1873 in Norway
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- 5 March - Olav BjaalandOlav BjaalandOlav Bjaaland was a Norwegian ski champion from Telemark. In 1911, he was one of the first five men to reach the South Pole as part of an expedition led by Roald Amundsen.- His life :...
, ski champion and polar explorer (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...
) - 9 March - Yngvar SonnichsenYngvar SonnichsenYngvar Sonnichsen was a Norwegian born, American artist and painter known especially for his portraits, landscapes and murals.-Background:...
, Norwegian-American artist and painter (d.1938) - 11 March - Arnold HolmboeArnold HolmboeArnold Holmboe was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was mayor of Tromsø, two-term member of the Norwegian Parliament as well as Minister of Justice from 1922 to 1923 and Minister of Finance from 1924 to 1926....
, politician and Minister (d.19561956 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 7 March - Several avalanches kill 21 people and causing heavy damage in Nordland and Troms.* 9 April - The Norwegian Humanist Association is founded....
) - 3 May - Nini Roll AnkerNini Roll AnkerNini Roll Anker was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. She was born in Molde, as the daughter of stipendiary magistrate and later member of parliament and minister Ferdinand Nicolai Roll. She was married twice, first to land owner Peter Martin Anker, and later to engineer Johan August Anker...
, novelist and playwright (d.19421942 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...
) - 23 May - Ragnhild KåtaRagnhild KåtaRagnhild Tollefsen Kåta was the first deafblind person in Norway who received proper schooling. Despite being deafblind, she learned to talk, inspiring Helen Keller to do the same.-Early life:...
, first deafblind person in Norway to receive proper schooling (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...
) - 26 May - Olaf GulbranssonOlaf GulbranssonOlaf Leonhard Gulbransson was a Norwegian artist, painter and designer. He is probably best known for his caricatures and illustrations.-Biography:...
, artist, painter and designer (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...
) - 7 July - Halvdan KohtHalvdan KohtHalvdan Koht was a Norwegian historian and politician representing the Labour Party.As a politician he served as the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1935 to 1941. He was never elected as a member of the Parliament of Norway, but was a member of Bærum municipal council in 1917–1919 and...
, historian, biographer, politician and Minister (d.19651965 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen until 12 October, Per Borten -Events:* 4 February-1 April – the "Grenade Man", an unidentified person whom placed grenades and grenade traps in several places in Oslo, spreads fear in Oslo...
) - 11 September - Hanna Resvoll-HolmsenHanna Resvoll-HolmsenHanna Maria Resvoll-Holmsen was a Norwegian botanist – a female pioneer in Norwegian natural history education and nature conservation together with her sister, Thekla Resvoll...
, botanist (d.19431943 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...
) - 10 October - Johan Martin Jakobsen StrandJohan Martin Jakobsen StrandJohan Martin Jakobsen Strand was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Liberal Party.-Career:He was born in Kvernes as a son of farmer Jacob Jakobsen Strand and his wife Ellen Johanne Larsdatter . He took his education at the Higher College of Agriculture at Aas from 1899 to 1901...
, farmer and politician (d.19351935 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Ludwig Mowinckel until 20 March, Johan Nygaardsvold -January to March:*5 January - Jan Paulsen, President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists...
) - 16 October - Einar LibergEinar LibergEinar Liberg was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed in the early 20th century. He won the gold medal with the Norwegian free rifle team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, and four years later at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm he won the silver medal with the free rifle team...
, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (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....
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- Axel AubertAxel AubertAxel Aubert was a Norwegian businessman.He was born in Kristiania. He took his engineer's education in that city in 1893, as well as a doctorate in chemistry Basel in 1895. He became the managing director of Engene Dynamitfabrik and Norsk Sprængstofindustri. In 1926 he was hired as...
, businessperson (d.19431943 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...
) - Paal Olav BergPaal Olav BergPaal Olav Berg , born in Hammerfest, was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Social Affairs 1919-1920, and Minister of Justice 1924-1926...
, politician and Minister (d.19681968 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 19 February - Avalanches occur in Bondalen which kill four people.* 19 March - The Palace announces that Crown Prince Harald has engaged to Sonja Haraldsen....
