1855 in Norway
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Events
- 31 December – Population Census: 1,490,047 inhabitants in Norway.
Notable births
- 23 January - Edvard Hagerup Bull, judge and politician (d.19381938 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...
) - 11 February - Erik WerenskioldErik WerenskioldErik Theodor Werenskiold was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He is especially known for his drawings for the...
, painter and illustrator (d.19381938 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...
) - 21 March - Fredrik Georg GadeFredrik Georg Gade-Personal life:He was born in Bergen as the son of merchant Fredrik Georg Gade and his wife Ingeborg Wallem . The family originated in Lüneburg; an ancestor had migrated to Norway in the eighteenth century. The name Fredrik Georg was a family tradition...
, physician (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....
) - 10 April - Jacob FjeldeJacob FjeldeJacob H. Fjelde was a Norwegian born, American sculptor.-Background:Jakob Henrik Gerhard Fjelde was born in Ålesund Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. His father, a carpenter and wood carver had moved to the United States in 1872, though Fjelde did not arrive there until about 1887. After arriving in...
, Norwegian-American sculptor (d.1896) - 28 May - Ole Amundsen BuslettOle Amundsen BuslettOle Amundsen Buslett was a Norwegian born, American author, newspaperman, and politician.-Background:Ole Amundsen Buslett was born in Gausdal, Oppland, Norway. Buslett was the oldest of eight children born to Amund Halvorsen Buslett and Netta Ringsrud...
, Norwegian-American author, newspaperman, and politician (d.1924) - 24 July - Nils Claus IhlenNils Claus IhlenNils Claus Ihlen was a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Liberal Party. He served as foreign minister of Norway between 1913 and 1920.-Personal life:...
, engineer, politician and Minister (d.19251925 in Norway-Events:* 1 January - The city of Christiania reclaimed its original Norwegian name, Oslo; a decision which caused much debate in its time.* 17 July - the Parliament of Norway passed the Svalbard Act which established Norwegian sovereignty on the island of Svalbard, and stated that Norwegian...
) - 5 November - Einar WangEinar WangEinar Wang was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.Born in Våle, he started his career working in a trade company in Tønsberg, from 1871 to 1878...
, politician (d.19391939 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold -Events:*17 May - Sweden, Norway, and Finland refuse Germany's offer of non-aggression pacts.*1 June - Oslo Airport, Fornebu is opened....
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- Lars Kristian AbrahamsenLars Kristian AbrahamsenLars Kristian Abrahamsen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. A district stipendiary magistrate by profession, he served in Gunnar Knudsen's first and second Governments . He was Minister of Trade 1908-1910, Minister of Justice 1913-1916, and Minister of Social Affairs 1916-1919...
, politician and Minister (d.19211921 in Norway-Events:* 6 May - A general strike begins in Norway.* 17 September - the Dovre Line was opened.* 18 September - Nidareid train disaster on the Trondhjem-Størenbanen railway line...
) - Anders BergeneAnders BergeneAnders Edvard Olsen Bergene was a Norwegian businessperson. He founded the chocolate company Bergene.He was born in Hedrum, but eventually moved to Kristiania . He worked as a wholesaler from 1882, and from 1890 he also sold self-produced candy. In 1906 he expanded to establish a chocolate factory...
, businessperson (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...
) - Hartvig Sverdrup EckhoffHartvig Sverdrup EckhoffHartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff was a Norwegian architect.He took his education at the Technical University of Munich, and opened an architect's office in Stavanger in 1881. He was assigned to design several important city buildings; the first was Rogaland Teater, erected in 1883...
, architect (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....
) - Nils HansteenNils HansteenNils Severin Lynge Hansteen was a Norwegian painter.Nils Hansteen was born in Mo i Rana, in the county of Nordland, Norway. He attended the painting school of Knud Bergslien from 1873 and Peder Thurmann Cappelen . He later studied under Hans Gude in Karlsruhe from 1876 to 1877...
, painter (d.19121912 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Jens Bratlie-Events:*7 March - Roald Amundsen announces his success in reaching the South Pole*Norsk Hydro establishes artificial fertilizer production at Glomfjord in Nordland...
) - Gjert HolsenGjert HolsenGjert Martinus Markvardson Holsen was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He served as a representative to the Norwegian Parliament from 1889 to 1897 and 1903 to 1912. During this time he served as President of the Lagting 1905-1906.He was a member of Førde municipality council from...
, politician (d.19211921 in Norway-Events:* 6 May - A general strike begins in Norway.* 17 September - the Dovre Line was opened.* 18 September - Nidareid train disaster on the Trondhjem-Størenbanen railway line...
) - Ambrotius Olsen LindvigAmbrotius Olsen LindvigAmbrotius Olsen Lindvig was the Norwegian Minister of Trade 1912-1913....
, politician and Minister (d.19461946 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....
) - Anthon B. NilsenAnthon B. NilsenAnthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen was a Norwegian businessman and politician for the Conservative Party. He also wrote novels, under the pseudonym Elias Kræmmer....
, businessman, politician and author (d.19361936 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold -Events:* 13 September – A rockfall slide occures in the village of Loen in the Sogn og Fjordane county, killing 74 people....
) - Axel PaulsenAxel PaulsenAxel Paulsen was a Norwegian figure skater and speed skater. He is the inventor of the figure skating Axel jump.-Biography:Paulsen first publicly executed the Axel jump in 1882 at the World Championships in Vienna while wearing speed skates...
, speed skater and figure skater (d.19381938 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...
) - Ivar Bergersen SælenIvar Bergersen SælenIvar Bergersen Sælen was Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs in 1923....
, politician and Minister (d.19231923 in Norway-Events:* 4 November – the Communist Party of Norway is formed, following a split in the Norwegian Labour Party.-January to March:*1 January - Kristin Kverneland Lønningdal, politician...
) - Karl Anton SanderødKarl Anton Sanderød-Personal life:He was born at Røsland as the son of Ole Knutsen Sanderød and Anne Helene Abrahamsdatter .In 1879 he married Marie Ringdal from Drammen. They had one son, born in 1881.-Career:...
, politician (d.19241924 in Norway-Events:* The 1924 Parliamentary election takes place.* Kringkastningselskapet A/S was founded. This was the predecessor to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, established in 1933-Notable births:*5 January - Ottar Dahl, historian and historiographer...
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- Olea CrøgerOlea CrøgerOlea Crøger , the daughter of a pastor from Heddal, Norway, collected and published old folk tunes. She started this work before the more famous work of Jørgen Moe and Magnus Brostrup Landstad. Over her life, she collected and published volumes of material which contributed significantly to the...
, folk music collector (b.18011801 in Norway-Events:* The first complete and reliable census was held in Norway.-Full date unknown:*Hother Erich Werner Bøttger, politician *Olea Crøger, folk music collector *Jan Henrik Nitter Hansen, businessman and politician...
) - Christian HolmChristian Holm (Norwegian politician)Christian Holm was a Norwegian politician.He was born in 1783 in Østerild, Jutland, Denmark. He came to Norway in 1798, and studied mining from 1807 to 1811. He was hired by Jacob Aall at Nes Works, and was the manager of their mines in Nissedal...
, politician (b.17831783 in Norway-Full date unknown:*Christian Holm, politician *Andreas Samuelsen Vibstad, politician...
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