1875 in Norway
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Events
- 31 December – Population Census: 1,813,424 inhabitants in Norway.
- The Norwegian kroneNorwegian kroneThe krone is the currency of Norway and its dependent territories. The plural form is kroner . It is subdivided into 100 øre. The ISO 4217 code is NOK, although the common local abbreviation is kr. The name translates into English as "crown"...
was introduced, replacing the Norwegian speciedalerNorwegian speciedalerThe speciedaler was the currency of Norway between 1816 and 1875. It replaced the rigsdaler specie at par and was subdivided into 120 skilling . It was replaced by the Norwegian krone when Norway joined the Scandinavian Monetary Union...
. - The Metric systemMetric systemThe metric system is an international decimalised system of measurement. France was first to adopt a metric system, in 1799, and a metric system is now the official system of measurement, used in almost every country in the world...
was introduced and replaced the old measurement units.
Births
- 27 January - Eilert Falch-LundEilert Falch-LundEilert Dietrichson Falch-Lund was a Norwegian businessperson and sportsperson. As a yacht racer he competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics, winning one Olympic gold medal....
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (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....
) - 6 February - Mads GramMads GramHarald Mathias "Mads" Gram was a Norwegian physician.He was born in Drammen as the son of Jens Gram. He was a brother of Johan Fredrik Gram, a maternal grandson of P. A. Munch and a paternal great-grandson of Jens Jensen Gram, a nephew of Andrea Gram and a first cousin of Harald Gram...
, physician (d.19291929 in Norway-Events:* 8 May – Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen located in the Arctic Ocean.-Notable births:* 1 January - Fredrik Olsen, shipping magnate* 3 January - Grethe Rytter Hasle, planktologist* 17 January - Jan Rasmus Skåre, judge...
) - 28 March - Ragnhild JølsenRagnhild JølsenRagnhild Theodora Jølsen was a Norwegian author. Norwegian oral traditions were a recurring theme in her works. Her writings often focused on the conflict between the old rural society and modern industrial society. -Biography:...
, author (d.19081908 in Norway-Sport:*26 September - SK Brann football club is founded.*Football Association of Norway joins FIFA.-January to March:*3 February - Ragna Johanne Forsberg, politician *3 February - Oddbjørn Hagen, skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion...
) - 9 April - Kristian LaakeKristian LaakeKristian Kristiansen Laake was a Norwegian military officer. He is best known for having commanded the Norwegian Army in the first days after the German invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940, and for having been replaced because of what was seen by the leading Norwegian politicians as passive...
, Commanding General of the Norwegian Army 1931-1940 (d. 19501950 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 2 January - The Norwegian Savings Bank Postbanken -Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)-Events:* 2 January - The Norwegian Savings Bank Postbanken...
) - 22 April -Gustav Adolf Lammers HeibergGustav Adolf Lammers HeibergGustav Adolf Lammers Heiberg was a Norwegian barrister and politician for the Labour Party.-Personal life:He was born in Kristiania as a son of barrister Anton Vilhelm Heiberg and his wife Antonie Magdalene Fossum. He was a first cousin of Eivind, Jacob, Gunnar and Inge Heiberg and a first cousin...
, barrister and politician (d.19481948 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* August 30 – The opening of the University of Bergen....
) - 15 June - Herman Smith-JohannsenHerman Smith-JohannsenHerman "Jackrabbit" Smith-Johannsen, CM was a Norwegian-Canadian supercentenarian who gained widespread recognition for being one of the first people to introduce the sport of cross-country skiing to Canada and North America...
, cross-country skier and supercentenarian (d.19871987 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* 12 February - Oslo Central Station opens.* August - the Mosjøen Airport was opened....
) - 12 November - Kristian GeelmuydenKristian GeelmuydenKristian Geelmuyden was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He served as mayor of Bærum from 1935 to 1937, having previously served as a member of the municipal council since 1929....
, politician (d.19691969 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 6 April - Railway accident occurs in Darbu, resulting in the deaths of 8 people.* 8 September - The 1969 Parliamentary election takes place....
) - 16 November - Johan WollebækJohan WollebækJohan Herman Wollebæk was a Norwegian jurist and diplomatist. He worked with international law, and is known for his time as leader of the Norwegian legation in Stockholm from 1921 to October 1940, a period which includes the early phase of the World War II.-Personal life:He was born in Lier as...
, jurist and diplomat (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...
) - 17 November - Birger Eriksen, military officer (d.19581958 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 8 January - Fire breaks out in the coastal steamer MS Erling Jarl while it is docked in Bodø...
) - 21 December - Halvor MøgsterHalvor MøgsterHalvor Olai Møgster was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Atlanta, which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class ....
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.19501950 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 2 January - The Norwegian Savings Bank Postbanken -Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)-Events:* 2 January - The Norwegian Savings Bank Postbanken...
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- Torger BaardsethTorger BaardsethTorger Baardseth was a Norwegian bookseller and publisher.-Background:Torger Baardseth was born in Bærum in Akershus county, Norway. His parents were Nils Baardseth and Gunda Elisa Morris . After middle school examination in 1891, he was an apprentice at P. T.Malling bokhandel in Christiania...
