Notable Deaths
- 10 January - Thor Knudsen, politician (born 1927)
- 20 January - Einar Hole Moxnes, politician and Minister (born 1921)
- 6 February - Halvdan Ljøsne, painter (born 1929)
- 7 February - Harald Noreng, literary researcher and lexicographer (born 1913)
- 19 February - Godtfred Holmvang, decathlete and skier (born 1917)
- 28 February - Jan Brøgger, professor of social anthropology and clinical psychologist (born 1936)
- 28 February - Dagfinn Hjertenes, politician (born 1943)
- 28 February - Else Reppen, philanthropist (born 1933)
- 26 March - Kristoffer Lepsøe, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1922)
- 18 April - Eivind Skabo, sprint canoer and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1916)
- 22 April - Magnar Norderhaug, zoologist and ecologist (born 1939)
- 14 May - Eva Norvind, writer, documentary producer, director, sex therapist and actress (born 1944)
- 28 May - Thorleif Schjelderup, ski jumper, Olympic bronze medallist and author (born 1920)
- 1 June - Kristian Ottosen, writer and public servant (born 1921)
- 23 June - Knut Haus, politician (born 1915)
- 23 June - Gunnar Skaug, politician (born 1940)
- 24 June - Børre Falkum-Hansen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (born 1919)
- 30 June - Bjarne Johannes Hope, civil servant (born 1944)
- 4 July - Lars Korvald, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1916)
- 19 July - Odd With, politician (born 1921)
- 28 July - Rut Brandt, writer and second wife of the German Chancellor Willy Brandt (born 1920)
- 3 September - Eva Knardahl, pianist (born 1927)
- 4 September - Ingrid Bjoner, opera singer (born 1927)
- 7 September- Eugene Ejike Obiora, died during police arrest (born 1958)
- 24 September - Per Stavem, shot putter and discus thrower (born 1926)
- 29 September - Jan Werner Danielsen, singer (born 1976)
- 28 October - Kjell Magne Fredheim, politician (born 1928)
- 30 October - Jens Christian Hauge, resistance member and politician (born 1915)
- 30 October - Aud Schønemann, actress (born 1922)
- 4 November - Torolf Elster, newspaper and radio journalist, magazine editor and author (born 1911)
- 19 November - Thorbjørn Lie, businessperson and politician (born 1943)
- 21 November - Svein Erik Bakke, entrepreneur (born 1947)
- 24 November - Nils Are Øritsland, polar researcher in zoophysiology and ecology (born 1939)
- 28 November - Thorleif Lintrup Paus, lawyer and diplomat (born 1912)
- 4 December - Sigrid Utkilen, politician (born 1916)
- 6 December - Otto Øgrim, physicist and author (born 1913).
- 23 December - Arne Sandnes, politician (born 1925)
- 25 December - Ingerid Vardund, actress (born 1927)
- 31 December - Reidar Strømdahl, politician (born 1913)
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