2020 in Norway

Leaders associated with the COVID-19 pandemic:

• Bent Høie, Minister of Health and Care Services
• Bjørn Guldvog, director of the Norwegian Directorate for Health
• Espen Rostrup Nakstad, acting deputy director of the Norwegian Directorate for Health
• Camilla Stoltenberg, director of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health
• Preben Aavitsland, chief physician in the Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Timeline:[37]

• 26 February - the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Norway
• 12 March - the first confirmed COVID-19 death in Norway
• 12 March - start of the nationwide lockdown, closing all kindergartens, schools, universities and colleges, gyms, swimming arenas and hairdressers
• 13 March - the Government of Norway issued the first economic crisis package, of 6.5 billion kr
• 15 March - increase of the nationwide lockdown, closing all psychologists, opticians, physiotherapists and similar health offices
• 19 March - the Government of Norway issued part two of the first economic crisis package
• 19 March - increase of the nationwide lockdown, enforcing a ban on sleepovers in cabins and lodges ("the lodge ban")
• 21 March - the Parliament of Norway passed an emergency mandate law, lasting one month
• 21 March - the Parliament of Norway passed a new economic crisis package
• 31 March - the Parliament of Norway passed a new economic crisis package
• 8 April - the death toll reached 100[38]
• 20 April - decrease of the nationwide lockdown, opening kindergartens, dentists, psychologists and physiotherapists
• 20 April - repeal of "the lodge ban"
• 21 April - the Parliament of Norway prolonged the emergency mandate law, lasting one month
• 27 April - decrease of the nationwide lockdown, opening primary schools for grades 1–4 as well as upper secondary schools for vocational students

• 9–14 January - The group stage of the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship is held in Trondheim.
• 18 January - Erling Haaland made his league debut for Borussia Dortmund and scored a hat-trick.[39]
• 15 February – Casper Ruud won the 2020 Argentina Open, becoming the first Norwegian tennis player to win an ATP Tour tournament.[40]
• 15 February – Casper Ruud was announced as climbing to 34th place on the ATP rankings, the highest rank of any Norwegian, surpassing his own father Christian Ruud who peaked at 39th.[41] In the course of 2020, Casper Ruud reached new all-time high ranks of 36th in March, then 34th, 30th and 25th in September.[42]
• 19–22 February - The 2020 Women's Bandy World Championship was held in Oslo.
• 23 February - Jarl Magnus Riiber became the winningest racer in a single season of the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup, surpassing Hannu Manninen's previous record with his 13th race victory.[43] Riiber would later win his 14th race of the season.[44]
• 29 February–1 March - The 2020 World Allround Speed Skating Championships was held in Hamar.
• 5–11 March - The World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2020 was held in Narvik. Scheduled to last until 14 March, it was aborted on the evening of 11 March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[45]
• 7 March – The concluding race of several winter sports World Cup seasons, in which Norwegians emerged as overall winners:

• The 2019–20 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup for men, won by Aleksander Aamodt Kilde.
• The 2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup for women, won by Therese Johaug.
• The 2019–20 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup for men, won by Jarl Magnus Riiber.

• 12 March – The concluding race of the 2019–20 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup for women, won by Maren Lundby.
• 14 March – The concluding race of the 2019–20 Biathlon World Cup for men, won by Johannes Thingnes Bø.
• 7 March – Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen raced for the last time in cross-country skiing.[46]
• 8 March - Håvard Bøkko raced for the last time in speed skating.[47][48]
• 11 June - Sondre Nordstad Moen established a European record in the 25 000 metre track run at the Bislett Impossible Games.[49]
• 16 June - 2020 Eliteserien commences play after being suspended during the pandemic, originally being scheduled to start on 4 April.[50]
• 8 August - Sondre Nordstad Moen established a European record in the one hour track run at Kristiansand stadion.[49] It was later communicated that the record would not be ratified.[51]
• 14 August - Jakob Ingebrigtsen established a European record in the 1500 metres in Monaco of 3:28.68 minutes.[52]
• 23 August - Karsten Warholm established a European record, improving his own, in the 400 metres hurdles in Stockholm of 46.87 seconds.[53]
• 24–30 August – The 2020 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championship were supposed to be held in Sandvika. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the championships were first postponed, then cancelled altogether.[54]
• 24 August – Andreas Leknessund won the U-23 time trial event at the 2020 European Road Cycling Championships.[55]
• 27 August – Jonas Hvideberg won the U-23 road race event at the 2020 European Road Cycling Championships.[55]
• 9 September - The Norwegian Handball Federation board chose Trondheim as the sole venue of the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship in December 2020.
• 10 September - The Football Association of Norway board cancelled the 2020 Norwegian Football Cup.[56]
• 15 September - Hedda Hynne established a world leading time in the women's 800 metres of 1:58.10 minutes.[57] It was beaten by only one runner before the end of 2020.[58]
• 18 September - The Football Association of Norway board cancelled the 2020 3. divisjon and the 2020 women's 2. divisjon.[59]
• 10–11 October – The Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation convention decided to bid for the 2027 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships.[60]
• 16 November - The Norwegian Handball Federation board chose to pull Norway's venue (Trondheim) out of the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship in December 2020.[61]
• 9 December - FK Bodø/Glimt became the first ever team to score 100 goals in Eliteserien (the tally ended on 104), among a dozen other league records.[62]
• 20 December - Norway won the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship.

