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- 8 July - Charles XVCharles XV of SwedenCharles XV & IV also Carl ; Swedish and Norwegian: Karl was King of Sweden and Norway from 1859 until his death....
succeeds his father Oscar I of SwedenOscar I of SwedenOscar I was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. When, in August 1810, his father Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte was elected Crown Prince of Sweden, Oscar and his mother moved from Paris to Stockholm . Oscar's father was the first ruler of the current House of Bernadotte...
and NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
(as Charles IV)
Notable births
- 29 June - Ragnvald BødtkerRagnvald BødtkerRagnvald Bødtker was a Norwegian engineer, known as the director of log driving in Halden for 42 years.-Personal life:...
, engineer (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....
) - 4 August - Knut HamsunKnut HamsunKnut Hamsun was a Norwegian author, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. He was praised by King Haakon VII of Norway as Norway's soul....
, author, Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in LiteratureSince 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
laureate (d.19521952 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 7 January – 15 died in a mine explosion in Svalbard.* 14-25 February – 1952 Winter Olympics are held in Oslo....
) - 29 August - Thomas Vigner Christiansen HaalandThomas Vigner Christiansen HaalandThomas Vigner Christiansen Haaland was a Norwegian politician.Born in Torvestad, he worked as a banker and ship-owner for the most of his career....
, politician (d.19131913 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Jens Bratlie-Events:* Female suffrage is enacted in Norway* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Sport:...
) - 15 November - Bjørn BjørnsonBjørn BjørnsonBjørn Bjørnson was a Norwegian stage actor and theatre director.-Biography:He was born in Kristiania, the son of author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and his wife Karoline Bjørnson. In 1876, he was admitted as a student at the Stern Conservatory operated by Julius Stern in Berlin, Germany...
, actor and theatre director (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...
) - 15 November - Christopher HornsrudChristopher HornsrudChristopher Andersen Hornsrud served as Prime Minister of Norway from January to February 1928. He combined the post of prime minister with that of minister of finance. Although his tenure as Prime Minister was brief, his list of political accomplishments is not...
, politician and Prime MinisterPrime ministerA prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
of NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
(d.19601960 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....
) - 17 November - Fredrik Stang LundFredrik Stang LundFredrik Stang Lund was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was the mayor of Oslo briefly in 1895....
, politician and Minister (d.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"....
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- Olav BjørkumOlav BjørkumOlav Dominikusson Bjørkum was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He graduated from Stord Teachers College in 1879, and worked as a school teacher from 1880 to 1982 before turning to farming....
, politician (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....
) - Bernt HoltsmarkBernt HoltsmarkBernt Holtsmark was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Conservative Party and the Liberal Left Party. He was a four-term member of the Parliament of Norway, and served as Minister of Agriculture from 1910 to 1912...
, politician (d.19411941 in Norway-Incumbents:*Government in Exile ** Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway** Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold *German Military Governor** Reichskommissar in Norway - Josef Terboven-Events:...
) - Sigurd IbsenSigurd IbsenSigurd Ibsen was a Norwegian author and politician. As the only child of Henrik Ibsen and his wife Suzannah Thoresen, he was born to high expectations and struggled all his life to meet these.Sigurd Ibsen was born in Oslo...
, author and politician (d.19301930 in Norway-Events:* 12 November - Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.* Having established two years earlier, what is to become Norway's largest industrial park at Herøya outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro opens up its first plant in this location....
) - Daniel IsaachsenDaniel Isaachsen (physicist)Daniel Isaachsen was a Norwegian physicist.He was born in London as the son of military officer Isak Tobias Isaachsen and Fredrikke Andrea Rude. He was a great-grandson of Isaach Isaachsen, brother of scientist Haakon Isaachsen, nephew of painter Olaf Isaachsen and cousin of painter Herman Willoch...
, physicist (d.19401940 in Norway- Overview :1940 is the year when Norway becomes drawn into World War II. On 9 April Nazi Germany invades the country which, however spared many of the atrocities which befell other nations, remains occupied until 8 May 1945...
