1898 in Norway
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Incumbents

  • Prime Minister of Norway
    Prime Minister of Norway
    The Prime Minister of Norway is the political leader of Norway and the Head of His Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Stortinget , to their political party, and ultimately the...

    : Francis Hagerup
    Francis Hagerup
    George Francis Hagerup was a Norwegian lawyer, diplomat and politician for the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 14 October 1895 to 17 February 1898 and from 22 October 1903 to 11 March 1905.Francis Hagerup grew up in Trondheim...

     (until 17 February), replaced by:
  • Prime Minister of Norway: Johannes Steen
    Johannes Steen
    Johannes Wilhelm Christian Steen was a Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway from 1891 to 1893 and from 1898 to 1902....


Arts and literature

  • Olaus Alvestad
    Olaus Alvestad
    Peter Olaus Alvestad was a Norwegian educator and newspaper editor.Born in Haram, he graduated from the teacher's college in Asker in 1888. He worked as a teacher at several schools, including Sagatun Folk High School, until 1895 when he founded Voss Folk High School together with Lars Eskeland...

     publishes the songbook Norsk Songbok for Ungdomsskular og Ungdomslag

Notable births

  • 19 January - Harald Økern
    Harald Økern
    Harald Johannes Økern was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier who won the event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1922 and 1924...

    , Nordic combined skier (d.1977
    1977 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 12 September - The 1977 Parliamentary election takes place....

    )
  • 25 January - Sveinung O. Flaaten
    Sveinung O. Flaaten
    Sveinung O. Flaaten was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Hitterdal.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark in 1961, but died before one year of his term had passed...

    , politician (d.1962
    1962 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 7 June – The Nordland Line between Trondheim and Bodø was opened....

    )
  • 1 February - Roald Larsen
    Roald Larsen
    Roald Morel Larsen was a World Champion speed skater from Norway. He was born in Kristiania ....

    , speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (d.1959
    1959 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....

    )
  • 13 February - Albert Andreas Mørkved
    Albert Andreas Mørkved
    Albert Andreas Mørkved was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland during the term 1958–1961.-References:...

    , politician (d.1990
    1990 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Eli Ryan. Holliday until 3 November, Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:...

    )
  • 19 February - Arnold Carl Johansen
    Arnold Carl Johansen
    Arnold Carl Johansen was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Buksnes.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1950, but was not re-elected in 1954....

    , politician (d.1957
    1957 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway - until his death on September 21, Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 16 March - The Kongsberg Silver Mines closes....

    )
  • 2 March - Erling Aastad
    Erling Aastad
    Erling Rudolf Aastad was a Norwegian long jumper and sprinter.At the 1920 Summer Olympics he finished fifth in the long jump final with a jump of 6.88 metres. He also competed for the 4 x 100 m relay team which was disqualified in the first round of the relay event...

    , long jumper and sprinter (d.1963
    1963 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen until 28 August, John Lyng until 25 September, Einar Gerhardsen -Events:...

    )
  • 2 March - Nils Thune
    Nils Thune
    Nils Thune is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland during the term 1950–1953.-References:...

    , politician (d.1988
    1988 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* May 6 – Widerøe Flight 710, a Dash 7, crashes in Torghatten, Norway in heavy fog, killing all 36 passengers in the worst-ever Dash 7 accident....

    )
  • 8 March - Per Almaas
    Per Almaas
    Per Almaas was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Selbu.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1950, but was not re-elected in 1954....

    , politician (d.1991
    1991 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway - until his death on January 17, Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:*17 January - Olav V of Norway, King of Norway dies*Rjukanbanen railway line closes ....

    )
  • 8 March - Per Næsset
    Per Næsset
    Per Næsset was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag during the term 1945–1949.-References:...

    , politician (d.1970
    1970 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 27 April - The oil company Phillips Petroleum makes a new oil discovery in the North Sea...

    )
  • 25 March - Einar Landvik
    Einar Landvik
    Einar Aslaksen Landvik was a Norwegian Nordic skier who won the Holmenkollen medal in 1925.He was born in Kviteseid and died in Tinn....

