title: 1995 in Norway
text: # 1995 in Norway
  
  Events in the year 1995 in Norway.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch – Harald V
  * Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party)
  
  ## Events
  
  * 1 January – The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of rogue waves.
  * 6 March – Brønnøysunds Avis launches the first online newspaper in Norway.
  
  ### Full date unknown
  
  * Delphi Funds is founded.
  * Norsk Hydro merges its gas stations in Norway and Denmark with the Texaco, creating the joint venture HydroTexaco. The service station chain is sold in 2006 to Reitangruppen.
  * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
  
  ## Anniversaries
  
  * 6 March – 100 years since the death of Camilla Collett.
  * 12 July – 100 years since the birth of Kirsten Flagstad
  
  ## Popular culture
  
  ### Sports
  
  * 4–5 February – The FIL World Luge Championships 1995 took place at Hunderfossen.
  * 1–5 March – The 1995 World Skeleton Championships and the 1995 World Junior Bobsleigh Championships took place at Hunderfossen.
  * March – The World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 1995 took place at Voss.
  
  ### Music
  
  * 13 May – Norway wins Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Nocturne", performed by Secret Garden.
  
  ## Notable births
  
  * 23 January – Marius Høibråten, footballer
  * 5 February – Thomas Martinussen, footballer
  * 12 February – Kent-Are Antonsen, footballer
  * 13 February – Bård Finne, footballer
  * 18 February – Caroline Graham Hansen, footballer
  * 2 March – Mats Møller Dæhli, footballer
  * 30 March – Anders Trondsen, footballer
  * 7 April – Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen, freestyle skier.
  * 4 May – Martin Ellingsen, footballer.
  * 3 June – Mattias Nørstebø, ice hockey player
  * 26 June – Eirik Hestad, footballer.
  * 26 June – Simen Nordermoen, footballer
  * 7 July – Even Eriksen, politician.
  * 10 July – Ada Hegerberg, footballer
  * 18 July – Kristian Eriksen, footballer
  * 3 August – Jeppe Moe, footballer.
  * 8 August – Malin Reitan, singer
  * 26 August
     * Amalie Eikeland, footballer.
     * Herman Stengel, footballer
     * Sondre Tronstad, footballer
  * 31 August – Celine Helgemo, singer and songwriter
  * 10 November – Line Høst, competitive sailor.
  * 25 November – Anja Ninasdotter Abusland, politician.
  
  ### Full date unknown
  
  * Andrine Benjaminsen, orienteer and ski orienteer.
  * Sebastian Warholm, actor
  
  ## Notable deaths
  
  * 6 February – Bjarne Henry Henriksen, politician (born 1904)
  * 15 February – Frieda Dalen, educator (born 1895).
  * 26 February – Kjell Thorbjørn Kristensen, politician (born 1927)
  * 28 February – Ragnvald Mikal Andersen, politician (born 1899)
  * 13 April – Peter Bastiansen, businessperson and politician (born 1912).
  * 4 May – Arne Arnardo, circus performer and owner (born 1912).
  * 16 May – Parelius Hjalmar Bang Berntsen, politician (born 1910)
  * 24 May – Ole Borge, jurist and resistance member (born 1916)
  * 26 May – Sigmund Skard, poet, essayist and professor of literature (born 1903)
  * 30 May – Sunniva Hakestad Møller, politician (born 1907)
  * 31 May – Ingrid Semmingsen, historian, first female professor of history in Norway (born 1910)
  * 5 June – Olav Moen, politician (born 1909)
  * 30 July – Pelle Christensen, actor and translator (born 1923)
  * 28 September – Ottar Fjærvoll, politician (born 1914)
  * 17 October – Gunvor Hofmo, writer and poet (born 1921)
  * 18 October – Torrey Mosvold, shipping and industrial entrepreneur (born 1910)
  * 7 November – Halvor Thorbjørn Hjertvik, politician (born 1914)
  * 10 November – Tormod Førland, chemist (born 1920).
  * 24 November – Benny Motzfeldt, visual artist, glass designer and sculptor (born 1909).
  * 25 November – Leif Juster, comedian, singer and actor (born 1910).
  * 26 November – Sigmund Mjelve, writer (born 1926).
  * 3 December – Hans Aardal, politician (born 1921)
  * 7 December – Benn John Valsø, bobsledder (born 1927)
  * 16 December – Inger Waage, industrial ceramicist (born 1923).
  
  ### Full date unknown
  
  * Otto Chr. Bastiansen, physicist and chemist (born 1918)
  