2021 in Norway

• Monarch – Harald V.^[1]
• President of the Storting – Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen (Conservative).
• Prime Minister – Erna Solberg (Conservative).

From 9 October:

• President of the Storting – Eva Kristin Hansen (Labour).^[2]

From 14 October:

• Prime Minister – Jonas Gahr Støre (Labour).

From 25 November:

• President of the Storting – Masud Gharahkhani (Labour).^[3]

• COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
• 13 September – the 2021 Norwegian parliamentary election.^[4]
• 13 September – the 2021 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election.
• 18 September – Kjell Ingolf Ropstad announces his resignation as Minister of Children and Families and as leader of the Christian Democratic Party.^[5]
• 13 October – Five people are killed and three others injured in an attack in Kongsberg.
• 14 October – Støre's Cabinet takes office.
• 9 November – A knife attacker on the streets of Bislett, Oslo, is fatally shot by police.^[6]
• 13 November – Olaug Bollestad is formally elected as leader of the Christian Democratic Party, having been acting leader since Kjell Ingolf Ropstad stepped down.^[7]
• 19 November – Eva Kristin Hansen announces her withdrawal as President of the Storting. The same day, the police announces they are opening an investigation into possible misuse of commuter apartments by six MPs. The investigation may have included Hansen,^[8] although this was later denied to be the case.
• 10 November – Magnus Carlsen wins the World Chess Championship 2021.^[9]

• 11 February – Halvor Egner Granerud equals Roar Ljøkelsøy to become the winningest Norwegian racer in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, with 11 wins.^[10]
• 14 February – Ragne Wiklund becomes the first Norwegian woman to win a World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships title.^[11]
• 22 February – Casper Ruud was announced as climbing to 24th place on the ATP rankings, the highest rank of any Norwegian, surpassing his own record rank of 25th from September 2020. During the course of 2021, Ruud achieved further all-time high rankings of 22nd, then 16th in May, then 15th and 14th in June, then 12th and 11th in August.^[12]
• 25 February – Molde FK knocks Hoffenheim out of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, becoming the first Norwegian team in many years to reach the round of 16.
• 27 February – Gyda Westvold Hansen becomes the first ever world champion in women's Nordic combined.
• 7 March – The 2021 World Nordic Ski Championships concludes with Norway atop the medals table, claiming more golds than the second best nation (Austria) did overall medals.
• 21 March – The 2020–21 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup concludes, Jarl Magnus Riiber emerging as the men's winner.
• 21 March – The 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup concludes, Tiril Eckhoff emerging as the women's winner and Johannes Thingnes Bø as the men's winner.
• 28 March – The 2020–21 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup concludes, Halvor Egner Granerud emerging as the men's winner.^[10]
• 30 May – Vipers Kristiansand win the 2020–21 Women's EHF Champions League, with Henny Reistad being designated MVP.
• 4 June – Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal ran 8:30.84 to beat Grete Waitz' Norwegian record in the 3000 metres, but it is not ratified as a Norwegian record due to the use of a male pacemaker.^[13]
• 4 June – Karsten Warholm ran 33.26 to beat his own world best in the 300 metres hurdles.^[14]
• 1 July – Karsten Warholm ran 46.70 at the 2021 Bislett Games to beat the world record in the 400 metres hurdles.^[15]
• 27 July – As a part of Norway's performance at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Kristian Blummenfelt won the triathlon gold medal as the first Summer Olympic gold for Norway since 2012.^[16]
• 2 August – As a part of Norway's performance at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Karsten Warholm won the 400 metres hurdles gold medal in a staggering new world record of 45.94 seconds.^[17]
• 7 August – As a part of Norway's performance at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the 1500 metres gold medal in a new Olympic and European record of 3:28.32 minutes.^[18]
• 29 August – As a part of Norway's performance at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Salum Kashafali won the T12 100 metres gold medal in a new world record of 10.43 seconds.^[19]
• 2–10 October – the 2021 World Wrestling Championships were held in Oslo.
• 4 October – Ballon d'Or winner Ada Hegerberg made her comeback after being sidelined with injury for 20 months.^[20]
• 21 October – In the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage, FK Bodø/Glimt thrash AS Roma 6–1 in one of the biggest ever performances of a Norwegian football club in European competition.^[21]
• 8–14 November – The 2021 World Powerlifting Championships are held in Stavanger.^[22]
• 18 November – Casper Ruud became the first Norwegian to win a tennis match in the ATP Finals, beating Cameron Norrie.^[23] Though seeded 8th, Ruud reached the semifinals before succumbing.
• 21 November – Halvor Egner Granerud surpasses Roar Ljøkelsøy to become the winningest Norwegian racer in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, with 12 wins.^[24]
• 21 December – It is announced that Erik Botheim becomes the most expensive transfer from an Eliteserien club. The initial fee paid by FC Krasnodar is reportedly 80 million kr, 5 million over the previous record of John Carew.^[25]