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{{Year in Norway|2003}}
Events in the year '''2003 in Norway'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[List of Norwegian monarchs|Monarch]] – [[Harald V]]
* [[Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway#Activities|Regent]] – [[Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway|Haakon]] – from 25 November 2003 until 12 April 2004 (during the King's treatment for cancer and the subsequent convalescence period)
* [[Prime Minister of Norway|Prime Minister]] – [[Kjell Magne Bondevik]] ([[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|Christian Democratic Party]])

==Events==
[[File:Harald V Norge.jpg|thumb|right|150px|King [[Harald V]] successfully undergoes a 5½-hour [[bladder cancer|cancer]] operation]]

===January===

===February===

===March===
* 19 March – A man dies and four are injured in a blasting accident in [[Namsos Municipality]].

===April===

===May===

* 15 May - Discovery of high levels of [[chemicals]] in [[whale meat]] leads to [[Pregnancy|pregnant women]] being warned not to eat it. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Norway advises pregnant women against whale meat |url=http://www.eurocbc.org/page989.html |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=www.eurocbc.org}}</ref>

[[File:President George W. Bush meets with Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of Norway in the Oval Office Friday, May 16, 2003.jpg|200px|thumb|upright|[[Prime Minister of Norway|Norwegian Prime Minister]] [[Kjell Magne Bondevik]] (left) meets with [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] (right) at the [[Oval Office]] in [[White House]], [[Washington, D.C.]], on 27 May 2003.]]
* 25 May – After docking in Miami at 05:00, {{SS|Norway||6}} is severely damaged by a boiler explosion at 06:30, that kills 7, and injures 17 crew members. A few weeks later it is announced by [[Norwegian Cruise Line|NCL]] that she will never sail again as a commercial [[ocean liner]].

===June===

* 23 June - [[World Refugee Day]] in [[Norway]]. [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|UNHCR]], together with the [[Norwegian Refugee Council]] (NRC), set up a '''mock [[refugee camp]]''' in central [[Oslo]]. A number of activities took place inside the camp.  The [[Norwegian Refugee Council|NRC]], in co-operation with the Norwegian Post, launched a '''[[World Refugee Day]] stamp''' on June 20.  The Refugee Council invited all ninth-grade students in [[Norway]] to participate in an '''essay and poem competition''' with the theme, "Refugee Youth". A [[jury]] consisting of well-known Norwegian [[Author|authors]] chose the best of the contributions, which will be presented in different contexts. Several activities were also launched at refugee reception centres throughout Norway to celebrate [[World Refugee Day]].  The [[Norwegian Guide and Scout Association|Norwegian Scouts' Association]] organised a [[World Refugee Day]] '''[[Fundraising|fund-raising]] campaign''' for [[Norwegian Refugee Council|NRC]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Refugees |first=United Nations High Commissioner for |title=World Refugee Day 2003: Norway |url=https://www.unhcr.org/events/wrd/3f0180103/world-refugee-day-2003-norway.html |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=UNHCR |language=en}}</ref>

===July===

===August===

===September===
* 15 September – [[2003 Norwegian county council election|Norwegian county council elections]], and [[2003 Norwegian local elections|municipal and county elections]] are held throughout the country.

===October===
[[File:De Nordiska statsministrarna. (Bilden ar tagen vid Nordiska radets session i Oslo, 2003).jpg|200px|thumb|upright|Five Nordic Prime Ministers ([[Matti Vanhanen]] (left) from [[Finland]], [[Davíð Oddsson]] (second left) from [[Iceland]], [[Kjell Magne Bondevik]] (center) from Norway, [[Anders Fogh Rasmussen]] (second right) from [[Denmark]] and [[Göran Persson]] (right) from [[Sweden]]) at the [[Nordic Council]] Session in [[Oslo]], Norway, on 27 October 2003.]]

===November===

===December===
* 1 December – King [[Harald V]] was announced to be suffering from [[bladder cancer]].
* 10 December – [[Shirin Ebadi]] of [[Iran]] receives the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in Oslo, Norway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1815 |title=Shirin Ebadi Receives her Nobel Prize (2 minutes) |publisher= nobelprize.org|date=10 December 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3306803.stm |title=Nobel winner blasts rights abuses |publisher=BBC News |date=10 December 2003}}</ref>
* 12 December – [[Keiko (whale)|Keiko]], the [[orca]] whale who starred in the 1993 film ''[[Free Willy]]'', dies of [[pneumonia]] while in the Taknes Bay located at the [[Arasvikfjord]] in Norway, where he had lived in the recent years.<ref>{{cite web|author=Kjetil Mæland Tips meg |url=http://www.nettavisen.no/innenriks/article171056.ece |title=Siste farvel til Keiko |publisher=Nettavisen.no }}</ref>
* December
** ''[[Bare på jobb]]'', a Norwegian comedy film is released.<ref>[http://www.filmweb.no/film/article340721.ece ''Bare på jobb'']</ref> at Filmweb.no (Norwegian)
** Plans to explore for [[oil]] and [[Gasoline|gas]] in the [[Barents Sea]] spark [[criticism]] from [[Environmentalist|environmentalists]] and [[fishing industry]].

==Popular culture==
{{Expand section|date=September 2010}}

===Sports===

=== Music ===
* [[Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003|Norway competed]] in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] 2003, represented by [[Jostein Hasselgård]] with the song "I'm Not Afraid to Move On". The song was chosen as the Norwegian entry for the 2003 contest through the [[Melodi Grand Prix]] contest.

