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December 13 – Six people died in a fire in an apartment building in Oslo.[25]
December 29 - 2008–09 Oslo riots starts.
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Sport
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Notable births
Notable deaths
January 19 – Astrid Løken , entomologist (b. 1911)
January 23 – Stein Rønning , karateka (b. 1965)[40]
January 24 – Johannes Heggland , author and politician (b. 1919)[41]
January 26 – Einar Sverre Pedersen , aviator (b. 1919)[42]
January 28 – Dagfinn Grønoset , author (b. 1920)[43]
January 28 – Marie Takvam , author and actor (b. 1926)[44]
February 9 – Nils Retterstøl , psychiatrist (b. 1924)[45]
February 10 – Ove Jørstad , footballer (b. 1970)[46]
February 10 – Arne Barhaugen , Nordic combined skier (b. 1932)[47]
February 10 – Thorleif Arneberg, politician (b. 1922)[48]
February 15 – Inge Thun , footballer (b. 1945)[49]
February 15 – Magnar Hellebust , politician (b. 1914)[50]
February 16 – Per Erik Monsen , politician (b. 1946)[51]
February 22 – Gerd Olaug Berger , politician (b. 1915)[52]
March 5 – Erik Wiik-Hansen , yacht racer (b. 1934)[53]
March 7 – Julius Paltiel , Holocaust survivor (b. 1924)[54]
March 10 – Marianne Gullestad , social anthropologist (b. 1946)[55]
March 14 – Ingvald Ulveseth , politician (b. 1924)[56]
March 14 – Guri Tambs-Lyche , activist (b. 1917)[57]
March 16 – Victor Sparre , artist (b. 1919)[58]
March 22 – Arne Skarpsno , "Father of the street children" (b. 1926)[59]
March 24 – Odin Sivertsen , politician (b. 1914)[60]
March 30 – Halvor Roll , writer (b. 1929)[61]
March 31 – Stein Haugen , discus thrower (b. 1933)[62]
April 5 – Oskar Edøy , politician (b. 1916)[63]
April 9 – Haaken A. Christensen , art collector (b. 1924)[64]
April 11 – Magne Haraldstad , politician (b. 1937)[65]
April 19 – Klaus Halvorsen, politician (b. 1942)[66]
April 21 – Ola M. Hestenes , politician (b. 1919)
April 23 – Haagen Ringnes , journalist and author (b. 1928)[67]
April 29 – Julie Ege , actress and model (b. 1943)[68]
May 5 – Astrid Gunhilde Karlsen , politician (b. 1920)[69]
May 15 – Tove Billington Bye , politician (b. 1928)[70]
May 15 – Ottar Grønvik , philologist and runologist (b. 1916)
May 18 – Odd Strand , civil servant (b. 1925)
May 19 – Kjell Kristian Rike , sports commentator (b. 1944)[71]
June 2 – Geir Kjetsaa , literary historian, translator and author (b. 1937)
June 9 – Christian Lerche , physician (b. 1917)[72]
June 11 – Gunnar Solum , politician (b. 1929)[73]
June 15 – Ole-Jørgen Nilsen , actor and theatre director (b. 1936)[74]
June 19 – Antonio Bibalo , Italian-born pianist and composer (b. 1922)[75]
June 22 – Odd Aukrust , economist (b. 1915)[76]
June 22 – Jens Petter Ekornes , entrepreneur and politician (b. 1942)[77]
June 22 – Hans Haga , agrarian leader (b. 1924)[78]
June 22 – Einar W. Sissener , businessperson (b. 1929)
June 26 – Asbjørn Haugstvedt , politician (b. 1926)[79]
June 27 – Sasha Gabor , Hungarian-born pornographic actor (b. 1945)[80]
June 30 – Annemarie Lorentzen , politician (b. 1921)
July 3 – Harald Heide-Steen Jr. , actor, comedian and singer (b. 1939)[81]
July 8 – Erling Rønneberg , resistance member and politician (b. 1923)[82]
July 8 – Knut Bøckman , chess expert (b. 1932)
July 9 – Hans Hjelle , politician (b. 1916)[83]
July 10 – Kåre Rodahl , physician (b. 1917)[84]
July 14 – Henki Kolstad , actor (b. 1915)[85]
July 21 – Knut Boye , civil economist (b. 1937)[86]
July 30 – Erik Himle , civil servant and politician (b. 1924)
July 30 – Terje Thoen , ice hockey player (b. 1944)[87]
August 1 – Tore Breda Thoresen , theatre director (b. 1924)[88]
August 2 – Rolf Bae , mountaineer (b. 1975)[89]
August 2 – Helga Gitmark , politician (b. 1929)[90]
August 2 – Kåre Grøndahl Hagem , politician (b. 1915)[91]
August 8 – Ann-Mari Aasland , politician (b. 1915)[92]
August 12 – Helge Hagerup , writer (b. 1933)[93]
August 15 – Thor Pedersen , rower (b. 1924)[94]
August 18 – Ole Frithjof Klemsdal , politician (b. 1923)[95]
September 2 – Andreas Zeier Cappelen , politician (b. 1915)[96]
September 6 – Aril Edvardsen , evangelical preacher and missionary (b. 1938)[97]
September 11 – Nils Johan Ringdal , historian (b. 1952)[98]
September 14 – Knut S. Heier , geochemist (b. 1929)
September 23 – Arne Haugestad , barrister (b. 1935)[99]
September 27 – Olaf Poulsen , speed skater and official (b. 1920)
September 28 – Ivar Kåre Mathisen, politician (b. 1921)[100]
October 6 – Anne Margrethe Strømsheim , resistance member (b. 1914)
October 12 – Vessa Hanssen, opera singer (b. 1937) [101]
October 14 – Bodil Finsveen , politician (b. 1934)[102]
October 18 – Tormod Haugen , author (b. 1945)[103]
October 23 – Liv Marit Moland , politician (b. 1948)[104]
October 30 – Nils Kåre Jacobsen , publisher (b. 1929)[105]
November 8 – Bodil Aakre , jurist and politician (b. 1922)[106]
November 14 – Knut Bjørnsen , sports commentator and journalist (b. 1932)
November 24 – Rolf Ketil Bjørn , businessperson and politician (b. 1938)
December 13 – Kjartan Slettemark , artist (b. 1932).[107]
December 15 – Anne-Catharina Vestly , children's author (b. 1920)[108]
December 27 – Arild Andresen , footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1928)
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