Tor Obrestad

• 1 January – Laurie Grundt, painter (b. 1923).[69]
• 5 January – Guri Ingebrigtsen, politician (b. 1952).[70]
• 5 January – Bjørn Unneberg, politician (b. 1928).[71]
• 8 January – Christine Præsttun, television presenter (b. 1971).[72]
• 9 January – Bergljot Sandvik-Johansen, gymnast and figure skater (b. 1922).[73]
• 12 January – Gunnar Østrem, glaciologist (b. 1922).[74]
• 12 January – Frank Nervik, footballer (b. 1934).[75]
• 15 January – Karl Sundby, actor (b. 1953).[76]
• 25 January – Tor Obrestad, writer (b. 1938).[77]
• 26 January – Magnhild Skjesol, handballer (b. 1931).[78]
• 26 January – Terje Meyer, designer (b. 1942).[79]
• 27 January – Haakon Bjørklid, illustrator (b. 1925).[80]

Jahn Teigen

• 3 February – Knut Rønningen, biotechnologist (born 1938).[81]
• 6 February – Hans Petter Hansen, singer (b. 1948).[82]
• 11 February – Jack Kramer, footballer (b. 1939).[83]
• 12 February – Jan E. Hansen, writer and critic (b. 1959).[84]
• 13 February – Herman Kahan, writer (b. 1926).[85]
• 17 February – Per Oskar Andersen, neurologist (b. 1930).[86]
• 17 February – Barry Matheson, impresario (b. 1941).[87]
• 18 February – Jon Christensen, jazz drummer (b. 1943).[88]
• 21 February – Erling Sandmo, historian and music critic (b. 1963).[89]
• 23 February – Morten Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, ship-owner (b. 1937).[90]
• 24 February – Jahn Teigen, singer (b. 1949).[91]
• 27 February – Annie Riis, author (b. 1927).[92]

Alf Cranner

• 1 March – Sven Ivar Dysthe, furniture designer (b. 1931).[93]
• 3 March – Alf Cranner, singer (b. 1936).[94]
• 4 March – Finn Eriksen, trumpeter (b. 1937).[95]
• 4 March – Leiv O. Holstad, Christian philanthropist (b. 1951).[96]
• 8 March – Jan-Henrik Fredriksen, politician (b. 1956).[97]
• 10 March – Knut Hendriksen, opera director (b. 1944).[98]
• 14 March – Jon Atle Gaarder, diplomat (b. 1934).[99]
• 16 March – Ranveig Frøiland, politician (b. 1945).[100]
• 16 March – Jan Levor Njargel, politician (b. 1943).[101]
• 22 March – Markvard Sellevoll, geophysicist (b. 1923).[102]
• 24 March – Kari Onstad, actress (b. 1941).[103]
• 30 March – Hjørdis Nerheim, philosopher (b. 1940).[104]
• 31 March – Ragnar Kristoffersen, politician (b. 1941).[105]

Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg

Jon Ola Norbom

Elisabeth Berge

• 2 April – Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg, politician (b. 1936)[106]
• 5 April – Svein Ellingsen, psalmist (b. 1929).[107]
• 9 April
  • Bjørn Haug, jurist (b. 1928).[108]
  • Torvild Aakvaag, industrialist (b. 1927).[109]
• 11 April – Arne Wilhelmsen, ship-owner (b. 1929).[110]
• 12 April – Axel Berg (b. 1938).[111]
• 12 April – Jon Ola Norbom, politician (b. 1923).[112]
• 13 April – Jens Erik Fenstad, mathematician (b. 1935).[113]
• 14 April – Elisabeth Berge, civil servant (b. 1954).[114]
• 16 April – Arne Nilsen, politician (b. 1924).[115]
• 16 April – Lars Bucher-Johannessen, publisher (b. 1929).[116]
• 22 April – Inger Heldal, actress (b. 1940).[117]
• 27 April – Johannes Gjerdåker, writer (b. 1936).[118]

Erik Tandberg

• 2 May – Erik Tandberg, space aviation engineer (b. 1932).[119]
• 3 May – Leiv Stensland, politician (b. 1934).[120]
• 5 May – Kjell Karlsen, band leader (b. 1931).[121]
• 19 May – Arvid Torgeir Lie, writer (b. 1938).[122]
• 20 May – Egil Grandhagen, missionary leader (b. 1947).[123]
• 21 May
  • Arnulf Kolstad, social psychologist (b. 1942).[124]
  • Bekim Sejranović, novelist (b. 1972).[125]
• 22 May – Torgeir Flatmark, chemist (b. 1931).[126]
• 23 May – Kåre Dæhlen, ambassador (b. 1926).[127]
• 27 May – Vegard Vigerust, writer (b. 1925).[128]
• 31 May – Kjell B. Hansen, politician (b. 1967).[129]

