Events
- 1 January - Innovation Norway is established, replacing four Norwegian governmental organisations.
- 26 March - Norsk Hydro's fertilizer business was spun off as a separately stock-listed company under the name of Yara International.
- 4 April - NOKAS robbery: the NOKAS teller central in Stavanger was robbed. The outcome of the robbery was approximately NOK 57,4 million (approx. USD 9.3 million), making it the largest robbery in Norwegian history. A policeman was shot and killed during the robbery.
- July – Leona Johansson and Tommy Hol Ellingsen, the founders of environmental organization Fuck for Forest, had intercourse on stage at the Quart Festival during the performance by Kristopher Schau and his band, The Cumshots to raise awareness for the deforestation issue, resulting in a fine for the organization.
- 22 August - Armed robbers steal Edvard Munch's The Scream, Madonna, and other paintings from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.
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