| January 2.
| The newspaper "Dagbladet" starts with daily math problems in
"Abel's corner".
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| January 3.
| Math and Education
day at University of Oslo, with a special program on Abel
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| January 6.
| The official opening of the Abel Bicentennial
at Froland in the "Goat Room", where Niels Henrik Abel
on 6th January 1829 wrote down the main elements of his misplaced "Paris Memoir".
The Froland Abel memorial exhibit is opened..
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| February 4.-8.
| The days of mathematics
in schools, initiated by LAMIS (The Norwegian Mathematics Tearcher's Society)
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| February 26.
| The Royal Norwegian Academy of Sciences in Trondheim issues the
Gunnerus Medal honoring Niels Henrik Abel
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| March 14.-16.
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The final days of the Abel Competition
for high school students in Arendal.
A collaboration between Tyholmen High School and University of Oslo
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| April 6.
| The Gjerstad Abel memorial exhibit is opened.
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| April 6.
| Niels Henrik Abel's death is marked at his burial place at Froland
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| April 10.-14.
| Final days of "KappAbel" - a nationwide competition for 9th grade classes of
secondary schools in Arendal og Froland. A collaboration between Froland Cultural Centre and NTNU.
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| June 1.-2.
| European Mathematical Society Council meeting in Oslo
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| June 3.
| The Abel Prize is presented and institutionalized at the opening of
the Abel Bicentennial Conference 2002.
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| June 5.
| The Norwegian Postal Service issues two new stamps marking the 200th Anniversary of Niels Henrik Abel
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| June 3.-8.
| The Abel Bicentennial Conference 2002 of Mathematics at University
of Oslo
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| June 8.-9.
| "In AbelŐs footsteps" - a cultural travel to Gjerstad (where Abel grew up)
and to Froland (where Abel died and where his grave is)
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| August 5.
| 200th Anniversary for the birth of Niels Henrik Abel.
Birthday party at Froland with invited national and international guests.
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| September 2.
| The annual celebration at Oslo University will be devoted to the Abel Bicentennial.
10 honorary doctors of mathematics will be presented.
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