    , Nordic skier (d.1993
    1993 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* 30 April - Norway's registered partnership civil union law is passed....

    )
  • 31 March - Tora Øyna
    Tora Øyna
    Tora Øyna was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder during the terms 1958–1961 and 1961–1965.-References:...

    , politician (d.1991
    1991 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway - until his death on January 17, Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:*17 January - Olav V of Norway, King of Norway dies*Rjukanbanen railway line closes ....

    )
  • 20 April - Johan Johannesen
    Johan Johannesen
    Johan Johannesen was a Norwegian track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he finished tenth in the long jump competition.-External links:*...

    , track and field athlete (d.1979
    1979 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.* Bryggen and the Urnes stave church are designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.-Film:...

    )
  • 19 May - Bjart Ording
    Bjart Ording
    Bjart Ording was a Norwegian horse rider who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he and his horse And Over won the silver medal as member of the Norwegian eventing team in the team eventing competition after finishing sixth in the individual eventing...

    , horse rider and Olympic silver medallist (d.1975
    1975 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 1 January - Advertising of alcohol and tobacco products are prohibited.* NRK started television broadcasts in color....

    )
  • 14 June - Kristian Alfred Hammer
    Kristian Alfred Hammer
    Kristian Alfred Hammer was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag during the term 1954–1957.-References:...

    , politician (d.1965
    1965 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...

    )
  • 19 June - Olav Dalgard
    Olav Dalgard
    Olav Dalgard, given name Olaf Hanssen was a Norwegian filmmaker, advocate of Nynorsk, and a literature and art historian....

    , filmmaker and literature and art historian (d.1980
    1980 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 27 March – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L...

    )
  • 24 June - Bjarne Støtvig
    Bjarne Støtvig
    Bjarne Støtvig was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Botne.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Vestfold in 1950-1953, and was re-elected 1958 and 1961...

    , politician (d.1982
    1982 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch -Events:* 11 March – Widerøe Flight 933 crashed into the Barents Sea near Mehamn, killing all 15 on board; this accident remains highly controversial in Norway....

    )
  • 25 June - Anders Lundgren
    Anders Lundgren
    Anders Lundgren was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he won the gold medal as crew member of the Norwegian boat Elisabeth V in the 6 metre class event.-External links:*...

    , sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1964
    1964 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:*1 January – The town of Brevik, and the rural district of Eidanger, are merged with Porsgrunn*14 September – Tromsø Airport is officially opened for traffic...

    )
  • 26 June - Ole Reistad
    Ole Reistad
    Ole Imerslun Reistad was a Norwegian military officer and accomplished sports person.In the pentathlon he finished fourteenth at the 1920 Summer Olympics and became Norwegian champion in 1922. He also participated in the 1928 Olympic Winter Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the demonstration...

    , military officer and pentathlete (d.1949
    1949 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* October 10 - The 1949 Parliamentary election takes place....

    )
  • 3 July - Kristian Rønneberg
    Kristian Rønneberg
    Kristian Rønneberg was a Norwegian politician for the Farmers' Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament during the term 1954–1957.-References:...

    , politician (d.1982
    1982 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch -Events:* 11 March – Widerøe Flight 933 crashed into the Barents Sea near Mehamn, killing all 15 on board; this accident remains highly controversial in Norway....

    )
  • 9 July - Johannes S. Andersen
    Johannes S. Andersen
    Johannes Sigfred Andersen was a Norwegian resistance fighter during the Second World War, a member of the Norwegian Independent Company 1 . He was nicknamed "Gulosten"; 'The Yellow Cheese'. He also used the surname Ostein during the war...

    , resistance fighter (d.1968
    1968 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....

    )
  • 5 August - Reidar Magnus Aamo
    Reidar Magnus Aamo
    Reidar Magnus Aamo was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Os.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark in 1950, and was re-elected on three occasions...

    , politician (d.1972
    1972 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli until 17 October, Lars Korvald -Events:* 15 June - The Norwegian pension age is lowered to 67....

