from active cross-country skiing. Film Anniversaries 14 January – 200 years since the birth of Ole Jacob Broch. 21 January – 150 years since the establishment of the Norwegian Trekking Association. 30 January – 100 years since the birth of André Bjerke. Posten Norge marked the anniversary by issuing a stamp featuring Bjerke. The stamp, with a value of 21 NOK, is part of a series of two stamps, the other featuring Hans Børli. 25 March – 200 years since the death of mathematician and cartographer Caspar Wessel. 6 April – 200 years since the birth of poet, journalist and language pioneer Aasmund Olavsson Vinje. 29 August – 50 years since the marriage between Harald V of Norway and Sonja Haraldsen. 9 October – 50 years since the first commercial discovery of petroleum deposit on the Norwegian continental shelf 23 October – 150 years since the birth of Katti Anker Møller, feminist, children's rights advocate, and a pioneer of reproductive rights. 8 December – 100 years since the birth of Hans Børli. Posten Norge marked the anniversary by issuing a stamp featuring Børli. The stamp, with a value of 38 NOK, is part of a series of two stamps, the other featuring André Bjerke. Deaths 1 January – Jahn Otto Johansen, journalist, newspaper editor, foreign correspondent and non-fiction writer (b. 1934). 7 January – Gustav Heiberg Simonsen, lawyer and politician (b. 1935). 7 January – Bjørg Vik, writer, co-founder of Sirene (b. 1935). 9 January – Odvar Nordli, politician and 21st Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1927). 10 January – Gordon Hølmebakk, publishing editor, essayist and novelist (b. 1928). 11 January – Jan Valentin Sæther, painter (b. 1944). 15 January – Terje Skarsfjord, footballer (b. 1942). 16 January – Pål Spilling, physicist and Internet pioneer (b. 1934). 16 January – Jørgen Dobloug, artist (b. 1945). 29 January – Asmund Bjørken, jazz musician (b. 1933). 30 January – Elisabeth Sveri, military officer (b. 1927). 30 January – Bjørn Boysen, organist (b. 1943). 4 February – Leif Rygg, folk musician (b. 1940). 5 February – Ove Stokstad, jazz musician (b. 1939). 7 February – Skule Waksvik, sculptor (b. 1927). 7 February – Daniel Heradstveit, political scientist (b. 1940). 13 February – Geir Magnus Nyborg, theologian (b. 1951). 14 February – Gunnar Kjøde, missionary leader (b. 1922). 15 February – Ivar Belck-Olsen, politician (b. 1932). 16 February – Reidar Berg, bobsledder (b. 1924).