2006 in Norway

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Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 4 Births 5 Deaths 5.1 January to March 5.2 April to June 5.3 July to September 5.4 October to December 5.5 Full date unknown

[edit] Incumbents

• King of Norway - Harald V of Norway

[edit] Events

• September - The death of Eugene Ejike Obiora at the hands of arresting police officers in Trondheim triggers massive protests across Norway
• December - Norsk Hydro reveals a proposal to merge its oil business with compatriate oil and gas company Statoil. Gaining approval from both the EU and the Storting, the merger is completed by October 1, 2007.
• The service station chain HydroTexaco which was established in 1995 through a merger between Norsk Hydro and Texaco is sold to Reitangruppen.

[edit] Arts and literature

• Egil Børre Johnsen, writer, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.
• September - Blackened metal band Allfader releases their debut album At Least We Will Die Together.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January to March

• 10 January - Thor Knudsen, politician (b.1927)
• 20 January - Einar Hole Moxnes, politician and Minister (b.1921)
• 6 February - Halvdan Ljøsne, painter (b.1929)
• 7 February - Harald Noreng, literary researcher and lexicographer (b.1913)
• 19 February - Godtfred Holmvang, decathlete and skier (b.1917)
• 28 February - Jan Brøgger, professor of social anthropology and clinical psychologist (b.1936)
• 28 February - Dagfinn Hjertenes, politician (b.1943)
• 28 February - Else Reppen, philanthropist (b.1933)
• 26 March - Kristoffer Lepsøe, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1922)

[edit] April to June

• 18 April - Eivind Skabo, sprint canoer and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1916)
• 22 April - Magnar Norderhaug, zoologist and ecologist (b.1939)
• 14 May - Eva Norvind, writer, documentary producer, director, sex therapist and actress (b.1944)
• 28 May - Thorleif Schjelderup, ski jumper, Olympic bronze medallist and author (b.1920)
• 1 June - Kristian Ottosen, writer and public servant (b.1921)
• 23 June - Knut Haus, politician (b.1915)
• 23 June - Gunnar Skaug, politician (b.1940)
• 24 June - Børre Falkum-Hansen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1919)
• 30 June - Bjarne Johannes Hope, civil servant (b.1944)

[edit] July to September

• 4 July - Lars Korvald, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (b.1916)
• 19 July - Odd With, politician (b.1921)
• 28 July - Rut Brandt, writer and second wife of the German Chancellor Willy Brandt (b.1920)
• 3 September - Eva Knardahl, pianist (b.1927)
• 4 September - Ingrid Bjoner, opera singer (b.1927)
• 7 September- Eugene Ejike Obiora, died during police arrest (b.1958)
• 24 September - Per Stavem, shot putter and discus thrower (b.1926)
• September - Arne Hoel, ski jumper (b.1927)

[edit] October to December

• 28 October - Kjell Magne Fredheim, politician (b.1928)
• 30 October - Jens Christian Hauge, resistance member and politician (b.1915)
• 30 October - Aud Schønemann, actress (b.1922)
• 4 November - Torolf Elster, newspaper and radio journalist, magazine editor, novelist, crime writer and short story writer (b.1911)
• 19 November - Thorbjørn Lie, businessperson and politician (b.1943)
• 21 November - Svein Erik Bakke, entrepreneur (b.1947)
• 24 November - Nils Are Øritsland, polar researcher in zoophysiology and ecology (b.1939)
• 28 November - Thorleif Lintrup Paus, lawyer and diplomat (b.1912)
• 4 December - Sigrid Utkilen, politician (b.1916)
• 6 December - Otto Øgrim, physicist and author (b.1913)
• 23 December - Arne Sandnes, politician (b.1925)
• 25 December - Ingerid Vardund, actress (b.1927)
• 31 December - Reidar Strømdahl, politician (b.1913)

[edit] Full date unknown

• Bjørn Aamodt, poet (b.1944)
• Sverre Bergh, spy in Nazi Germany during World War II (b.1920)
• Sigurd Engelstad, genealogist and archivist (b.1914)
• Per Maltby, astronomer (b.1932)
• Eystein Sandnes, ceramic and glass designer (b.1927)