1899 in Norway
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Events

  • 27 June - The paperclip
    Paperclip
    A paper clip is an instrument used to fasten sheets of paper together usually made of steel wire bent to a looped shape.-Shape and composition:...

     is patented by Johan Vaaler
    Johan Vaaler
    Johan Vaaler was a Norwegian inventor and patent clerk, from 1892 office manager of Bryns Patentkontor in Kristiania. He has often erroneously been identified with the invention of the common paper clip, known to all office employees for more than a hundred years...

    , a Norwegian inventor.

Notable births

  • 25 January - Peder Holt, politician (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:...

    )
  • 25 January - Rolf Jacobsen
    Rolf Jacobsen (boxer)
    Rolf Jacobsen was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was born in Kristiania.In 1920 he was eliminated in the second round of the middleweight class after losing his fight to Samuel Lagonia....

    , boxer (d.1960
    1960 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....

    )
  • 3 February - Olaf Aarvold
    Olaf Aarvold
    Olaf Aarvold was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He graduated from upper secondary school in 1922, and worked as a teacher in Larvik from 1923 to 1925. In 1929 he graduated with the cand.theol. degree from the MF Norwegian School of Theology. He worked as a priest in Durban 1930,...

    , priest and 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 ....

    )
  • 12 February - Johan Grøttumsbråten
    Johan Grøttumsbråten
    Johan Grøttumsbråten was a Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined and cross-country. Dominating both events in the 1920s and early 1930s, he won several medals in the early Winter Olympics. Most notably, he won two gold medals at the 1928 Winter Olympics, and as one of the only two dual...

    , skier and multiple Olympic gold medallist (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...

    )
  • 15 February - Mikal Grøvan
    Mikal Grøvan
    Mikal Grøvan was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder during the terms 1950–1953 and 1954–1957. He died before the end of the second term.-References:...

    , politician (d.1956
    1956 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....

    )
  • 14 March - Kjell Tellander
    Kjell Tellander
    Kjell Tellander was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949....

    , politician (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....

    )
  • 17 March - Søren Berg Sørensen Moen
    Søren Berg Sørensen Moen
    Søren Berg Sørensen Moen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 1945, but he died less than one year into the term. He was replaced by Peder Nikolai Leier Jacobsen...

    , politician (d.1946
    1946 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:*1 February - Trygve Lie is selected as the first United Nations Secretary General*6 December - The Home Guard was established....

    )
  • 26 March - Ragnvald Mikal Andersen
    Ragnvald Mikal Andersen
    Ragnvald Mikal Andersen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Bergen.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Bergen in 1958, but was not re-elected...

    , politician (d.1995
    1995 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* January 1 – The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of rogue waves....

    )
  • 8 April - Arthur Sundt
    Arthur Sundt
    Arthur Sundt was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Bergen.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Bergen in 1945, and was re-elected on one occasion in 1954...

    , politician (d.1971
    1971 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten until 17 October, Trygve Bratteli -Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.* 17 March – Bratteli's First Cabinet was appointed....

    )
  • 27 April - Erling Johannes Norvik
    Erling Johannes Norvik
    Erling Johannes Norvik was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Trondenes....

    , 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...

    )
  • 1 July - Haakon Olsen Wika
    Haakon Olsen Wika
    Haakon Olsen Wika was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Vega.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1937, and was re-elected on one occasion....

    , politician (d.1981
    1981 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli until 4 February, Gro Harlem Brundtland until 14 October, Kåre Willoch -Events:...

    )
  • 23 July - Johan Trandem
    Johan Trandem
    Johan Trandem was a Norwegian shot putter and discus thrower.At the 1928 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the discus final with a throw of 43.97 metres and thirteenth in shot put with 13.40 metres. He became Norwegian champion in discus throw in the years 1922-1924, and in shot put in 1925...

    , shot putter and discus thrower (d.1996
    1996 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland until October 25, Thorbjørn Jagland -Events:...

    )
  • 6 August - Lillebil Ibsen
    Lillebil Ibsen
    Lillebil Ibsen was a Norwegian dancer and actress.-Personal life:She was born in Kristiania, as the daughter of engineer Georg Monrad Krohn and actress Gyda Martha Kristine Andersen...

