2009 in Norway - Notable Deaths

Notable Deaths

• 2 January – John Olav Larssen, evangelical preacher and missionary (b. 1927)
• 4 January – Arvid Knutsen, soccer player and coach (b. 1944)
• 4 January – Leif Herbrand Eriksen, journalist and politician (b. 1921)
• 6 January – Magne Rommetveit, linguist (b. 1918)
• 6 January – Eldar Hagen, ski salesman and sports official (b. 1918)
• 8 January – Björn Haugan, operatic lyric tenor
• 12 January – Jack Erik Kjuus, anti-immigration politician (b. 1927)
• 12 January – Arne Næss, philosopher (b. 1912)
• 21 January – Astrid Folstad, actress (b. 1932)
• 24 January – Kåre Berg, professor in medical genetics (b. 1932)
• 24 January – Herman Pedersen, politician (b. 1928)
• 29 January – Olaf Øen, politician (b. 1925)
• 31 January – Arne E. Holm, artist and architect (b. 1911)
• 1 February – Odd Torgeir Rusten, politician (b. 1925)
• 2 February – Fredrik Kayser, World War II resistance fighter (b. 1918)
• 3 February – Åsa Solberg Iversen, politician (b. 1929)
• 4 February – Arnljot Eggen, lyricist (b. 1923)
• 12 February – Willy Haugli, jurist and former Oslo chief of police (b. 1927)
• 14 February – Kjersti Graver, jurist and Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman (b. 1945)
• 23 February – Sverre Fehn, architect (b. 1924)
• 26 February – Ingebjørg Karmhus, politician (b. 1936)
• 28 February – Finn Christensen, artist (b. 1920)
• xx February – Jan E. Mellbye, agrarian leader (b. 1913)
• 4 March – Triztán Vindtorn, poet (b. 1942).
• 5 March – Bjørg Lødøen, artist (b. 1931)
• 10 March – Geir Killingland, modeling agency executive (b. 1953).
• 13 March – Anne Brown, American-born opera singer (b. 1912).
• 16 March – Mons Espelid, politician (b. 1926)
• 23 March – Lars Arentz-Hansen, barrister (b. 1927)
• 24 March – Ole Edvard Borgen, Methodist leader (b. 1925)
• 25 March – Knut Selmer, law professor (b. 1924)
• 26 March – Arne Bendiksen, singer, composer and producer (b.1926).
• 28 March – Inger Lise Gjørv, politician, cancer (b. 1938)
• 2 April – Guttorm Hansen, writer and politician (b. 1920)
• 5 April – Ole Gabriel Ueland, politician (b. 1931)
• 5 April – Reidun Røed, resistance member (b. 1921)
• 12 April – Hans Kleppen, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (b. 1907)
• 16 April – Jens Balchen, civil engineer (b. 1926)
• 16 April – Svein Longva, economist and civil servant (b.1943)
• 20 April – Ola M. Steinholt, bishop (b. 1934)
• 26 April – Ivar Ramstad, discus thrower (b. 1924)
• 30 April – Bjørn Lothe, politician (b. 1952)
• 1 May – Torstein Grythe, founder and conductor of the Sølvguttene boys choir (b.1918)
• 13 May – Berit Erbe, actor and theatre historian (b. 1923)
• 19 May – Sjur Brækhus, law professor (b. 1918)
• 22 May – Asle Sjåstad, alpine skier (b. 1930)

