Sverre Horge death at age 82
Sverre Horge, the Norwegian actor best known for playing Sverre in TVNorge’s popular Christmas series Nissene på låven, died on October 25, 2026, aged 82. Born in Oslo on May…
Famous Dead People from Norway
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Inger Nordal death at age 82
Inger Nordal, a Norwegian botanist and academic, died October 18, 2026, aged 82. Born in Oslo on August 11, 1944, she studied at the University of Oslo and joined its…
Per Haftorsen died at age 79
Per Haftorsen, a Norwegian football goalkeeper who represented Haugar, Fredrikstad and his country, died on October 17, 2026, aged 79. Born in Haugesund Municipality on September 6, 1947, he spent…
Eli Rygg has died at age 71
Eli Rygg, a Norwegian television personality and children's writer, died on October 15, 2026, aged 71. Born on September 22, 1955, in Rauma Municipality, she grew up in Veblungsnes and…
Asbjørn Eide dead at age 93
Asbjørn Eide, a Norwegian human rights scholar, died on October 14, 2026, aged 93. Born in Eksingedalen, he studied at the University of Oslo and built his career across law…
Rolf Nyhus died at age 84
Rolf Nyhus, a Norwegian football referee and sports administrator, died on October 12, 2026, aged 84. Born on July 9, 1942, he officiated as a FIFA referee from 1969 to…
Eirik Skadsdammen passed away at age 45
Eirik Bruntjernsberget Skadsdammen, a Norwegian ice hockey forward who played for Storhamar and the national team, died on October 7, 2026, aged 45, after a cardiac arrest. Raised in Lundersæter,…
Amund Sjøbrend death at age 73
Amund Sjøbrend, the Norwegian Olympic speed skater, died October 4, 2026, aged 73. Born Amund Martin Sjøbrend on December 1, 1952, in Slåstad, he became one of Norway’s leading all-round…
Oscar Reynert Olsen has died at age 101
Oscar Reynert Olsen, a Norwegian artist, died on October 1, 2026, aged 101. Born in Stavanger on May 23, 1925, he built a career as an illustrator, painter, graphic artist…
Frank Grønlund passes away at age 73
Frank Grønlund, the Norwegian footballer and football official who played for Lillestrøm SK and the Norway national team, died on September 29, 2026, aged 73. Grønlund was capped twice for…
Obituary: Johan Buttedahl, dead at age 90
Johan Buttedahl, a Norwegian politician and dentist who served in the Parliament of Norway, died on September 28, 2026, aged 90. Born in Drammen on October 5, 1935, he represented…
Bodil Cappelen dies at age 96
Bodil Cappelen, a Norwegian artist and writer, died on September 14, 2026, aged 96. Born in Stavanger on April 26, 1930, she worked as a painter, textile artist and book…
Death of Kari Wærness at age 87
Kari Wærness, the Norwegian sociologist whose research focused on women and gender studies, family and caring, died on September 13, 2026, aged 87. Born in Leknes on January 13, 1939,…
Death of Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner at age 94
Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, the Norwegian royal and elder sister of King Harald V, died on September 11, 2026, aged 94. Born Astrid Maud Ingeborg in Oslo on February 12,…
Death of Torstein Jøssang at age 92
Torstein Jøssang, the Norwegian physicist, died on September 5, 2026, aged 92. Born in Jørpeland in 1933, he studied at the University of Oslo, earning his cand.real. in 1962 and…
Death of Harald Rensvik at age 80
Harald Rensvik, the Norwegian civil servant who directed the Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency, died on September 2, 2026, aged 80. Born in Arendal on March 4, 1946, he grew…
Harald V, died aged 89
Harald V, Norway’s king since 1991, died on August 28, 2026, at age 89. He had reigned for more than three decades after ascending the throne on January 17, 1991.…
Per Hilmar Nybø dies at age 60
Per Hilmar Nybø, a Norwegian footballer and coach, died on August 25, 2026, aged 60, after cancer. He was a losing Cup final finalist with Brann in 1987 and 1988,…
Death of Svein Mønnesland at age 82
Svein Mønnesland, a Norwegian Slavist and professor, died on August 23, 2026, aged 82. Born in Skien on 26 October 1943, he taught Slavic languages at the University of Oslo…
Reidun Andreassen has died at age 90
Reidun Andreassen, a Norwegian politician and former member of Parliament, died on August 12, 2026, aged 90. Born in Oslo on 15 June 1936, she represented the Labour Party in…
Kai Krüger dies at age 86
