Events in the year 2013 in Norway.
Incumbents
Monarch – Harald V
President of the Storting – Dag Terje Andersen (Labour) until 9 October, then Olemic Thommessen (Conservative) from 16 October Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg (Labour until 16 October, then Erna Solberg (Conservative from 16 October
Events
January
16–19 January – Five Norwegians died in the In Amenas hostage crisis. 17 January – A lorry full of highly-flammable goat-whey cheese, brunost, caught fire in a road tunnel near Narvik. The high fat and sugar content kept the conflagration burning for four days and the tunnel was impassable and badly damaged.
February
19 February – The Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs unanimously criticised Stoltenberg's Cabinet for lack of security arrangement before the 2011 Norway attacks.
March
April
May
6 May – Gerd Kristiansen was elected leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions 28 May – Oslo city council decided to build a new Munch Museum in Bjørvika.
June
July
1 July – It was announced that the Södra Cell Tofte pulp mill will close. 17 July – Marte Dalelv was convicted for extramarital sex and perjury after having reported a man to the police in Dubai for rape. She was later pardoned.
August
5 August – A female employee at the Labour and Welfare Service in Oslo was stabbed at work and died five days later. 17 August – The Hardanger Bridge was opened.
September
9 September – In the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election the non-socialist parties won a plurality. The Green Party gained a representative in parliament for the first time. 9 September – Fifty-five percent of voters in Oslo voted in favour of the Oslo bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics. 30 September – After negotiations, the Conservative Party and the Progress Party agreed to form a new cabinet while the Liberal Party and Christian Democratic Party agreed to support the cabinet in Parliament.
October
7 October – The Conservative and Progress parties presented a political platform for Solberg's Cabinet. 9 October – Olemic Thommessen formally becomes the new President of the Storting. 16 October – Erna Solberg became as prime minister at her cabinet; the Progress party were represented in government for the first time following the 2013 parliamentary elections and Stoltenberg's lost the election. 23 October – The Supreme Court ruled that a time limit of 25 years for individual fishing quotas does not violate the Constitution of Norway.
November
4 November – Three people died in a hijacking of the Valdresekspressen bus service. 16 November – Cyclone Hilde struck Trøndelag and Helgeland.
December
3 December – PISA 2012 showed Norwegian pupils scoring below average in mathematics, and generally worse than in 2009. 5 December – Seven pioneer divers in the North sea won a case against Norway in the European Court of Human Rights for financial compensation for injuries. 10 December – The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. 10 December – Joshua French was indicted for the murder of Tjostolv Moland. 12 December – Hurricane Ivar struck Central Norway; 53,000 households lost electricity. 24 December – A storm struck many areas of the country on Christmas Eve.
Sports and popular culture
Chess
1 April: Magnus Carlsen won the 2013 Candidate tournament in Chess and became the challenger to Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship in November 2013. 11 August – 2 September – The Chess World Cup 2013 was hosted in Tromsø. 9–22 November – Carlsen won the 2013 World Chess Championship match 6½–3½ against Anand, thus becoming the new world chess champion.
Music
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
13 August – Erlend Skomsvoll was recipient of the Ella-prisen 2013 at the Oslo Jazzfestival. "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)", an electronic dance song and viral video by the comedy duo Ylvis, was the top trending video of 2013 on YouTube. 9 October – Ylvis performs their viral hit "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Television
10 May - Siri Vølstad Jensen wins the seventh series of Idol. 23 November - Singer and runner up of the seventh series of Idol Eirik Søfteland and his partner Nadya Khamitskaya win the ninth series of Skal vi danse?. 13 December - Knut Marius wins the second season of The Voice – Norges beste stemme.