2002 in Norway

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27 February – Metropol TV ceases broadcasting because of financial difficulties.

24 May – Ari Behn marries Princess Märtha Louise of Norway in Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.

1 January – Arne Røgden, bobsledder (born 1917)
20 January – Knut Thomassen, actor and theatre director (born 1921).^[2]
24 January – Ragnar Horn, politician (born 1913)
31 January – Jens P. Flå, politician (born 1923)
1 February – Sigurd Berge, composer (born 1928)
18 April – Thor Heyerdahl, ethnographer and adventurer (born 1914)
29 April – Sverre Bratland, military leader (born 1917)
1 May – Birger Tvedt, physician (born 1910).^[3]
28 May – Kai Paulsen, journalist, photographer and computer collector (born 1947)
29 June – Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist (born 1931)
10 August – Kristen Nygaard, mathematician, computer programming language pioneer and politician (born 1926)
26 September – Eleonore Bjartveit, politician and Minister (born 1924)
10 October – Sverre L. Mo, politician (born 1915)
15 November – Hans Jørgen Toming, visual artist and designer (b. 1933).^[4]
24 November – Odd Lien, newspaper editor and politician (born 1915)
5 December – Magnar Sætre, politician (born 1940)
20 December – Tore Tønne, politician and Minister (born 1948)
21 December – Harald U. Lied, politician (born 1927)
24 December – Kjell Aukrust, author, poet and artist (born 1920).^[5]

^ "Nordic Council Literature Prize". norden.org. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Knut Thomassen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^ Jørgensen, Jørn-Kr. "Birger Tvedt". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
^ Larsstuvold, Rune. "Hans Jørgen Toming". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ Jor, Finn. "Kjell Aukrust". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

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