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Decades: 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s Centuries: 19th • 20th • 21st See also: 2003 in Norwegian football Other events of 2003 List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• King of Norway - Harald V of Norway

Events

• 15 September - Norwegian county council elections

Arts and literature

• May - Pop/rock singer Kurt Nilsen becomes a national pop star as he wins Idol, the Norwegian version of the reality television show Pop Idol

Births

Deaths

January to March

• 13 January - Andreas Holm, politician (b.1906)
• 24 January - Rolf Kirkvaag, journalist and radio and television personality (b.1920)
• 13 February - Axel Jensen, author and poet (b.1932)
• 3 March - Kitty Petrine Fredriksen, politician (b.1910)
• 6 March - Claus Helberg, resistance fighter and mountain guide (b.1919)
• 17 March - Anne-Olaug Ingeborgrud, politician (b.1925)

April to June

• 5 April - Sigurd Manneråk, politician (b.1942)
• 6 April - Ole Otto Paus, General and diplomat (b.1910)
• 14 April - Olai Ingemar Eikeland, politician (b.1915)
• 22 April - Ola H. Kveli, politician (b.1921)
• 9 May - Hans Engnestangen, speed skater and World Champion (b.1908)
• 14 May - Ingvar Lars Helle, politician (b.1933)
• 24 May - Arne Skouen, film director and journalist (b.1913)
• 30 May - Lars T. Platou, electrical engineer and politician (b.1920)
• 13 June - Tor Stokke, actor (b.1928)
• 27 June - Magne Aarøen, politician (b.1944)

July to December

• 12 August - Håkon Kyllingmark, politician and Minister (b.1915)
• 5 September - Harry Hansen, politician (b.1919)
• 9 September - Otto Lyng, politician (b.1926)
• 8 October - Petter Thomassen, politician and Minister (b.1941)
• 10 November - Edvard Beyer, literary historian, literary critic and professor (b.1920)
• 3 December - Kristine Rusten, politician (b.1940)
• 24 December - Gunnar Alf Larsen, politician (b.1919)

Full date unknown

• Harald Magne Elstad, judge (b.1913)