegian philologist, literary historian and literary critic. Personal life Rottem was born on the island of Hemnskjela in what was then the municipality of Heim. His parents were ...

, philologist, literary historian and literary critic (born 1946) * 12 December – Reidar Alveberg, bobsledder (born 1916) * 18 December –

Albert Nordengen Albert Nordengen (2 May 1923 – 18 December 2004) was a Norwegian banker and politician with the Conservative Party. He became one of the more popular and beloved mayors in the history of Oslo. Background He was born and grew up in Våler, Øst ...

, politician (born 1923) * 24 December – Per Fossum, alpine skier (born 1910).

Full date unknown

Petter Jakob Bjerve Petter Jakob Bjerve (27 September 1913 – 12 January 2004) was a Norwegian economist, statistician and politician for the Labour Party. Prominent positions include director of Statistics Norway from 1949 to 1980, Norwegian Minister of Finance ...

, politician and Minister (born 1913) *

Finn Carling Finn Carling (1 October 1925 – 12 March 2004) was a Norwegian language, Norwegian novelist, playwright, poet and essayist. Biography He was born in Oslo, Norway. He took artium in 1945 and studied psychology at the University of Oslo from ...

, novelist, playwright, poet and essayist (born 1925) *

Einar Førde Einar Førde (20 January 1943 – 26 September 2004) was a Norwegian journalist and politician of the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1979 to 1981, and director-general of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corp ...

, politician and Minister (born 1943) * Sivert Andreas Nielsen, civil servant, banker and politician (born 1916) * Arild Nyquist, novelist, poet, children's writer and musician (born 1937) *

Magne Skodvin Magne Skodvin (13 December 1915 – 26 January 2004) was a Norwegian educator and historian. Biography Skodvin was born at Ullensvang in Hordaland, Norway. He was the son of Anders Skodvin (1884–1938) and Karen Marie Haaland (1884–1958). S ...

, historian (born 1915)

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