• 25 May – Haakon Lie, long-standing party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party (b.1905)
• 25 May – Rolf Brahde, astronomer (b. 1919)
• 31 May – Ingebjørg Sem, actress (b. 1931)
• 1 June – Åse Fosli, politician (b. 1924)
• 3 June – Geir Høgsnes, sociologist (b. 1950)
• 9 June – Arne Tovik, newspaper editor and journalist (b. 1956)
• 11 June – Jakob Kjersem, Olympic athlete (b. 1925)
• 14 June – Ragnar Frislid, writer, photographer and environmentalist (b. 1926)
• 18 June – Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer, politician and judge (b. 1923)
• 22 June – Kaare Langlete, lord chamberlain (b. 1931)
• 30 June – Mosse Jørgensen, education reform activist (b. 1921)
• 1 July – Gerd Vollum, politician (b. 1920)
• 4 July – Hildur Odlaug Os, politician (b. 1913)
• 6 July – Marius Eriksen, skier, fighter pilot, model and actor (b. 1922)
• 9 July – Ole Johannes Kløv, politician (b. 1925)
• 10 July – Ebba Haslund, author (b. 1917)
• 17 July – Per Meinich, economist (b. 1931)
• 24 July – Terje Moe, architect (b. 1933)
• 25 July – Erling Kristiansen, cyclist (b. 1932)
• 28 July – Kjell Colding, diplomat and politician (b. 1931)
• 3 August – Oddvar Korme, journalist (b. 1925)
• 4 August – Ole A. Sørli, manager and record producer (b. 1946)
• 5 August – Bjarne Berg-Sæther, politician (b. 1919)
• 9 August – Pål Kraby, barrister and businessman (b. 1932)
• 9 August – Leif Husebye, newspaper editor (b. 1926)
• 9 August – Vince Sulyok, Hungarian-born librarian and poet (b. 1932)
• 14 August – Torstein Slungård, politician (b. 1931)
• 24 August – Leif Flengsrud, cyclist (b. 1922)
• 26 August – Birger Skeie, businessman (b. 1951)
• 26 August – Per Christensen, actor (b. 1934)
• 28 August – Ernst Magne Johansen, painter (b. 1926)
• 29 August – Inger Johanne Nossum, rector (b. 1930)
• 30 August – Kiki Sørum, fashion journalist (b. 1939)
• 30 August – Åse Wentzel, singer (b. 1924)
• 31 August – Aksel Fossen, politician (b. 1919)
• 31 August – Asbjørn Aarseth, philologist (b. 1935)
• 4 September – Kåre Karlsen, politician (b. 1930)
• 7 September – Torstein Tranøy, journalist (b. 1964)
• 15 September – Torfinn Bjørnaas, WWII resistance fighter (b. 1914)
• 17 September – Christian Petersen, ice hockey player (b. 1937)
• 22 September – Olaf Dufseth, skier (b. 1917)
• 22 September – Ada Madssen, sculptor (b. 1917)
• 27 September – Martha Schrøder, politician (b. 1918)
• 28 September – Elisabeth Bang, actress (b. 1922)
• 29 September – Gunnar Haugan, actor (b. 1925)
• 1 October – Gunnar Haarberg, television presenter (b. 1917)
• 1 October – Bjarne Karsten Vatne, politician (b. 1926)
• 9 October – Arne Bakker, football and bandy player (b. 1930)
• 9 October – Paul Reine, politician (b. 1932)
• 13 October – Atle Jebsen, shipowner (b. 1935)
• 14 October – Hans Chr. Mamen, local historian and priest (b. 1919)
• 15 October – Tollak B. Sirnes, physician, psychiatrist and pharmacologist (b. 1922)
• 17 October – Kurt Nordbø, politician (b. 1931)
• 20 October – Carl Fredrik Lowzow, politician (b. 1927)
• 21 October – Wilhelm Elsrud, forester (b. 1921)
• 23 October – Ragnvald Høier, physicist (b. 1938)
• 25 October – Gerhard Knoop, theatre director (b. 1920)
• 27 October – Marit Trætteberg, chemist (b. 1930)
• 29 October – Olav Hodne, missionary (b. 1921)
• 6 November – Kjell Bartholdsen, jazz musician (b. 1938)
• 11 November – Helge Reiss, actor (b. 1928)
• 12 November – Elisabeth Aasen, politician (b. 1922)
• 16 November – Anne-Sofie Strømnæs, resistance member (b. 1920)
• 20 November – Leiv Erdal, politician (b. 1915)
• 21 November – Gerhard Aspheim, trombonist (b. 1930)
• 24 November – Alexander Pihl, professor of medicine (b. 1920)
• 28 November – Helge Reiss, actor (b. 1931)
• 3 December – Lulla Einrid Fossland, politician (b. 1917)
• 9 December – Mia Berner, writer (b. 1923)
• 9 December – Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, Norwegian-Guatemalan President of Guatemala (b. 1930)
• 11 December – Erland Steenberg, politician (b. 1919)
• 11 December – Karl Erik Zachariassen, zoologist (b. 1942)
• 12 December – Josef Monsrud, resistance member (b. 1922)
• 13 December – Arne Næss, politician (b. 1925)
• 15 December – Per Ulven, harness racing coach (b. 1925)
• 25 December – Knut Haugland, resistance member and explorer (b. 1917)
• 26 December – Peder Lunde, yacht racer (b. 1918)
• 29 December – Ottar Landfald, politician (b. 1919)
• 29 December – Harold Nicolaisen, politician (b. 1929)
• 30 December – Anne Valen Hestetun, politician (b. 1920)
• 31 December – Rodney Riise, ice hockey player (b. 1942)