• 6 June – Gunnar Nordhus, researcher and convicted fraudster (b. 1949).[130]
• 7 June – Edith Thallaug, opera singer (b. 1929).[131]
• 13 June – Helge Rykkja, lyricist (b. 1943).[132]
• 13 June – Knut Bohwim, film director (b. 1931).[133]
• 15 June – Janne Bondi Johannessen, linguist (b. 1960).[134]
• 17 June – Astrid Gjertsen, politician (b. 1928).[135]
• 20 June – Svein Arne Hansen, sports official (b. 1946).[136]
• 20 or 21 June – Frank Tømmervåg, footballer (b. 1951).[137]
• 27 June – Marit Røgeberg, politician (b. 1945).[138]
• 30 June – Nils Fredrik Wisløff, civil servant (b. ).[139]

• 1 July – Beate Grimsrud, novelist (b. 1963).[140]
• 5 July – Grethe Ryen, actress (b. 1949).[141]
• 8 July – Finn Christian Jagge, alpine skier (b. 1966).[142]
• 14 July – Borghild Røyseland, politician (b. 1926).[143]
• 19 July – Jan Berg, politician (b. 1941).[144]
• 19 July – Nils Henrik Eggen, architect (b. 1931).[145]

• 1 August – Harald Hille, architect (b. 1921).[146]
• 1 August – Synnøve Strigen, actress (b. 1934).[147]
• 9 August – Brita Blomquist, television presenter (b. 1932).[148]
• 10 August – Einar Høgetveit, judge (b. 1949)[149]
• 13 August – Tor Bach, editor (b. 1964).[150][151]
• 13 August – Per Adde, painter (b. 1926).[152]
• 15 August – Yngvar Lundh, engineer (b. 1932).[153]
• 20 August – Arne Helvik, politician (b. 1926).[154]
• 23 August – Bjørn Skogmo, author (b. 1948).[155]
• 24 August – Ingemann Ellingsen, rector (b. 1928).[156]
• 26 August – Hans M. Barstad, theologian (b. 1947).[157]
• 26 August – Ørnulf Tofte, police officer (b. 1922).[158]
• 27 August – Ivar Ueland, politician (b. 1943).[159]
• 27 August – Bjørn Lind, anesthesiologist (b. 1920).[160]

• 1 September – Terje Steen, ice hockey player (b. 1944).[161]
• 1 September – Inger Lise Nyberg, politician (b. 1942).[162]
• 4 September – Harald Are Lund, radio presenter (b. 1946).[163]
• 9 September – Dagfinn Rian, theologian (b. 1942).[164]
• 13 September – Hilchen Thode Sommerschild, psychiatrist (b. 1926).[165]
• 18 September – Knut Utstein Kloster, psalmist (b. 1929).[166]
• 19 September – Ralph Ditlef Kolnes, priest and novelist (b. 1937).[167]
• 26 September – Erik Bartnes, politician (b. 1939).[168]
• 27 September – Arvid Møller, author (b. 1939).[169]

• 1 October – Hans Eriksen, politician (b. 1936).[170]
• 8 October – Gudrun Waadeland, singer (b. 1938).[171]
• 20 October – Dag Klaveness, limnologist (b. 1945).[172]
• 21 October – Geir Finne, politician (b. 1948).[173]
• 23 October – Tor Torgersen, athlete (b. 1928).[174]
• 25 October – Lene Løken, politician (b. 1947).[175]
• 25 October – Inge Myrvoll, politician (b. 1948).[176]

• 6 November – Jan Rodvang, footballer (b. 1939).[177]
• 9 November – Friftjof Feydt, lawyer (b. 1946).[178]
• 14 November – GT-Sara, comedy singer (b. 1924).[179]
• 15 November – Eli Sollied Øveraas, politician (b. 1949).[180]
• 16 November – Arild Arnardo, circus director (b. 1942).[181]
• 17 November – Trond Lykke, retailer (b. 1946).[182]
• November – Sergei Demidov, handballer (b. 1961).[183]
• 22 November – Jon Peter Rolie, novelist (b. 1945).[184]
• 26 November – Nils Sletta, actor (b. 1943).[185]

• 1 December – Erlend Rian, politician (b. 1941).[186]
• 6 December – Tor Gilje, singer (b. 1939).[187]
• 8 December – Kari Rolfsen, artist (b. 1938).[188]
• 11 December – Ivar Asheim, theologian (b. 1927).[189]
• 17 December – Bjørn Tysdahl, literary historian (b. 1933).[190]
• 12 December – Thor Ole Rimejorde, sports official (b. 1933).[191][192]
• 17 December – Leif Hagen, pornographic publisher (b. 1942).[193]
• 17 December – Sverre Oddanger, footballer (b. 1928).[194]
• 18 December – Anne Aanerud, textile artist (b. 1952).[195]
• 28 December – Helge Tverberg, mathematician (b. 1935).[196]
• 29 December – Arne A. Jensen, media executive (b. 1954).[197]