Kai Krüger, the Norwegian jurist and academic who was a professor of law at the University of Bergen, died on August 12, 2026, aged 86. Born in Copenhagen on May…
Atle McAdam dies at 49
Atle McAdam, the Norwegian hurdler who held the national record in the 400 metres hurdles, died on August 7, 2026, aged 49, after a traffic collision. He represented Idrettsklubben Tjalve…
Obituary: Bernt H. Lund, dead at age 101
Bernt H. Lund, the Norwegian civil servant, politician and diplomat who served as Norway’s first ambassador to Namibia, died on August 5, 2026, aged 101. Lund, also known as Bernt…
Obituary: Turid Iversen, dead at age 91
Turid Iversen, the Norwegian politician who served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in the 1993–1997 term, died on July 29, 2026, aged 91. Born in…
Ingar Tore Narvhus obituary: died at age 98
Ingar Tore Narvhus, a Norwegian Air Force general and chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force from 1978 to 1981, died on July 22, 2026. Born Ingar Tore Johannessen in…
Olaf Tufte passes away at age 50
Olaf Tufte, the Norwegian rower and Olympic champion, died on July 21, 2026, at the age of 50. Born Olaf Karl Tufte in Tønsberg on April 27, 1976, he became…
Johan Baumann death at age 91
Johan Baumann, the Norwegian dogsledder, politician and sports administrator who served as president of the Norwegian Ski Federation from 1987 to 1995, died on July 18, 2026, at the age…
Obituary: Eva Røine, dead at age 97
Eva Røine, the Norwegian psychologist, actress, author and former beauty pageant titleholder, died on July 10, 2026. Born in Mysen on December 11, 1928, she was first known in younger…
Ole Tom Nord obituary: died at age 85
Ole Tom Nord, a Norwegian Olympic ski jumper, died on July 8, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Konsmo on November 27, 1940, he represented Norway at the…
Erling Diesen passed away at age 93
Erling Diesen, the Norwegian engineer and civil servant who directed the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, died on July 3, 2026. Born on July 6, 1932, in Geithus, he…
Torunn Isberg, died aged 76
Torunn Isberg died on July 3, 2026, at the age of 76. She was a Norwegian Olympic artistic gymnast. Born on July 6, 1949, Isberg represented Norway in artistic gymnastics…
Knut Sivertsen dead at age 84
Knut Sivertsen died on July 1, 2026. He was a Norwegian farmer. Tags Other, 01 July 2026, Knut, Norway, Sivertsen, July 1, July 2026
Egil Ulateig dies at 80
Egil Ulateig died on June 28, 2026. He was a Norwegian writer. Tags Writers, 28 June 2026, Egil, Norway, Ulateig, June 2026, June 28
Villy Haugen passed away at age 81
Villy Haugen, the Norwegian speed skater who won bronze in the 1,500 meters at the 1964 Winter Olympics, died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in…
Trond Johansen has died at age 102
Trond Johansen, a Norwegian intelligence officer, died on June 19, 2026, at the age of 102. Born in Drammen on May 13, 1924, he served with the Norwegian Intelligence Service…
Kirsti Sparboe passed away at age 79
Kirsti Sparboe, a Norwegian singer and actress, died on June 19, 2026, at the age of 79. Born on December 7, 1946, in Tromsø, Norway, she began her career in…
Andreas Høivold dies at age 53
Andreas Høivold, a Norwegian poker player, died on June 17, 2026, at the age of 53. Born in Sunderland in 1972, he became known on the professional poker circuit after…
Per Ottesen died at age 93
Per Ottesen, the Norwegian sports official who served as president of the Norwegian Ski Federation from 1985 to 1987, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 93. Born…
Roar Arntzen dead at age 78
Roar Arntzen, a Norwegian engineer, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on November 23, 1947, he grew up in Rosenborg and Byåsen and earned the…
Obituary: Max Kleven, dead at age 92
Max Kleven died on June 3, 2026. He was a Norwegian-born American stuntman and second unit director whose work included Back to the Future, Batman Returns and The River Wild.…
Obituary: Knut Husebø, dead at age 80
Knut Husebø, a Norwegian visual artist and actor, died on June 1, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Stavanger on May 10, 1946, he built a long career…
Carsten Smith died at age 93
Carsten Smith died on May 28, 2026. He was a Norwegian judge. Tags Lawyers, 28 May 2026, Cancer, Carsten, Norway, Smith, May 2026, May 28
Edvard Moseid death at age 81
