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- 5 January - Jørgen Christian KnudsenJørgen Christian KnudsenJørgen Christian Knudsen was a Norwegian ship-owner and politician for the Conservative Party.-Personal life:...
, ship-owner and politician (b.19221922 in Norway-Events:* 8 January - The Social Democratic Youth League of Norway is founded.* 30 November - The establishment of Norwegian government-owned alcoholic beverage retailer "Vinmonopolet"....
) - 8 January - Johan JeremiassenJohan JeremiassenJohan Jeremiassen was a Norwegian ship-owner, consul and politician. He established the Porsgrund Porselænsfabrik .-Personal life:...
, ship-owner, consul and politician (d.18891889 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway*Prime Minister of Norway: Johan Sverdrup, succeeded by*Prime Minister of Norway: Emil Stang-Notable births:*20 January - Tryggve Gran, aviator, explorer and author...
) - 9 April - Canute R. MatsonCanute R. MatsonCanute R. Matson was a Norwegian born politician who served as Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois at the time of the 1886 Haymarket Square Riot in Chicago.-Background:...
, Norwegian AmericanNorwegian AmericanNorwegian 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...
Sheriff of Cook County, IllinoisCook County, IllinoisCook County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, with its county seat in Chicago. It is the second most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles County. The county has 5,194,675 residents, which is 40.5 percent of all Illinois residents. Cook County's population is larger than...
at the time of the Haymarket Square Riot (d. 1903) - 15 June - Edvard GriegEdvard GriegEdvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...
, composer and pianist (d.19071907 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Christian Michelsen-Events:* June 14 – Norway adopts female suffrage.* Norsk Hydro, having been founded in 1905, opens up its first plant at Notodden....
) - 18 August - Johan Henrik Paasche ThorneJohan Henrik Paasche ThorneJohan Henrich Paasche Thorne was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party. He served as mayor of Moss as well as five terms in the Norwegian Parliament, and was Minister of the Interior from 1889 to 1890 and 1893 to 1894.He was born in Drammen as the son of Johan...
, businessperson and politician (d.19201920 in Norway-Events:* 9 February – The League of Nations gives Spitsbergen to Norway.* 17-19 June – The Centre Party was founded.* Aalesund ship is discovered embedded in the earth south of Ålesund.-Notable births:*2 January - Anne-Sofie Østvedt, resistance leader...
) - 4 October - Christopher Knudsen, priest, politician and Minister (d.19151915 in Norway-Events:* The 1915 Parliamentary election takes place.-Notable births:*16 January - Aase Bjerkholt, politician*19 January - Håkon Kyllingmark, politician and Minister *25 January - Sverre L...
) - 8 October - Kitty Lange KiellandKitty Lange Kielland-Early life and training:Kielland was born to an affluent family in Stavanger, the older sister of Alexander Kielland. Kielland's mutual interactions with her brother would be important to shaping her as an artist. Although she received some training in drawing and painting, it was not until she...
, painter (d.19141914 in Norway-January to March:*31 January - Hans Martin Gulbrandsen, canoeist *3 March - Håkon Johnsen, politician *7 March - Knut Bergsland, linguist *7 March - Arne Jensen, banker*18 March - Trygve Haugeland, politician and Minister...
) - 31 October - Oscar NissenOscar NissenElias Gottlieb Oscar Egede Nissen was a Norwegian physician, newspaper editor and politician. He belonged to the Norwegian Labour Party from 1889 to his death, and was both party leader, party secretary as well as editor of the party organ Social-Demokraten for a period...
, physician, newspaper editor and politician (d.19111911 in Norway-Events:*14 December - Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition becomes the first to reach the South Pole.*Norsk Hydro's second plant opens at Rjukan, four years after its first plant at Notodden.-January to March:*1 January - Håkon Melberg, linguist...
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- Axel Gudbrand BlyttAxel Gudbrand BlyttAxel 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 (d.18981898 in Norway-Incumbents:*Prime Minister of Norway: Francis Hagerup , replaced by:*Prime Minister of Norway: Johannes Steen-Arts and literature:*Olaus Alvestad publishes the songbook Norsk Songbok for Ungdomsskular og Ungdomslag-Notable births:...
) - Yngvar NielsenYngvar NielsenYngvar Nielsen was a Norwegian historian, politician, geographer and pioneer of tourism in Norway.-Background:...
, historian and geographer (d.19161916 in Norway-Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Notable births:*7 January - Gunnar Jakobsen, politician *15 January - Sigrid Utkilen, politician *24 January - Erik Heiberg, sailor and Olympic silver medallist...
) - Herman Johan Foss ReimersHerman Johan Foss ReimersHerman Johan Foss Reimers was Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party.-Career:He was hired in the Ministry of Finance in 1878. From 1884 he was a Supreme Court Assessor...
, politician and Minister (d.19281928 in Norway-Events:* 27 June – The opening of the underground railway line to Nationaltheatret station in Oslo .* At Herøya, outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro establishes what is to become Norway's largest industrial park....
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Deaths
- 17 March - Lars Andreas OftedahlLars Andreas OftedahlLars Andreas Oftedahl was a Norwegian priest and a member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll that wrote the Constitution of Norway on May 17th, 1814.-Biography:...
, priest and politician (b.17811781 in Norway-Full date unknown:*Palle Rømer Fleischer, politician and Minister *Edvard Hagerup, solicitor and politician...
) - 13 June - Ole Edvard BuckOle Edvard BuckOle Edvard Buck was a Norwegian politician.He was appointed County Governor of Finmarkens Amt in 1833. In 1838 he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1838, representing his county...
, politician (b.17991799 in Norway-Births:*28 October - Ole Gabriel Gabrielsen Ueland, politician *14 November - Ole Edvard Buck, politician -Full date unknown:*Jens Henrik Beer, politician*Peter Bøyesen, businessperson and politician...
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- Mensen ErnstMensen ErnstMensen Ernst was born as Mons Monsen Øyri, in the summer of 1795 in the village of Fresvik along the Sognefjord, in the municipality of Vik in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. He was a road runner and ultramarathonist and one of the first sport professionals...
, road runner and ultramarathonist (b.17951795 in Norway-Births:*23 March - Bernt Michael Holmboe, mathematician *2 December - Hans Nicolai Lange, priest and politician -Full date unknown:*Nicolai Benjamin Cappelen, jurist and politician *Mensen Ernst, road runner and ultramarathonist...
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