    , dancer and actress (d.1989
    1989 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland until 16 October, Jan P. Syse -Events:* 30 March – The Oseberg oil field and the first gas pipeline to mainland Norway were opened....

    )
  • 6 August - Torstein Børte
    Torstein Børte
    Torstein Børte was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark during the term 1958–1961.-References:...

    , politician (d.1985
    1985 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch -Events:* 25 February - The trial of the accused spy Arne Treholt starts.* 20 June – Arne Treholt was sentenced to 20 years in prison for espionage....

    )
  • 8 August - Olav Sundal
    Olav Sundal
    Olav Johan Sundal 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 (d.1978
    1978 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 7 September - Skateboarding is banned in Norway.-Literature:*Harald Sverdrup, poet and children's writer, is awarded the Dobloug Prize literature award....

    )
  • 17 August - Torolv Kandahl
    Torolv Kandahl
    Torolv Kandahl was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Lyngdal.Kandahl was a member of Aker municipality council from 1934 to 1939, and then served as deputy mayor in the period 1939–1940.He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Buskerud in 1950, but was...

    , 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....

    )
  • 23 August - Terje Wold
    Terje Wold
    Terje Wold was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Labour Party.Terje Wold was born in Evenes. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1921. He worked as a jurist, becoming a Supreme Court Justice of Norway in 1950. From 1958 to 1969 he was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court...

    , judge, politician and Minister (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....

    )
  • 25 August - Karl Aas
    Karl Aas
    Karl Jan Aas was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Norwegian men's gymnastics team which won the gold medal in the gymnastics free system event.-External links:*...

    , gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (d.1943
    1943 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...

    )
  • 27 August - Per Hagen
    Per Hagen
    Per Hagen was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud during the term 1950–1953.-References:...

    , 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...

    )
  • 13 September - Magnus Bjorndal
    Magnus Bjorndal
    Magnus Bjorndal was a Norwegian American engineer and inventor. Magnus Bjorndal was the founder and president of Tech Laboratories, Inc.-Biography:...

    , Norwegian American
    Norwegian American
    Norwegian Americans are Americans of Norwegian descent. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the later half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century. There are more than 4.5 million Norwegian Americans according to the most recent U.S. census, and...

     engineer (d.1971)
  • 22 September - Emil Løvlien
    Emil Løvlien
    Emil H. Løvlien was a Norwegian forest worker, trade unionist and politician from Løten. He represented the Labour Party until the split in 1923, and the Communist Party thereafter...

    , forest worker, trade unionist and politician (d.1973
    1973 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Lars Korvald until 16 October, Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 21 July – Lillehammer affair: Israeli Mossad agents assassinate a Moroccan waiter in Lillehammer...

    )
  • 30 September - Henry Larsen, Arctic explorer in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

     (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...

    )
  • 7 October - Øystein Ore
    Øystein Ore
    Øystein Ore was a Norwegian mathematician.-Life:Ore was graduated from the University of Oslo in 1922, with a Cand.Scient. degree in mathematics. In 1924, the University of Oslo awarded him the Ph.D. for a thesis titled Zur Theorie der algebraischen Körper, supervised by Thoralf Skolem...

    , mathematician (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....

    )
  • 23 October - Bernt Balchen
    Bernt Balchen
    Bernt Balchen, , a winner of the Distinguished Flying Cross was a Norwegian native, and later U.S. citizen, known as a pioneer polar aviator, navigator, aircraft mechanical engineer and military leader. His service in the U.S...

    , polar and aviation pioneer in America (d.1973
    1973 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Lars Korvald until 16 October, Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 21 July – Lillehammer affair: Israeli Mossad agents assassinate a Moroccan waiter in Lillehammer...

    )
  • 24 October - Einar Hareide
    Einar Hareide
    Einar Hareide was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was born in Ålesund.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 1945, and was re-elected on four occasions....

    , 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...

    )
  • 1 November - Anne Grimdalen
    Anne Grimdalen
    Anne Grimdalen was a Norwegian sculptor. She was born on the mountain farm Grimdalen in Skafså, Telemark, and later also lived and worked in the so-called Kunstnerdalen in Asker. She worked mainly with granite, and also bronze...

