1868 in Norway
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Events
- 21 January - Norwegian Trekking Association is founded
- 12 October- The final stretch of the railway line RandsfjordbanenRandsfjordbanenRandsfjordbanen is 87 km railway located in Buskerud in Norway connecting Drammen to Hønefoss and Hadeland in Oppland. The railway is primarily used for passenger trains, and the only scheduled trains on the stretch are Norges Statsbaner express trains on the Bergen Line between Oslo and...
between DrammenDrammenDrammen is a city in Buskerud County, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the eastern and most populated part of Norway.-Location:...
and HønefossHønefossHønefoss is a city in Buskerud county, Norway, and the center of the municipality of Ringerike.In 1852, Hønefoss received town status and was separated from Norderhov. Hønefoss celebrated its 150th year of township in 2002...
makes Norway's fifth railway complete.
Births
- 7 February - Johan Throne HolstJohan Throne HolstJohan Throne Holst , was a Norwegian industrialist and politician for the Liberal Left Party ....
, industrialist and politician (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....
) - February - Adolf ØstbyeAdolf ØstbyeAdolf Østbye was a revue artist and barber who became the first Norwegian recording artist. The earliest playable Norwegian phonograph cylinder dates from 1889....
, revue artist, made the first Norwegian gramophone record (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....
) - 24 March - Sigvald Hasund, researcher of agriculture, politician and Minister (d.19591959 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....
) - 29 April - Nils Yngvar UstvedtNils Yngvar UstvedtNils Yngvar Ustvedt was a Norwegian medical doctor and politician for the Conservative Party. He worked as chief physician at Ullevål Hospital from 1916 to 1935, and before this he served one term in the Norwegian Parliament....
, medical doctor 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...
) - 15 August - Andreas Nilsen RyggAndreas Nilsen RyggAndreas Nilsen Rygg was Norwegian-American newspaper editor and author. He is most associated with his 1941 study, Norwegians in New York 1825-1925-Background:...
, Norwegian-American newspaper editor and author (d. 1951) - 24 August - Egil EideEgil EideEgil Næss Eide was a Norwegian silent film actor and director. He appeared in eighteen films between 1913 and 1935, and worked at the National Theatre between 1899 and 1939.-Career:...
, actor and director (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....
) - 25 September - Kristian Birch-Reichenwald AarsKristian Birch-Reichenwald AarsKristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars was a Norwegian academic. Originally educated as a theologian, he soon switched to philosophy and psychology.-Personal life:...
, academic (d.19171917 in Norway-Events:* Bratsbergbanen railway line began traffic between Eidanger and Notodden. The line was closed in 2001.-Sport:*2 April - Lillestrøm SK football club is founded after the merger of two local football clubs.*19 May - Rosenborg BK football club is founded....
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- Adam Egede-NissenAdam Egede-NissenAdam Egede-Nissen , Norwegian Communist politician. Born in Levanger and he started his political involvement in the Liberal Party of Norway and was elected to the Storting in 1900. In 1905 he broke with the Liberal Party and joined the Norwegian Labour Party and became one of its leaders...
, politician (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....
) - Katti Anker MøllerKatti Anker MøllerKatti Anker Møller was a Norwegian feminist, children's rights advocate, and a pioneer of reproductive rights. She is known to posterity as the "advocate of mothers."...
, feminist, children's rights advocate and pioneer of reproductive rights (d.19451945 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...
) - Peter Andreas Amundsen MorellPeter Andreas Amundsen MorellPeter Andreas Amundsen Morell was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs 1926-1928....
, politician and Minister (d.19481948 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* August 30 – The opening of the University of Bergen....
) - Rudolf Elias PeersenRudolf Elias PeersenRudolf Elias Peersen was Norwegian Minister of Defense in 1919....
, politician and Minister (d.19491949 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* October 10 - The 1949 Parliamentary election takes place....
) - Torjus VærlandTorjus VærlandTorjus Værland was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs 1928-1931....
, politician and Minister (d.19541954 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 28 March – Bear Island accident: A Royal Norwegian Air Force seaplane crashed on the Bear Island. The plane had a crew of 8 men and one passenger...
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Deaths
- 23 May - Hans HolmboeHans 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 Even and Leonhard Christian became involved in politics, so did his nephew Jens Holmboe.In 1825 he married Welgjerd Endriette Løberg,...
, educator and politician (b.17981798 in Norway-Births:*10 February - Niels Nielsen Vogt, priest and politician *8 October - Hans Holmboe, educator and politician *14 November - Peder Carl Lasson, jurist and politician -Full date unknown:...
) - 11 August - Halfdan KjerulfHalfdan KjerulfHalfdan Kjerulf was a Norwegian composer.Kjerulf was born in Christiania . He was the son of a high government official. His early education was at Christiania University, for a legal career, but his studies ended in 1839 as a result of illness, and the next year he spent some time in Paris...
, composer (b.18151815 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:...
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- Erik Jonsson HellandErik Jonsson HellandErik Jonsson Helland was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark.He was the eldest son of the Hardangerfiddle maker Jon Eriksson Helland....
, Hardanger fiddle maker (b.18161816 in Norway-Births:*5 January - Jens Zetlitz Kielland, consul and artist *30 May - Jacob Smith Jarmann, firearms designer *6 June - August Thomle, jurist and politician *30 July - Johan Sverdrup, politician and first Prime Minister of Norway...
) - Johan Henrik RyeJohan Henrik RyeJohan Henrik Rye was a Norwegian jurist and politician.He served as County Governor of Jarlsbergs og Laurvigs amt from 1829 to 1833. He was then appointed assessor at the Supreme Court...
, jurist and politician (b.17871787 in Norway-Full date unknown:*Sjur Hansen Halkjeldsvik, politician*Nicolai Johan Lohmann Krog, politician and Minister *Johan Frederik Knudzen Nødbæk, politician*Johan Henrik Rye, jurist and politician...
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