Edvard Moseid, a Norwegian zoo director, died on May 24, 2026. He was 81. Moseid was a Norwegian animal expert and former zoo and amusement park director. Born in Vennesla…
Tom Lund died at age 75
Tom Lund, the Norwegian footballer and manager associated with Lillestrøm SK and the national team, died on May 23, 2026, aged 75. A striker, he spent his entire playing career…
Tore Berger passes away at age 81
Tore Berger, a Norwegian Olympic sprint canoeist, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Asker on 11 November 1944, he competed mainly in four-man events…
Anja Breien death at age 85
Anja Breien, a Norwegian film director and screenwriter, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 85. She was among the leading figures in the Norwegian film industry and…
Frid Ingulstad dead at age 90
Frid Ingulstad, a Norwegian novelist, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 90. She wrote primarily historical novels, many of them in series, and published more than 200…
Tore Ryen passed away at age 79
Tore Ryen, a Norwegian television producer and writer known for Mot i brøstet, died on May 8, 2026, at the age of 79. Born on December 30, 1946, he was…
Terje Haugland obituary: died at age 82
Terje Haugland, the Norwegian long jumper, died on May 5, 2026. Born in Haugesund on April 11, 1944, he competed for Norway in the long jump and finished eleventh at…
Stein Erik Hagen death at age 69
Stein Erik Hagen, Norwegian businessman and founder of the Rimi discount store chain, died on May 4, 2026, after cardiac arrest. He was 69. Hagen was chairman of Orkla and…
Finn Wagle passes away at age 84
Finn Wagle, a Norwegian Church of Norway clergyman and bishop of Nidaros from 1991 to 2008, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in Oslo on…
Heidi Sørensen death at age 56
Heidi Sørensen died on April 25, 2026, of cancer. She was a Danish-Norwegian politician who served as a member of parliament from 2001 to 2007 and again from 2012 to…
Eva Ramm passed away at age 100
Eva Ramm, a Norwegian psychologist and essayist, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 100. Born in Bergen on November 23, 1925, she also worked as a novelist…
Eldrid Nordbø dies at 83
Eldrid Nordbø, Norwegian politician and minister of trade and shipping from 1990 to 1991, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 83. A member of the Labour Party,…
Willy Ustad dies at age 79
Willy Ustad, a Norwegian novelist, died on March 28, 2026. Born in Trondheim on May 16, 1946, he grew up in a heavily forested part of Trøndelag. He worked as…
John Andreassen has died at age 82
John Andreassen, a Norwegian television producer, died on March 25, 2026, at the age of 82. He worked with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1964 and was behind a number…
Tordis Ørjasæter passed away at age 99
Tordis Ørjasæter, a Norwegian literary critic, died on March 25, 2026. She was also a biographer, professor of educational science and novelist, and was particularly engaged in culture and literature…
Per Hegna died at age 80
Per Hegna, a Norwegian professional tennis player, died on March 22, 2026, at the age of 80. A native of Oslo, he played out of the Berg Tennisklubb and won…
Finn-Erik Vinje dies at age 90
Finn-Erik Vinje, a Norwegian philologist, died on March 18, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Oslo on March 6, 1936, he was a professor at the University of…
Bernt Mæland dies at age 67
Bernt Mæland, a Norwegian footballer, died on March 16, 2026. He played as a forward in the Norwegian top league for Bryne and Viking in the 1980s. Originally from Bømlo,…
Bjørn Nilsen death at age 91
Bjørn Nilsen, a Norwegian poet, journalist and television producer, died on March 15, 2026. He was born in Strinda, now Trondheim, on December 27, 1934, the son of Eilif Asbjørn…
Odd Holten dies at age 85
Odd Holten, a Norwegian politician and member of parliament from 1989 to 2005, died on March 13, 2026. He was born in Øre on 28 August 1940 and represented the…
Unni-Lise Jonsmoen passes away at age 89
Unni-Lise Jonsmoen, a Norwegian illustrator and children's writer, died on March 3, 2026, at the age of 89. She was born in Oslo on April 21, 1936, to Margit Schulze…
Dagfinn Føllesdal has died at age 93
Dagfinn Føllesdal, a Norwegian-born American academic and philosopher, died on March 1, 2026. He was the Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Stanford University and professor emeritus at…