) - Gerdt Henrik Meyer BruunGerdt Henrik Meyer BruunGerdt Henrik Meyer Bruun was a Norwegian industrialist and a politician for the Conservative Party. The son of factory owner Engelbrekt Christen Bruun , he took over his father's business in 1897. He entered politics shortly after this, and served as deputy mayor and later mayor of Årstad from...
, politician and Minister (d.19451945 in Norway-Incumbents:*Government in Exile until 9 May** Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway** Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold until 25 June, Einar Gerhardsen *German Military Governor...
) - Rasmus Olsen LangelandRasmus Olsen LangelandRasmus Olsen Langeland was the Norwegian Minister of Labour 1931-1933.He was father of Olav Rasmussen Langeland....
, politician and Minister (d.19541954 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 28 March – Bear Island accident: A Royal Norwegian Air Force seaplane crashed on the Bear Island. The plane had a crew of 8 men and one passenger...
) - Haagen Krog SteffensHaagen Krog SteffensHaagen Krog Steffens was a Norwegian historian, archivist and genealogist.Haagen Krog Steffens was born in Christiania, the son of physician Henrich Steffens and Asta Falch. Steffens belonged to a family originating in Holstein...
, historian, archivist and genealogist (d.19171917 in Norway-Events:* Bratsbergbanen railway line began traffic between Eidanger and Notodden. The line was closed in 2001.-Sport:*2 April - Lillestrøm SK football club is founded after the merger of two local football clubs.*19 May - Rosenborg BK football club is founded....
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Deaths
- 11 April - Christopher HansteenChristopher HansteenChristopher Hansteen was a Norwegian geophysicist, astronomer and physicist, best known for his mapping of Earth's magnetic field.-Early life and career:...
, astronomer and physicist (b.17841784 in Norway-Births:*7 March - Svend Borchmann Hersleb, professor of theology and politician *11 July - Olaus Michael Schmidt, judge and politician *26 September - Christopher Hansteen, astronomer and physicist -Full date unknown:...
) - 5 June - Peder Carl LassonPeder Carl LassonPeder Carl Lasson was a Norwegian jurist and politician.He was born in rural Bærum. He began a career in law, being appointed Supreme Court judge in 1828, Supreme Court assessor in 1837 and district stipendiary magistrate of Aker in 1848...
, jurist and politician (b.17981798 in Norway-Births:*10 February - Niels Nielsen Vogt, priest and politician *8 October - Hans Holmboe, educator and politician *14 November - Peder Carl Lasson, jurist and politician -Full date unknown:...
) - 16 October - Frederik DueFrederik Due-Further reading:...
, politician (b.17961796 in Norway-Births:*14 April - Frederik Due, politician *25 August - Christian Halvorsen Svenkerud, politician...
) - 21 October – Johan Sebastian WelhavenJohan Sebastian WelhavenJohan Sebastian Cammermeyer Welhaven was a Norwegian author, poet, critic and art theorist.-Background:...
, poet and critic (b.18071807 in Norway-Events:* Porsgrunn is granted limited city status. Full city status is granted in 1842.* Start of the Gunboat War between Denmark-Norway and the United Kingdom.-January to June:*19 January - Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland, bishop...
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- Christian Ludvig DiriksChristian Ludvig DiriksChristian Ludvig Diriks was Norwegian general auditor and a government minister. He served as Minister of Auditing for two brief periods in 1856 and 1857, and later as temporary Minister of Postal Affairs in 1861, also very briefly.-References:...
, politician and Minister (b.18021802 in Norway-Births:*5 August - Niels Henrik Abel, mathematician *7 October - Magnus Brostrup Landstad, minister, psalmist and poet *10 October - Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe, priest and politician...
) - Ole Larsen HammerstadOle Larsen HammerstadOle Larsen Hammerstad was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1857, representing the constituency of Christians Amt. He was re-elected in 1859, not in 1861, but returned in 1865 and 1868....
, politician (b.18171817 in Norway-Births:*9 January - Jacob Jørgen Kastrup Sømme, businessperson, consul and politician *2 June - Vilhelm Frimann Christie Bøgh, archivist *23 July - Johan Christian Collett, politician...
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