1994 in Norway

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Events in the year 1994 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Harald V
• Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party)

Events

• 15–17 April – The Progress Party national convention at Bolkesjø, turns out to be one of the most dramatic purges in the history of Norwegian party politics, ending with the libertarian section of the party losing all power to the traditionalists.
• 28–29 September - Torp hostage crisis: Two Swedish robbers took two police officers and two pensioners as hostages at the Sandefjord Airport, Torp. The police freed the hostages and killed one of the hostage takers. It is the only incident in peace time that a Norwegian police chief has given the orders to shoot to kill.
• 28 November - Norway votes no to EU.
• 8 December - The Hitra Tunnel subsea road tunnel is opened. At the time of its opening, it was the world's deepest undersea tunnel (at the depth of 264 metres)

Popular culture

Sports

• 12–27 February – The 1994 Winter Olympics is held in Lillehammer.

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1990s § 1994

Notable births

Emilie Hegh Arntzen

• 1 January – Emilie Hegh Arntzen, handball player.
• 7 April – Maria Therese Tviberg, alpine skier.

Notable deaths

• 6 January – Per Palle Storm, sculptor (born 1910).
• 15 January - Jørgen Adolf Lier, politician (born 1906)
• 23 January - Johan Jørgen Holst, politician and Minister (born 1937)
• 20 February - Kaare Steel Groos, politician (born 1917)
• 23 February - Ragnar Christiansen, politician and Minister (born 1922)
• 23 February - Odd Højdahl, trade unionist, politician and Minister (born 1921)
• 13 March - Magne Lerheim, politician (born 1929)
• 21 March - Paula Nordhus, politician (born 1935)
• 7 April - Sigmund Ruud, ski jumper, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion (born 1907)
• 20 April – Sigmund Selberg, mathematician (born 1910).
• 28 April - Olav Nordrå, writer (born 1919)
• 29 April – Kaleb Nytrøen, police officer (born 1905).
• 23 May - Olav H. Hauge, poet (born 1908)
• 28 May - Erik Rinde, jurist and pioneer of social sciences in Norway (born 1919)
• 17 June - Eigil Olaf Liane, politician (born 1916)
• 21 June - Jan Fredrik Wiborg, civil engineer (born 1944)
• 16 August - Erik Anker, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1903)
• 23 August - Lars Holen, politician (born 1912)
• 25 August - Leif Eldring, judge and civil servant (born 1933)
• 30 August - Olav Gjærevoll, botanist, politician and Minister (born 1916)
• 12 October - Edel Eckblad, actress (born 1914)
• 18 October - Ivar Kornelius Eikrem, politician (born 1898)
• 6 November - Edvard Natvig, decathlete (born 1907)
• 7 November - Charles Mathiesen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist (born 1911)
• 11 November - Harry Johan Olai Klippenvåg, politician (born 1913)
• 15 November - Asbjørn Lindhjem, politician (born 1910)
• 11 December - Magnus Andersen, politician and Minister (born 1916)
• 12 December - Sverre Oddvar Andresen, politician (born 1924)
• 12 December - Rolf Gjermundsen, politician (born 1921)

Full date unknown

• Ole Hegge, cross country skier and Olympic silver medallist (born 1900)
• Rein Henriksen, lawyer and industrialist (born 1915)
• Rolf Jacobsen, writer (born 1907)
• Dagfinn Mannsåker, archivist and historian (born 1916)
• Agnar Mykle, author (born 1915)
• Tor Ørvig, paleontologist (born 1916)
• Helge Røstad, judge (born 1923)
• Erling Stordahl, singer (born 1923)
• Jacob Vaage, historian and museum curator (born 1905)