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Incumbents

• King of Norway - Harald V of Norway

Events

Both the new and the old Svinesund Bridges in the autumn of 2004

• 7 June - Centennial of the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
• 13 June - The new Svinesund Bridge is opened joining Norway and Sweden. The old Svinesund Bridge still stands 1 kilometer to the east.

Arts and literature

Births

Deaths

January to June

• 6 January - Nora Strømstad, alpine skier (b.1909)
• 13 January - Karstein Seland, politician (b.1912)
• 20 January - Per Borten, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (b.1913)
• 2 February - Anders Hveem, bobsledder (b.1924)
• 2 February - Svein Kvia, international soccer player (b.1947)
• 20 February - Johan Østby, politician (b.1924)
• 12 March - Johan Skipnes, politician (b.1909)
• 17 March - Sverre Holm, actor (b.1931)
• 2 June - Gunder Gundersen, Nordic combined skier and sports official (b.1930)

July to September

• 7 July - Gunnar Fredrik Hellesen, politician and Minister (b.1913)
• 20 July - Finn Gustavsen, politician (b.1926)
• 21 August - Liv Aasen, politician (b.1928)
• 24 September - Arna Vågen, missionary and politician (b.1905)

October to December

• 8 October - Erik Grønseth, social scientist and sociologist (b.1925)
• 18 October - Sverre Mitsem, judge (b.1944)
• 29 October - Elsa Skjerven, politician and Minister (b.1919)
• 1 November - Carl Mortensen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1919)
• 23 November - Ingvil Aarbakke, artist (b.1970)
• 3 December - Kåre Kristiansen, politician (b.1920)
• 17 December - Sverre Stenersen, Nordic combined skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (b.1926)

Georg Johannesen
Photo: Gisle Hannemyr

• 24 December - Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric (b.1931)
• 29 December - Gerda Boyesen, founder of Biodynamic Psychology (b.1922)

Full date unknown

• Jens-Halvard Bratz, businessman, politician and Minister (b.1920)
• Eivind Erichsen, economist and civil servant (b.1917)
• Reidar Grønhaug, social anthropologist (b.1938)
• Geir Grung, diplomat (b.1938)
• Ivar Johansen, journalist and editor (b.1923)
• Ola H. Metliaas, civil servant and politician (b.1943)
• Ove Skaug, engineer and civil servant (b.1912)