    , sculptor (d.1961
    1961 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...

    )
  • 7 November - Bjarne Fjærtoft
    Bjarne Fjærtoft
    Bjarne Fjærtoft is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Jondal.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 1954, and was re-elected on one occasion....

    , politician (d.1981
    1981 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli until 4 February, Gro Harlem Brundtland until 14 October, Kåre Willoch -Events:...

    )
  • 12 November - Sverre Hansen
    Sverre Hansen (athlete)
    Sverre Hansen was a Norwegian long jumper.At the 1924 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal with a jump of 7.26 metres. He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1921-1924....

    , long jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (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 ....

    )
  • 24 November - Petter Jamvold
    Petter Jamvold
    Peter Jamvold was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Eleda, which won the gold medal in the 10 metre class .-External links:*...

    , sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1961
    1961 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...

    )
  • 27 November - Knut Hergel
    Knut Hergel
    Knut Hergel was a Norwegian actor and theatre director.Hergel was actor at Stavanger Theater from 1924 to 1926, and at the theatre in Trondheim from 1926 to 1927. He was employed as stage producer at Det Nye Teater from 1928 to 1935...

    , actor and theatre director (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....

    )
  • 18 December - Peter Wessel Zapffe
    Peter Wessel Zapffe
    Peter Wessel Zapffe was a Norwegian metaphysician, author and mountaineer. He was well known for his somewhat pessimistic view of human existence and his philosophy is widely considered to be pessimistic, much like the work of the earlier philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, by whom he was inspired...

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

    )
  • 30 December - Helge Ingstad
    Helge Ingstad
    Helge Marcus Ingstad was a Norwegian explorer. After mapping some Norse settlements, Ingstad and his wife Anne Stine, an archaeologist, in 1960 found remnants of a Viking settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows in the Province of Newfoundland in Canada...

    , explorer (d.2001
    2001 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Jens Stoltenberg until October 19, Kjell Magne Bondevik -Events:...

    )

Full date unknown

  • Nils Hønsvald
    Nils Hønsvald
    Nils Hønsvald was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. He was one of the leading figures in Norwegian politics from 1945 to 1969.Hønsvald was born in Horten, Vestfold County, Norway...

    , politician and Minister (d.1971
    1971 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten until 17 October, Trygve Bratteli -Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.* 17 March – Bratteli's First Cabinet was appointed....

    )
  • Jonas Lie
    Jonas Lie (government minister)
    Jonas Lie was a Norwegian councillor of state in the Nasjonal Samling government of Vidkun Quisling in 1940, then acting councillor of state 1940–1941, and Minister of Police between 1941 and 1945 in the new Quisling government...

    , politician and Minister, collaborator (d.1945
    1945 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...

    )
  • Egil Offenberg
    Egil Offenberg
    Egil Offenberg was a Norwegian businessman and politician, a member of the Conservative party.He was the chief executive officer at Schous brewery from 1932 to 1967. He was active in the Norwegian resistance movement and became part of its leadership in 1942...

    , politician and Minister (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....

    )
  • Jakob Martin Pettersen
    Jakob Martin Pettersen
    Jakob Martin Pettersen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and Minister of Transport and Communications 1952-1955....

    , politician and Minister (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...

    )
  • Knut Robberstad
    Knut Robberstad
    Knut Ingebrikt Robberstad was a Norwegian jurist and philologist.Born in Askøy, he was a professor of jurisprudence at the University of Oslo from 1945 to 1969. His juridical publications include Oreigningsvederlaget and Rettsutferd...

    , jurist and philologist (d.1981
    1981 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli until 4 February, Gro Harlem Brundtland until 14 October, Kåre Willoch -Events:...

    )
  • Arne Torkildsen
    Arne Torkildsen
    Arne Torkildsen was a Norwegian neurosurgeon. He described the surgical technique of ventriculocisternostomy , which is also called "Torkildsen's operation".-External links:* - biographic article in the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association....

    , neurosurgeon (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....

    )

Notable deaths

  • 18 February – Sophus Lie
    Sophus Lie
    Marius Sophus Lie was a Norwegian mathematician. He largely created the theory of continuous symmetry, and applied it to the study of geometry and differential equations.- Biography :...

