title: 2005 in Norway
text: # 2005 in Norway
  
  Events in the year 2005 in Norway.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch: Harald V
  * Regent: Haakon from 29 March to 7 June 2005 (during the King's recovering from heart surgery)
  * President of the Storting:
  * Prime Minister: Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party) to 17 October, then Jens Stoltenberg (Labour Party)
  
  ## Events
  
  ### January
  
  * 1 January
     * New Year's celebrations all over Norway fall silent for two minutes as mark of respect for Scandinavian memorial service for those affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
     * The University of Stavanger is established.
  
  ### March
  
  * 11 March – Ole Christian Kvarme is appointed bishop of Oslo.
  
  ### June
  
  * 8 June – At least 10 people are feared dead after an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. The source is localized to a Borregaard treatment plant in Sarpsborg.
  * 13 June – The new Svinesund Bridge is opened. The old Svinesund Bridge still stands 1 kilometre to the east.
  
  ### July
  
  * 14 July – The Nærøyfjord, the Geiranger Fjord and the Struve Geodetic Arc are designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.
  
  ### September
  
  * 12 September – The 2005 Parliamentary election takes place. The election was won by the opposition centre-left Red-Green Coalition, which took 87 seats.
  * 19 September – The trial of the accused in the NOKAS robbery starts in Stavanger.
  
  ### October
  
  * 17 October – Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet was appointed after the 2005 Parliamentary elections and Bondevik's step down.
  
  ## Popular culture
  
  ### Music
  
  * Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
  * Rock band Accidents Never Happen forms
  
  ## Anniversaries
  
  * 7 June – Centennial of the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
  
  ## Notable births
  
  * 8 April – Leah Isadora Behn, the second daughter of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and husband Ari Behn
  * 3 December – Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway, the second child of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway and his wife Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
  
  ## Notable deaths
  
  * 6 January – Nora Strømstad, alpine skier (born 1909)
  * 13 January – Karstein Seland, politician (born 1912)
  * 20 January – Per Borten, Prime Minister (born 1913)
  * 2 February – Anders Hveem, bobsledder (born 1924)
  * 2 February – Svein Kvia, footballer (born 1947)
  * 20 February – Johan Østby, politician (born 1924)
  * 12 March – Johan Skipnes, politician (born 1909)
  * 17 March – Sverre Holm, actor (born 1931)
  * 8 April – Jeremi Wasiutyński, Polish-Norwegian astrophysicist, philosopher and depth-psychologist (born 1907)
  * 31 May – Ole J. Malm, physician (born 1910).
  * 2 June – Gunder Gundersen, Nordic combined skier and sports official (born 1930)
  * 7 July – Gunnar Fredrik Hellesen, politician and Minister (born 1913)
  * 20 July – Finn Gustavsen, politician (born 1926)
  * 21 August – Liv Aasen, politician (born 1928)
  * 24 September – Arna Vågen, missionary and politician (born 1905)
  * 8 October – Erik Grønseth, social scientist and sociologist (born 1925)
  * 18 October – Sverre Mitsem, judge (born 1944)
  * 29 October – Elsa Skjerven, politician and Minister (born 1919)
  * 1 November – Carl Mortensen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (born 1919)
  * 23 November – Ingvil Aarbakke, artist (born 1970)
  * 1 December – Roar Petersen, novelist (born 1934).
  * 3 December – Kåre Kristiansen, politician (born 1920)
  * 17 December – Sverre Stenersen, Nordic combined skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (born 1926)
  * 24 December – Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric (born 1931)
  * 29 December – Gerda Boyesen, founder of Biodynamic Psychology (born 1922)
  
  ### Full date missing
  
  * Jens-Halvard Bratz, businessman, politician and Minister (born 1920)
  * Eivind Erichsen, economist and civil servant (born 1917)
  * Reidar Grønhaug, social anthropologist (born 1938)
  * Geir Grung, diplomat (born 1938)
  * Ivar Johansen, journalist and editor (born 1923)
  * Ola H. Metliaas, civil servant and politician (born 1943)
  * Ove Skaug, engineer and civil servant (born 1912)
  