1861 in Norway
Encyclopedia
Births
- 9 March - Monthei Eriksen HaugMonthei Eriksen HaugMonthei Eriksen Haug was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Nordre Odalen. He served in the military and attended Sagatun folk high school before settling as a farmer. He was elected to Nordre Odalen municipal council in 1891, and served as mayor from 1895 to 1901...
, politician - 18 April - Christian Emil Stoud PlatouChristian Emil Stoud PlatouChristian Emil Stoud Platou was a Norwegian railroad director and politician for the Conservative Party.-Personal life:...
, railroad director and politician (d.19231923 in Norway-Events:* 4 November – the Communist Party of Norway is formed, following a split in the Norwegian Labour Party.-January to March:*1 January - Kristin Kverneland Lønningdal, politician...
) - 23 July - Hans Bergersen WergelandHans Bergersen WergelandHans Bergersen Wergeland was a Norwegian politician.He was born in Masfjorden, and worked as a farmer from 1885. He was mayor of his municipality for some time, and also chaired the boards of the local savings bank and the local shipping company.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1907,...
, politician - 10 October - Fridtjof NansenFridtjof NansenFridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a...
, explorer, scientist and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
in 1922 (d.19301930 in Norway-Events:* 12 November - Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.* Having established two years earlier, what is to become Norway's largest industrial park at Herøya outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro opens up its first plant in this location....
) - 21 December - Valentin ValentinsenValentin ValentinsenValentin Valentinsen was a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Liberal Party.Born in Haugesund as the son of ship-owner Johannes Valentinsen, he took a technical education and started his career at a shipyard in Laksevaag. In 1887 he was hired as head of the machine department in a shipyard...
, engineer and politician
Full date unknown
- Pauline FjeldePauline FjeldePauline Fjelde was a Norwegian born American painter, embroiderer, and textile artist.-Background:Pauline Gerhardine Fjelde was born in Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. She and her family immigrated to the United States in 1887. Pauline Fjelde is one of a lineage of family artisans...
, Norwegian-American painter, needlework artist and weaver. (d. 1923) - Ludvig MeyerLudvig MeyerLudvig Meyer was a Norwegian barrister, newspaper editor and politician. He belonged to the Norwegian Labour Party 1891 to 1903, and was both party leader,party secretary as well as editor of the party organ Social-Demokraten for a period...
, barrister, newspaper editor and politician (d.19381938 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold -Events:* January 14 – Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.* 20 November - Queen Maud of Norway dies* Construction starts on Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik...
) - Olaf NorliOlaf NorliOlaf Norli was a Norwegian bookseller and publisher.He was born in Kristiania. He started his own company in 1890, a combined bookstore and publishing house...
, bookseller and publisher (d.19591959 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 16 February - The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet holds its first performance in Folketeatret in Oslo....
) - Anton Thorkildsen OmholtAnton Thorkildsen OmholtAnton Thorkildsen Omholt was the Norwegian Minister of Finance 1913-1920....
, politician and Minister (d.19251925 in Norway-Events:* 1 January - The city of Christiania reclaimed its original Norwegian name, Oslo; a decision which caused much debate in its time.* 17 July - the Parliament of Norway passed the Svalbard Act which established Norwegian sovereignty on the island of Svalbard, and stated that Norwegian...
) - Edvard SverdrupEdvard SverdrupJohan Edvard Sverdrup was a Norwegian educator, author and church leader. Edvard Sverdrup was one of the key theologian in the Church of Norway in the first few decades of the 1900s.-Biography:...
, theologian (d.19231923 in Norway-Events:* 4 November – the Communist Party of Norway is formed, following a split in the Norwegian Labour Party.-January to March:*1 January - Kristin Kverneland Lønningdal, politician...
)
Deaths
- 22 January - Peder KlykkenPeder KlykkenPeder Klykken was a Norwegian politician.Born in Overhalla, he was appointed district stipendiary magistrate in Lofoten in May 1809. While stationed here, he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1818, representing the rural constituency Nordlands Amt...
, politician (b.17721772 in Norway-Arts and literature:*The Norwegian Society , a literary society for Norwegian students in Copenhagen, is formed.-Births:*3 January - Søren Georg Abel, priest and politician...
) - 6 June - David VogtDavid VogtDavid Vogt was a Norwegian politician.He was the son of Niels Nielsen Vogt, Sr , and a brother of priest and politician Niels Nielsen Vogt and politician Jørgen Herman Vogt...
, politician (b.17931793 in Norway-Full date unknown:*Jens Lauritz Arup, politician *Ole Wilhelm Erichsen, politician and Minister *Ahlert Hysing, politician*Niels Andreas Thrap, politician...
)