    , mathematician (b.1842
    1842 in Norway
    -Events:* Porsgrunn was granted full city status. Limited city status was granted in 1807.* The Norwegian Missionary Society was founded in Stavanger.* The eleventh Storting convened, following the 1841 election.-January to June:...

    )
  • 11 June - Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup, bishop and politician (b.1845
    1845 in Norway
    -Events:*Skutterudite, a mineral containing nickel and iron, was discovered. The discovery was made in Skuterud Mines, Modum, Buskerud.*The twelfth Storting convened, following the 1844 election.-Notable births:*17 January - Erika Nissen, pianist...

    )
  • 8 December - Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg
    Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg
    Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg was a Norwegian politician. Spending his professional life as a customs surveyor, he was mayor of the cities Brevik and Skien, and served three terms in the Norwegian Parliament...

    , newspaper founder and editor and politician (b.1827
    1827 in Norway
    -Arts and literature:* Foundation of Christiania Theatre; first under a different name, by Johan Peter Strömberg.-Births:*24 February - Haaken C. Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson *21 May - Axel Winge, politician...

    )

Full date unknown

  • Halfdan Egedius
    Halfdan Egedius
    Halfdan Egedius was a Norwegian painter and illustrator.-Biography:Halfdan Johnsen Egedius was born in Drammen in Buskerud county and grew up in Christiania. His interest in painting and illustration began at the age of 5 and he showed exceptional artistic abilities early...

    , painter and illustrator (b.1877
    1877 in Norway
    -January to June:*25 February - Bernt Tunold, painter *5 March - Klaus Sletten, organizational worker, editor and politician *23 March - Marta Steinsvik, author and translator *29 March - Nils Waltersen Aasen, arms inventor...

    )
  • Magnus Feilberg
    Magnus Feilberg
    Magnus Wogelius Feilberg was a Norwegian bookseller and publisher.Born in Copenhagen, he came to Norway in 1839. In 1843 he founded Feilberg & Landmark, a combined publishing house and bookstore, together with Jens Landmark...

    , bookseller and publisher (b.1817
    1817 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...

    )
  • Olav Jakobsen Høyem
    Olav Jakobsen Høyem
    Olav Jakobsen Høyem was a Norwegian teacher, telegrapher, supervisor of banknote printing and linguist. He was born in Byneset outside Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag. His father was Jakob Høyem and his mother Karen Olsdatter Prestegaard Høyem. As a linguist, he fought for a Nynorsk written normal which...

    , teacher, telegrapher, supervisor of banknote printing and linguist (b.1830
    1830 in Norway
    -Births:*6 February - Lars Hertervig, painter *10 February - Andreas Leigh Aabel, physician and poet *23 September - Jens Theodor Paludan Vogt, engineer *26 September - Olaus Arvesen, educator and politician -Full date unknown:...

    )
  • Lauritz Jenssen
    Lauritz Jenssen
    Lauritz Jenssen was a Norwegian businessperson and politician. A part of a notable business family based in and around Trondhjem, Jenssen founded Ranheims Papirfabrik, and also served one term in the Parliament of Norway....

    , businessperson and politician (b.1837
    1837 in Norway
    -Births:*25 March - Lauritz Jenssen, businessperson and politician *20 April - Georg Ossian Sars, marine biologist *27 July - Ole Vollan, educator, editor and politician *18 December - Paul Andreas Jetmundsen Aklestad, politician...

    )
  • Oluf Rygh
    Oluf Rygh
    Oluf Rygh was a noted Norwegian archeologist, philologist and historian. Oluf Rygh is recognized as one of the founders of professional archeology in Norway.-Background:...

    , archeologist, philologist and historian (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,...

    )
  • Christian Homann Schweigaard
    Christian Homann Schweigaard
    Christian Homann Schweigaard was a Norwegian Supreme Court lawyer and politician . He was prime minister in "April the Ministry" in 1884...

    , politician and Prime Minister (b.1838
    1838 in Norway
    -Events:*1 January - Fulfilling a law from 1837 all parishes form the bases for the establishment of altogether 396 formannskapsdistrikts, the precursor of municipalities.-Births:*10 January - Johan Christopher Brun, pharmacist and politician...

    )
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