Petter Bjørheim has died at age 61
Petter Bjørheim, a Norwegian politician, died on February 26, 2026. He was born in Stavanger on January 2, 1965, and was a member of the Progress Party. Bjørheim was elected…
Bjarte Baasland died at age 51
Bjarte Baasland, a Norwegian businessman and convicted fraudster, died on February 26, 2026, at the age of 51. Born in Norway on March 5, 1974, he became widely known in…
Petter Planke dies at 89
Petter Planke, a Norwegian businessman known for co-founding Tomra, died on February 25, 2026, aged 88. Born in Oslo on March 7, 1937, he co-founded the industry company in 1972…
Death of Roger Hverven at age 81
Roger Hverven, a Norwegian Olympic handball player, died on February 19, 2026. He was born in Oslo on 15 March 1944 and represented Oppsal IF. A wing-player, Hverven competed for…
Svein Jarvoll death at age 79
Svein Jarvoll, a Norwegian poet, novelist, short story writer, translator and essayist, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Lurøy, Helgeland, on 5 May 1946,…
Ivar Bjørklund dead at age 76
Ivar Bjørklund, a Norwegian anthropologist and writer, died on February 15, 2026. Born on December 25, 1949, he was professor of cultural studies at the University of Tromsø – The…
Janken Varden death at age 87
Janken Varden, the Norwegian theatre director associated with Oslo Nye Teater, died on February 10, 2026. Born in Oslo on 6 April 1938, he was a graduate of the University…
Kåre Grøttum death at age 92
Kåre Grøttum, the Norwegian jazz pianist and composer, died on February 7, 2026, aged 92. Born Kåre Idar Grøttum in Trondheim on January 24, 1934, he was also a music…
Death of Bjørn Lofterød at age 76
Bjørn Lofterød, a Norwegian Olympic sailor, died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 76. Born in Oslo on June 17, 1949, he competed in sailing at the 1972…
Stig Millehaugen death at age 56
Norwegian criminal Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Grete Salomonsen obituary: died at age 74
Norwegian film director (Kamilla and the Thief Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Kjersti Scheen dead at age 82
Norwegian journalist and writer Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Sverre Anker died at age 81
Norwegian actor Died on Sunday January 4th 2026
Hans Flock dead at age 85
Norwegian judge Died on Sunday December 28th 2025
Sivert Guttorm died at age 27
Norwegian biathlete Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Jontho passes away at age 48
Norwegian vocalist (Ragnarok) Died on Monday December 22nd 2025
Laila Bokhari death at age 51
Norwegian political scientist and politician Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Harald Grytten obituary: died at age 87
Norwegian historian Died on Friday December 19th 2025
Terje Fagermo dies at 93
Norwegian painter and sculptor Died on Friday December 19th 2025
Arthur Arntzen dies at 88
Norwegian humorist and actor Died on Friday December 19th 2025
Åge Hareide died at age 72
Norwegian football coach Died on Thursday December 18th 2025
Hege Newth dies at age 59
Norwegian writer Died on Friday December 5th 2025
Arnfinn Nesset dies at 89
Norwegian serial killer Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Death of Trygve Moe at age 97
Norwegian journalist Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2025
Death of Dag Spantell at age 75
Norwegian singer Died on Sunday November 30th 2025
Bernhard Nyheim dies at 36
Norwegian footballer (Bryne) Died on Thursday November 27th 2025
Trygve Westgård death at age 76
Norwegian politician. Member of Labour Party Died on Friday November 21st 2025
Kai Kiil passed away at age 78
Norwegian guitarist Died on Friday November 21st 2025
Magne Myrmo dead at age 82
Norwegian cross-country skier Died on Wednesday November 19th 2025
Kari Buen passes away at age 87
Norwegian sculptor Died on Tuesday November 18th 2025
Kjell Kaspersen has died at age 86
Norwegian footballer (Skeid Died on Monday November 17th 2025
Inger Teien dies at 88
Norwegian actress (Hotel Cæsar) Died on Sunday November 16th 2025
Asbjørn Rødseth has died at age 74
Norwegian economist Died on Saturday November 15th 2025
Robert Skrolsvik died at age 65
Norwegian singer (Bjelleklang) Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Knut Kjeldstadli died at age 77
Norwegian historian Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025