    )
  • 10 August - Ivar Kornelius Eikrem
    Ivar Kornelius Eikrem
    Ivar Kornelius Eikrem was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Akerø.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 1954, and was re-elected on two occasions....

    , politician (d.1994
    1994 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* 15–17 April – The Progress Party national convention at Bolkesjø, turns out to be one of the most dramatic purges in the history of Norwegian party politics, ending with the libertarian section of the party...

    )
  • 19 September - Erik Rotheim
    Erik Rotheim
    Erik Andreas Rotheim was a Norwegian professional chemical engineer and inventor.He was born in Kristiania, earned his engineering degree in Switzerland and established his own company at home in Oslo in 1925. He is best known for invention of the aerosol spray can, the patent application for...

    , chemical engineer and inventor of the aerosol spray can (d.1938
    1938 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...

    )
  • 2 October - Trond Hegna
    Trond Hegna
    Trond Hegna was a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party and the Communist Party of Norway....

    , journalist and politician (d.1992
    1992 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* 6 June - The Fantoft stave church in Bergen, dating from the 12th century, is burnt to the ground by arsonists originating in the early Norwegian black metal scene.* 5 September - The Norwegian commercial...

    )
  • 18 October - John Ditlev-Simonsen
    John Ditlev-Simonsen
    John Peder Ditlev-Simonsen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Norwegian boat Silja in the 8 metre class event.-References:...

    , sailor and Olympic silver medallist (d.1967
    1967 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 1 January - The Norwegian National Insurance Act was introduced.* 22 October – The opening of the Tjeldsund Bridge....

    )
  • 22 October - Bjørn Skjærpe
    Bjørn Skjærpe
    Bjørn Skjærpe was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Norwegian team, which won the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event.- External links :*...

    , gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
  • 20 November - Einar Stavang
    Einar Stavang
    Einar Magnus Henriksson Stavang was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane in 1945, and was re-elected on five occasions....

    , politician (d.1992
    1992 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* 6 June - The Fantoft stave church in Bergen, dating from the 12th century, is burnt to the ground by arsonists originating in the early Norwegian black metal scene.* 5 September - The Norwegian commercial...

    )
  • 29 November - Aagot Børseth
    Aagot Børseth
    Aagot Børseth was a Norwegian actor.-Filmography:*Fru Inger til Østråt .... Tjenestejente*Eiszeit *Bernardas hus .... Bernardas mor...

    , actor (d.1993
    1993 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* 30 April - Norway's registered partnership civil union law is passed....

    )
  • 2 December - Henry Jacobsen
    Henry Jacobsen
    Henry Jacobsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Rygge.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Østfold and Akershus in 1945, and was re-elected on four occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the...

    , politician (d.1964
    1964 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:*1 January – The town of Brevik, and the rural district of Eidanger, are merged with Porsgrunn*14 September – Tromsø Airport is officially opened for traffic...

    )
  • 3 December - Asbjørn Halvorsen
    Asbjørn Halvorsen
    Asbjørn Halvorsen was a Norwegian footballer. He was a centre-half who played 19 times for the Norwegian national team, and won the Norwegian Cup in 1917 as a member of Sarpsborg...

    , international soccer player and general secretary of the Norwegian Football Association (d.1955
    1955 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....

    )
  • 8 December - Christopher Dahl
    Christopher Dahl (sailor)
    Christopher John Dahl was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he won the gold medal as crew member of the Norwegian boat Elisabeth V in the 6 metre class event.-External links:...

    , sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1966
    1966 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 7 August - The Storskog border control between Norway and the Soviet Union is opened...

    )
  • 29 December - Randi Anda
    Randi Anda
    Randi Anda, née Friestad was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Rogaland during the terms 1954–1957, 1958–1961, 1961–1965 and 1965–1969.She was born in Egersund...

    , politician (d.1999
    1999 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kjell Magne Bondevik -Events:* 1 February - The Coastal Party is founded....

