Events in the year 2020 in Norway .
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1 January
3 January – The funeral of Ari Behn is held at Oslo Cathedral .[10]
7 January – A fire erupts in the parking garage at Stavanger Airport Sola damaging around 60 vehicles. The fire is said to have come from an old petrol car.[11]
9 January – The hearings into the NAV scandal commences, calling upon the Prime Minister, Minister of Labour Anniken Hauglie , Minister of Justice Jøran Kallmyr , and former Ministers of Labour Hanne Bjurstrøm and Anniken Huitfeldt .[12]
20 January – The Progress Party announces that they will be withdrawing from Solberg's Cabinet after prolonged disagreement with fellow coalition parties, thereby also reducing the government to a minority.[13]
24 January – Prime Minister Erna Solberg presents her new cabinet, now a minority government consisting of the Conservatives , Liberals and Christian Democrats .[14]
15 February – the final round of the Melodi Grand Prix 2020 was held; Ulrikke Brandstorp emerging as winner.
17 February – Widerøe cuts 4,000 flights due to high costs.[15]
11 March – Trine Skei Grande announced her stepping down as leader of the Liberal Party .[16]
26 March – The Iraqi-Kurdish Islamic scholar and militant Mullah Krekar is extradited from Norway to Italy, where he is sentenced to jail for leading a jihadist network.[17]
28 March – Nicolai Tangen is announced as the new director of Norges Bank Investment Management , succeeding longtime director Yngve Slyngstad .[18]
18 April – News breaks out that Nicolai Tangen paid for a multi-million NOK "dream seminar" in New York City in November 2019. Attendees of the seminar included the director of Norges Bank Investment Management Yngve Slyngstad , meanwhile Tangen applied for the position as director after Slyngstad, as well as top-level politicians and diplomats.[19]
28 April – Tom Hagen , whose wife disappeared on 31 October 2018, is arrested and charged with murder or complicity to murder.[20] He was released shortly after
7 May – The trial against Philip Manshaus commences in Oslo District Court .[21] The conviction fell on 11 June.[22]
5 June – Thousands participate in the largest Black Lives Matter demonstration in Norway, gathering outside the US Embassy in Oslo .[23]
17 June – Norway is elected to a two-year term to the United Nations Security Council to begin on January 1, 2021, during the 2020 Security Council Elections .[24]
14 August – Petter Northug is arrested for speeding and also became suspected for drug possession.[25] The conviction fell on 22 December.[26]
22 August – Protests broke out during an anti-Islam rally in Bergen .[27]
30 August – Protests broke out during an anti-Islam rally in Oslo .[28]
1 September – Nicolai Tangen commenced his tenure as director of Norges Bank Investment Management , after transferring his share in his hedge fund AKO Capital to a foundation, the Ako Foundation.[29]
8 September – The trial against Laila Bertheussen commenced in Oslo District Court .[30]
26 September – Guri Melby was formally elected new leader of the Liberal Party .[31]
29 September – Geir Lippestad was announced as the leading figure of a new political party, Centre (Norwegian : Sentrum ), hoping to field candidates in the 2021 Norwegian parliamentary election .[32]
1 October – Labour MP Jan Bøhler surprisingly rescinded his Labour membership and joined the Centre Party .[33]
11 December – Construction of the Fornebu Line commenced officially.[34]
12 December – Maskorama became 2020's most viewed program on linear television in Norway, with a viewership of 1 264 000.[35]
30 December – A mudslide in Ask , Gjerdrum claimed several houses[36] and human lives.
COVID-19 pandemic
Leaders associated with the COVID-19 pandemic :
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
January
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]
February
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]
March
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]
April
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
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]
June
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]
August
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 [ no ] , 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]
December
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]
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