1871 in Norway
Encyclopedia
Notable births
- 27 January - Bodil Katharine BiørnBodil Katharine BiørnBodil Katharine Bioern also known as Mother Katharine was a Norwegian missionary.-Biography:She was born on 27 January 1871 in Kragerø, Norway, in a family of a wealthy ship owner...
, missionary known as Mother Katharine (d.19601960 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 1 May - The U-2 incident reveals that the United States uses Norwegian air bases as part of spying missions against the Soviet Union....
) - 1 February - Hellmer HermandsenHellmer HermandsenHellmer Hermandsen was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting...
, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist (d.19581958 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 8 January - Fire breaks out in the coastal steamer MS Erling Jarl while it is docked in Bodø...
) - 26 March - Karl HaagensenKarl HaagensenKarl Johan Haagensen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics....
, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.19181918 in Norway-Events:* Norsk Hydro's artificial fertilizer production at Glomfjord is bought by the Norwegian government. In 1947 it is leased back to Hydro. This activity is Yara International.* The 1918 Parliamentary election takes place.-Sport:...
) - 1 April - F. Melius ChristiansenF. Melius ChristiansenF. Melius Christiansen was a Norwegian-born violinist and choral conductor in the Lutheran choral tradition.-Background:...
, violinist and choral conductor (d.19551955 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp until 22 January, Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 14 January - Prime Minister Oscar Torp resigned.* 22 January – Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet was appointed....
) - 26 June - Johan AnkerJohan AnkerJohan August Anker was a Norwegian sailor and yacht designer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1928 Summer Olympics....
, sailor, yacht designer and double Olympic gold medallist (d.19401940 in Norway- Overview :1940 is the year when Norway becomes drawn into World War II. On 9 April Nazi Germany invades the country which, however spared many of the atrocities which befell other nations, remains occupied until 8 May 1945...
) - 20 September - Jonas PedersenJonas PedersenJonas Pedersen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Stavanger. He enrolled as a law student in 1889, and graduated as cand.jur. in 1893...
, politician (d.19531953 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 1 June –The first Bergen International Festival opens.* 16 July – Parliament voted to move the main base for the Navy from Horten to Bergen....
) - 22 November - Hans Clarin Hovind MustadHans Clarin Hovind Mustad-Personal life:He was born in Vardal as the son of Hans Mustad and Marie Heyerdahl. On the maternal side he was a great-grandson of Hieronymus Heyerdahl, and on the paternal side he was a grandson of Ole Hovelsen Mustad, great-grandson of Hans Schikkelstad, nephew of Kristian Mauritz Mustad and...
, businessperson (d.19481948 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* August 30 – The opening of the University of Bergen....
) - 24 December - Vilhelm Krag, author (d.19331933 in Norway-Events:* 17 May - Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort establish the Norwegian fascist party "Nasjonal Samling" * 1 July - The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation was founded....
)
Full date unknown
- Agnar Johannes BarthAgnar Johannes BarthAgnar Johannes Barth was a Norwegian forester.He was born in Lillehammer as the son of Jacob Bøckmann Barth. Described as his "country's leading authority on forestry for many years", he was a professor at the Norwegian College of Agriculture from 1921, and served as rector there from 1928 to...
, forester (d.19481948 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* August 30 – The opening of the University of Bergen....
) - Haakon HauanHaakon HauanHaakon Hauan was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Industrial Provisioning 1918-1920. Hauan was an engineer and industrialist by profession, and was instrumental to the development of petroleum trade and petroleum refinement in Norway in the early 20th...
, politician and Minister (d.19611961 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 12 January - Princess Astrid marries Johan Martin Ferner.* March - Ingrid Bjerkås, ordained as first female minister in the Church of Norway...
) - Gabriel KiellandGabriel Kiellandthumb|right|Rose Window in the NidarosdomenGabriel Kielland was a Norwegian painter, architect and designer....
, architect, painter and designer (d.19601960 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 1 May - The U-2 incident reveals that the United States uses Norwegian air bases as part of spying missions against the Soviet Union....
) - Odd Sverressøn KlingenbergOdd Sverressøn KlingenbergOdd Sverressøn Klingenberg was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs 1920-1921, 1923 and 1923-1924 in addition to mayor of Trondheim 1911-1916....
, politician and Minister (d.19441944 in Norway-Incumbents:*Government in Exile ** Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway** Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold *German Military Governor** Reichskommissar in Norway - Josef Terboven*German Puppet Government in Oslo...
) - Magnus NilssenMagnus NilssenMagnus Nilssen was Norwegian politician for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties.He was born in Lillehammer as a son of shoemaker Mathias Nilssen and his wife Eline Pedersen . He was a first cousin of Marcus Halfdan Kastrud. He finished his appreniceship as a goldsmith in 1889, and...
, politician and Minister (d.19471947 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 7 August - Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 day, 4,300 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, proving that pre-historic peoples...
)
Notable deaths
- 3 July - Carl Andreas FougstadCarl Andreas FougstadCarl Andreas Fougstad was a Norwegian politician.He was born and grew up in Alverstraumen, today in Lindås municipality.He graduated from the University of Oslo as cand.jur. in 1831...
, politician (b.18061806 in Norway-Births:*2 February - Bersvend Martinussen Røkkum, politician *2 March - Carl Andreas Fougstad, politician *7 August - Tellef Dahll Schweigaard, politician *15 November - Hans Severin Arentz, politician -Full date unknown:...
) - 22 October - Claus Winter HjelmClaus Winter HjelmClaus Winter Hjelm, also known as Winter-Hjelm was a Norwegian legal scholar and judge.-Personal life:He was born in Strand as the son of Claus Winter Hjelm, Sr. and Serine Gundersdatter....
, judge (b.17971797 in Norway-Births:*13 May - Ulrik Frederik Cappelen, jurist and politician *21 May - Claus Winter Hjelm, judge *24 May - Lars Rasch, jurist and politician *23 September - Johannes Henrik Berg, politician...
)
Full date unknown
- Frederik HolstFrederik HolstFrederik Holst was a Norwegian medical doctor. He was the first person to defend his doctoral thesis in Norway, in 1817, about the then common and now extinct skin disease "Radesyke". He is regarded as an important pioneer in medicine in Norway. He was appointed town physician in Christiania from...
, medical doctor (b.17911791 in Norway-Births:*11 July - Jonas Schanche Kielland, consul and politician *15 November - Peder Jensen Fauchald, politician *16 November - Olaf Rye, military officer -Full date unknown:*Hans Glad Bloch, politician...
)