    )

Full date unknown

  • Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen
    Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen
    Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen was a Norwegian priest and government minister. His father was Conrad Svendsen, Norway's first priest for the deaf. Conrad the son worked at his father's school for deaf at Nordstrand while studying theology at the university, and eventually took over his father's...

    , priest and politician (d.1983
    1983 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch -Events:* 18 March - Arnfinn Nesset is convicted of poisoning 22 patients with Curacit, a muscle relaxing drug, at a Geriatric institution in Orkdal, Norway where he was the director since 1977...

    )
  • Sonja Hagemann
    Sonja Hagemann
    Sonja Hagemann was a Norwegian literary historian and literary critic, especially of children's literature. She is primarily known for the monumental Barnelitteratur i Norge ....

    , literary historian and literary critic (d.1983
    1983 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch -Events:* 18 March - Arnfinn Nesset is convicted of poisoning 22 patients with Curacit, a muscle relaxing drug, at a Geriatric institution in Orkdal, Norway where he was the director since 1977...

    )
  • Odd Hølaas
    Odd Hølaas
    Oddleiv Sigurd Bang Hølaas was a Norwegian journalist and writer. He won the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1964....

    , journalist and writer (d.1968
    1968 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....

    )
  • Sverre Munck
    Sverre Munck
    -Early life and career:He was born in Høvik as the son of dean Oskar Albert Munck og Mathilde Munthe-Kaas . He was also a great-grandson of Johan Storm Munch. He grew up in Øygarden, took his examen artium at Frogner School in 1916 and a degree in electrical engineering at the Norwegian Institute...

    , businessperson (d.1970
    1970 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 27 April - The oil company Phillips Petroleum makes a new oil discovery in the North Sea...

    )
  • Rolf Østbye
    Rolf Østbye
    Rolf Østbye was a Norwegian businessperson.He was born in Kristiania as a son of rector Niels Johan Hagerup Østbye and Johanne Elisabeth Mellbye...

    , businessperson (d.1979
    1979 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.* Bryggen and the Urnes stave church are designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.-Film:...

    )
  • Sverre Petterssen
    Sverre Petterssen
    Sverre Petterssen was a Norwegian meteorologist, prominent in the field of weather analysis and forecasting, and an international leader in meteorology.-Early life:...

    , meteorologist (d.1974
    1974 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 2 January - drilling rig "Transocean 3" sinks in the North Sea....

    )
  • Leif J. Sverdrup
    Leif J. Sverdrup
    Leif Johan Sverdrup was a Norwegian born, American civil engineer and general with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the first half of the 20th century...

    , civil engineer and military officer in America (d.1976
    1976 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli until 15 January, Odvar Nordli -Events:* 15 January - Odvar Nordli becomes Prime Minister of Norway* 15 January – Nordli's Cabinet was appointed....

    )

Notable deaths

  • 5 January - Valdemar Knudsen
    Valdemar Knudsen
    Valdemar Emil Knudsen was a sugar cane plantation pioneer on west Kauai, Hawaii.-Background:Valdemar Emil Knudsen was born in Kristiansand, in Vest-Agder county, Norway. He was college-trained in botany and science in Copenhagen. Knudsen was successful both as a publisher in New York City and as a...

    , sugar cane plantation pioneer in Hawaii
    Hawaii
    Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

     (b.1819
    1819 in Norway
    -Events:* Det Dramatiske Selskab in Fredrikshald.* Morgenbladet, the first Norwegian daily newspaper, was released for the first time.-Births:*5 August - Valdemar Knudsen, sugar cane plantation pioneer in Hawaii -Full date unknown:...

    )
  • 2 February - Johan Christian Johnsen
    Johan Christian Johnsen
    Johan Christian Johnsen was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1848, 1851 and 1854, representing the constituency of Stavanger. He worked as a merchant in that city.Johnsen was also a writer...

    , politician (b.1815
    1815 in Norway
    -Events:* 30 April - Population Census: Norway had 885,431 inhabitants.* The Supreme Court of Norway was established on the basis of the Constitution of Norway's §88, prescribing an independent judiciary.-Births:...

