18 June – A strike amongNRK personnel ends in a deal between the unions and NRK, having lasted since the previous Sunday.[12]
30 June – A strike among nurses is subdued by thegovernment of Norway, following less than three days of striking.[13]
1 July – Theemergency phone numbers change from 001, 002 and 003 to 110 (fire), 112 (police) and 113 (ambulance).[14]
2 July – Artist Sigmund Årseth decorates a barn inVang with a caricature ofGro Harlem Brundtland milking a cow,[15] becoming one of the iconic expressions of the EU debate in Norway.
15 August –Per Hatling announces his resignation as chief executive officer ofNorske Meierier, effective 1 September.[16]
21 August – A bomb attack against theBlitz House at 03:42 hours injures none.[17]
28 September – Six Norwegians die in theMSEstonia disaster.[19]
28–29 September –Torp hostage crisis: Two Swedish robbers took two police officers and two pensioners as hostages at theSandefjord Airport, Torp. The police freed the hostages and killed one of the hostage takers. It is the only incident in peace time that a Norwegian police chief has given the orders toshoot to kill.
27 December –Cato Zahl Pedersen becomes the first disabled person to reach theSouth Pole by land.[27] His expedition party started alongside Liv Arnesen.[26]
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Reform 94 is implemented in secondary schools, giving vocational education the structure of two years in school, two years in business training.
A reform in higher education merges hundreds of state colleges into selecteduniversity colleges.
5 February – The Olympic torch of inMorgedal, which was lit in 1993, is extinguished in favour of the official1994 Winter Olympics relay torch that was lit at Olympia.
16 February – As a part of Norway's performance at the 1994 Winter Olympics, Johann Olav Koss sets a newworld record in1500 metres speed skating in 1:51.29 minutes.
20 February – As a part of Norway's performance at the 1994 Winter Olympics, Johann Olav Koss sets a newworld record in10,000 metres speed skating in 13:30.55 minutes.
6 August – It is publicly announced that sprinterAham Okeke failed twodoping tests on 12 and 20 July. Okeke would have been a medal candidate at the1994 European Athletics Championships, but is stopped at the airport before catching the plane to Helsinki.[33]
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