) - Thorleif Frederik SchjelderupThorleif Frederik Schjelderup-Personal life:He was born in Christiania as the son of Thorleif Schjelderup and Fredrikke Marie Caspary. His older sister Berte married Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne, son of Vilhelm Ludvig Herman von Munthe af Morgenstierne....
, businessperson (d.19311931 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Peder Kolstad-Events:* 27 June – Norway occupied and claimed parts of the then-uninhabited eastern Greenland , claiming that it constituted terra nullius.* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the...
) - Harald SmedalHarald SmedalHarald Smedal was Norwegian member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1895-1896, Minister of Auditing 1896-1897, and Minister of Justice 1897-1898....
, politician and Minister (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...
) - Christian SparreChristian SparreChristian Sparre was a Norwegian member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1900-1901....
, politician (d.19401940 in Norway- Overview :1940 is the year when Norway becomes drawn into World War II. On 9 April Nazi Germany invades the country which, however spared many of the atrocities which befell other nations, remains occupied until 8 May 1945...
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Notable deaths
- 26 May - Engebret SootEngebret SootEngebret Soot is known as the father of the Halden Canal in Norway. He constructed locks and canals for the transport of both watercraft and timber.-Biography:...
, canal engineer (b.17861786 in Norway-Events:*The trade with Iceland is opened to all Danish and Norwegian traders-Births:*15 May - Johan Bülow Wamberg, politician, *26 May - Engebret Soot, canal engineer *29 June - Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow, bishop...
) - 7 June - Lauritz Dorenfeldt JenssenLauritz Dorenfeldt JenssenLauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen was a Norwegian businessperson.He was born in Throndhjem as the son of businessman Matz Jenssen and his wife Anna, née Schjelderup Dorenfeldt...
, businessperson (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...
) - 29 October - Nils LandmarkNils LandmarkNils L. Landmark was a Norwegian jurist, farmer and politician.-Personal life:He was born in Christiania to Nils Svensson and Karen Andersdatter Killerud. Contrary to some sources, he was not born with the name Landmark, but took the name as a grown-up...
, jurist, farmer and politician (b.17751775 in Norway-Births:*11 March - Nils Landmark, jurist, farmer and politician *9 October - Lars Johannes Irgens, jurist and politician *17 October - Ole Paulssøn Haagenstad, politician -Full date unknown:...
) - 23 December - Even Hammer HolmboeEven Hammer Holmboe-Personal life:He was born in Trondenes as the son of bailiff Jens Holmboe and his wife Anna Margrethe Irgens . He had several brothers and sisters. His brothers Hans and Leonhard Christian became involved in politics, so did his nephew Jens Holmboe.In 1823 he married Maren Johanne Rønning, who...
, politician (b.17921792 in Norway-Events:* Denmark-Norway declares transatlantic slave trade illegal after 1803 -Births:*1 January - Henrik Anker Bjerregaard, poet, dramatist and judge *18 November - Even Hammer Holmboe, politician...
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- Michael Sevald AamodtMichael Sevald AamodtMichael Sevald Præstrup Aamodt was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1824, representing the rural constituency of Lister og Mandals Amt . He sat through only one term....
, politician (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:...
) - Catharine Hermine KølleCatharine Hermine KølleCatharine Hermine Kølle was a Norwegian adventurer and painter.She was born at Snarøya in the Oslofjord as the daughter Christian Kølle . Her father was a language teacher and theologian. In 1803 the family moved to Kopervik on the island of Karmøy in the county of Rogaland, Norway...
, adventurer and painter (b.17881788 in Norway-Events:* 21 August – Theater War: The Swedish attack on Russia caused Denmark-Norway to declare war on Sweden in accordance with its treaty obligations to Russia.-Births:*24 February - Johan Christian Dahl, painter...
) - Niels Arntzen SemNiels Arntzen SemNiels Arntzen Sem was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1825 and 1827, representing the constituency of Stavanger Amt. He worked as district stipendiary magistrate there....
, politician (b.17821782 in Norway-Births:*14 September - Christian Magnus Falsen, statesman, jurist, and historian -Full date unknown:*Peder Nielsen Hemb, politician*Mads Lauritz Madsen, politician *Ole Christian Andersen Nøstvig, politician...
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