    )
  • 7 September - Karl Hals
    Karl Hals
    Karl Marius Anton Johan Hals was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Sørum as the son of colonel and customs inspector Caspar Andreas Hals. When his father was appointed customs inspector in Christiania in 1828, the family moved there...

    , businessperson and politician (b.1822
    1822 in Norway
    -Events:* March 11 – A powerful sudden storm struck the western Norwegian coast killing about 300 men at sea.* May 26 – 116 people die in the Grue Church fire...

    )

Full date unknown

  • Hans Rasmus Astrup
    Hans Rasmus Astrup
    Hans Rasmus Astrup was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Labour 1885-1887, and member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1887-1888. Astrup was a merchant before entering Sverdrup Cabinet in 1885...

    , politician (b.1831
    1831 in Norway
    -Arts and literature:* The first opera, Deux mots by Nicolas Dalayrac in performed in Oslo directed by August Schrumpf with Augusta Smith in the main part...

    )
  • Axel Gudbrand Blytt
    Axel Gudbrand Blytt
    Axel Gudbrand Blytt was a Norwegian botanist and geologist. His father was Matthias Numsen Blytt, also a botanist. Axel Blytt served at the Christiania Herbarium at the University of Oslo from 1865, first as a conservator, then, from 1880, as a professor...

    , botanist (b.1843
    1843 in Norway
    -Births:*5 January - Jørgen Christian Knudsen, ship-owner and politician *8 January - Johan Jeremiassen, ship-owner, consul and politician...

    )
  • Laura Gundersen
    Laura Gundersen
    Laura Sofie Coucheron Gundersen was a Norwegian actor, counted as the first native-born tragedienne, and also, in some aspect, as her country's first professional native actress and prima donna.-Biography:...

    , actor (b.1832
    1832 in Norway
    -Events:* Det Dramatiske Selskab in Tromsö.* The Norwegian ultramarathonist Mensen Ernst ran about 2,500 kilometres from Paris to Moscow in 14 days.-Births:*19 March - Frantz Bruun, priest *27 May - Laura Gundersen, actor...

    )
  • Nils Pedersen Igland
    Nils Pedersen Igland
    Nils Pedersen Igland was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Herefoss municipality. In 1856 he married Åse Terjesdatter Helleland, and the couple had several children...

    , farmer and politician (b.1833
    1833 in Norway
    -Births:*5 January - Sophus Bugge, philologist *29 June - Peter Waage, chemist and professor *6 July - Christian Andreas Irgens, politician *10 August - Peter Laurentius Larsen, Norwegian-American Lutheran Educator -Births:*5 January - Sophus Bugge, philologist (d.1907)*29 June - Peter Waage,...

    )
  • Holm Hansen Munthe
    Holm Hansen Munthe
    Holm Hansen Munthe was a Norwegian architect.Between 1878 and 1885 he cooperated with Henrik Nissen. From 1889 he worked for the Holmenkol-Voxenkol-Selskabet, among others drawing the well-known Frognerseteren restaurant in the so-called dragon style...

    , architect (b.1848
    1848 in Norway
    -Events:* Ålesund received city rights.-Notable births:*3 February - Jørgen Løvland, politician and Prime Minister of Norway *2 May - Hans Gabriel Nissen Buck, physician and politician *17 May - Erik Jørgensen, master gunsmith...

    )
  • Johan Jørgen Schwartz
    Johan Jørgen Schwartz
    Johan Jørgen Schwartz was a Norwegian politician and businessperson.Schwartz started as a merchant in Drammen, expanding into shipping and sawmilling. He was also director of Norges Bank in Drammen, but went bankrupt in the economic crisis at the end of the 1870s.He sat in the Norwegian Parliament...

    , politician and businessperson (b.1824
    1824 in Norway
    -Births:*24 January - Aslak Hætta, Sami leader, executed *24 August - Niels Mathias Rye, politician *4 October - Morten Diderik Emil Lambrechts, jurist and politician...

    )
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