===Film===
{{Main|Norwegian films of the 2000s#2003}}

===Literature===

===Television===
{{Main|2003 in Norwegian television}}

==Notable births==
* 3 January – [[Nicolai Skoglund]], footballer
* 18 January – [[Odin Thiago Holm]], footballer
* 21 January – [[Andreas Endresen (footballer)|Andreas Endresen]], footballer
* 9 February – [[Iker Carew]], footballer (born in Spain)
* 16 February – [[Bryan Fiabema]], footballer
* 21 February – [[Selma Pettersen]], footballer
* 23 February – [[Christos Zafeiris]], footballer (born in Greece)
* 16 March – [[Pawel Chrupalla]], footballer (born in Poland)
* 18 March – [[Seedy Jatta]], footballer
* 29 April – [[Maud Angelica Behn]], daughter of [[Ari Behn]] and [[Princess Märtha Louise of Norway]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Turner |first1=B. |title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2008: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World |date=12 January 2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-74024-6 |page=951 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZPlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA951 |language=en}}</ref>
* 14 May – [[Maja Furu Sæteren]], handballer
* 16 May – [[Kristian Bernt Torgersen]], footballer
* 26 May – [[Simen Kvia-Egeskog]], footballer
* 8 June – [[Mathias Johnsrud Emilsen|Mathias Emilsen]], footballer
* 10 June – [[Sondre Auklend]], footballer
* 9 July – [[Tobias Fjeld Gulliksen]], footballer
* 10 July – [[Mina Bergersen]], footballer
* 12 July – [[Oscar Bobb]], footballer
* 24 July – [[Max Normann Williamsen]], footballer
* 26 August – [[Leo Hjelde]], footballer
* 7 September – [[Kristian Arnstad]], footballer
* 22 October – [[Petter Nosakhare Dahl]], footballer
* 24 October – [[Leander Øy]], footballer
* 30 October – [[Thea Minyan Bjørseth]], ski jumper
* 6 December – [[Mathias Fjørtoft Løvik]], footballer
* 21 December – [[Jasper Silva Torkildsen]], footballer

==Notable deaths==
===January to June===
[[File:Axel_Jensen_ved_Piano-AJ2.jpg|thumb |right |150 px |[[Axel Jensen]]]]
*13 January – [[Andreas Holm (politician)|Andreas Holm]], politician (born 1906)
*24 January – [[Rolf Kirkvaag]], journalist and radio and television personality (born 1920)
*13 February – [[Axel Jensen]], author and poet (born 1932)
*3 March – [[Kitty Petrine Fredriksen]], politician (born 1910).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=KIFR&tab=Biography |title=Fredriksen, Kitty Petrine |language=no|access-date=10 November 2012 |work=stortinget.no |publisher=Parliament of Norway }}</ref>
*6 March – [[Claus Helberg]], resistance fighter and mountain guide (born 1919)
*17 March – [[Anne-Olaug Ingeborgrud]], politician (born 1925)
*26 March – [[Gerd Benneche]], jurist and journalist (born [[1913 in Norway|1913]]).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gerd Benneche |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Gerd_Benneche |language=no |access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref>
*29 March – [[Herbjørn Sørebø]], media personality (born 1933).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Herbjørn Sørebø |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Olav |last=Kobbeltveit |editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Herbjørn_Sørebø/utdypning |language=no |access-date=30 January 2013}}</ref>
*5 April – [[Sigurd Manneråk]], politician (born 1942)
*6 April – [[Ole Otto Paus]], General and diplomat (born 1910)
*14 April – [[Olai Ingemar Eikeland]], politician (born 1915)
*21 April – [[Helga Dagsland]], nurse educator (born 1910).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Helga Dagsland |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Helga_Dagsland |language=no |access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref>
*22 April – [[Ola H. Kveli]], politician (born 1921)
*9 May – [[Hans Engnestangen]], speed skater and World Champion (born 1908)
*14 May – [[Ingvar Lars Helle]], politician (born 1933)
*24 May – [[Arne Skouen]], film director and journalist (born 1913)
*30 May – [[Lars T. Platou]], electrical engineer and politician (born 1920)
*13 June – [[Tor Stokke]], actor (born 1928)
*27 June – [[Magne Aarøen]], politician (born 1944)

===July to December===
*6 July – [[Arne Kielland]], journalist and politician (born [[1939 in Norway|1939]]).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Arne Kielland |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Arne_Kielland |language=no |access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref>
*12 July – [[Rudolf Næss]], illustrator (born 1914)<ref>Death announcement, ''Bergens Tidende'' 23 July 2003</ref>
*12 August – [[Håkon Kyllingmark]], politician and Minister (born 1915)
*5 September – [[Harry Hansen (politician)|Harry Hansen]], politician (born 1919)
*9 September – [[Otto Lyng]], politician (born 1926)
*8 October – [[Petter Thomassen]], politician and Minister (born 1941)
*24 October &ndash; [[Eva Haalke]], ballet teacher and dancer (born 1912).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Eva Haalke |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Valdemar |last=Hansteen  |editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]] |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Eva_Haalke |language=no|access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref>
*10 November – [[Edvard Beyer]], literary historian, literary critic and professor (born 1920)
*3 December – [[Kristine Rusten]], politician (born 1940)
*24 December – [[Gunnar Alf Larsen]], politician (born 1919)

===Full date unknown===
*[[Harald Magne Elstad]], judge (born 1913)

==See also==
{{Portal bar|Norway|History|Lists}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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