, bookseller and publisher (d.19471947 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 7 August - Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 day, 4,300 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, proving that pre-historic peoples...
) - Jacob GundersenJacob GundersenJacob Gundersen was a Norwegian-American who represented Norway in the 1908 Olympics. He was a freestyle wrestler and Olympic medalist....
, freestyle wrestler and Olympic silver medallist (d.19681968 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....
) - Olav Gunnarsson HellandOlav Gunnarsson HellandOlav Gunnarsson Helland , Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark.He was the eldest of Gunnar Olavsson Helland's five sons, four of whom became violin makers...
, Hardanger fiddle maker (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....
) - Olaf LangeOlaf LangeOlaf Helliesen Lange was a Norwegian painter and graphic designer.Olaf Lange was born in Stavanger, in the county of Rogaland, Norway. He was the son of doctor Emil Lange and Marie Helliesen . He studied in Paris and Oslo, while living in Munich. Friends with textile artist Frida Hansen,...
, painter and graphic designer (d.19651965 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen until 12 October, Per Borten -Events:* 4 February-1 April – the "Grenade Man", an unidentified person whom placed grenades and grenade traps in several places in Oslo, spreads fear in Oslo...
) - Niels ThorshaugNiels ThorshaugNiels Thorshaug was a Norwegian veterinarian.He was born in Løiten. He was hired as district veterinary there in 1903, then became a consultant of the state in 1919. From 1926 to 1941 he headed the State Animal Authority...
, veterinarian (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...
) - Jacob VidnesJacob VidnesJacob Laurentius Vidnes was a Norwegian trade unionist, newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Vanylven. In 1900 he was a co-founder of Kristiania socialdemokratiske Ungdomslag, for which he served as the first chairman. In 1909 he founded the trade union Norges...
, trade unionist, newspaper editor and 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...
) - Emanuel VigelandEmanuel VigelandEmanuel Vigeland was a multitalented Norwegian artist. He is most known for a variety of decorations of Scandinavian churches and for Tomba Emmanuelle, his mausoleum at Slemdal in Oslo.-Background:...
, artist (d.19481948 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* August 30 – The opening of the University of Bergen....
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- Hans Severin ArentzHans Severin ArentzHans Severin Arentz was a Norwegian politician.He was born in Farsund to Jens Christian Arentz and his wife Anne Elisabeth , née Urbye. He later moved to Skien, and married 8 October 1838 to Margrethe Cathrine Stockmann...
, politician (b.18061806 in Norway-Births:*2 February - Bersvend Martinussen Røkkum, politician *2 March - Carl Andreas Fougstad, politician *7 August - Tellef Dahll Schweigaard, politician *15 November - Hans Severin Arentz, politician -Full date unknown:...
) - Hans Jensen BlomHans Jensen BlomHans Jensen Blom was a Norwegian politician.He hailed from Skien. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1848, representing the constituency of Stavanger. He worked as a chaplain there, but was then appointed vicar in the countryside, being re-elected in 1851 and 1854 from Stavanger Amt...
, politician (b.18121812 in Norway-Births:*26 January - Andreas Grimelund, bishop *1 March - Iver Steen Thomle, jurist *28 November - Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, composer and organist *11 December - Jørgen Tandberg Ebbesen, politician -Full date unknown:...
) - Ivar Christian Sommerschild GeelmuydenIvar Christian Sommerschild GeelmuydenIvar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden was a Norwegian politician.He was the son of Hans Geelmuyden, and brother of Christian Torber Hegge Geelmuyden....
, politician (b.18191819 in Norway-Events:* Det Dramatiske Selskab in Fredrikshald.* Morgenbladet, the first Norwegian daily newspaper, was released for the first time.-Births:*5 August - Valdemar Knudsen, sugar cane plantation pioneer in Hawaii -Full date unknown:...
) - Ludvig Johan Carl MantheyLudvig Johan Carl MantheyLudvig Johan Carl Manthey was a Norwegian civil servant.He graduated as cand.jur. in 1834. After a career in a Norwegian government ministry, he was appointed stipendiary magistrate in Tromsøe in 1855. From 1859 to his death in 1875 he held the same position in Trondhjem.He was a brother of...
, civil servant (b.18091809 in Norway-Births:*24 February - Haagen Ludvig Bergh, politician *23 September - Oluf Steen Julius Berner, politician -Full date unknown:*Svend Foyn, whaler *Ludvig Johan Carl Manthey, civil servant -Full date unknown:...
) - Erik Røring MøinichenErik Røring MøinichenErik Røring Møinichen was a Norwegian politician.-Personal life:Møinichen was born in Trondhjem as a son of district stipendiary magistrate Thomas Henrich Møinichen and Ingeborg Birgitte Røring, Sr...
, politician and Minister (b.17971797 in Norway-Births:*13 May - Ulrik Frederik Cappelen, jurist and politician *21 May - Claus Winter Hjelm, judge *24 May - Lars Rasch, jurist and politician *23 September - Johannes Henrik Berg, politician...
) - Ingebrigt Haldorsen Sæter, politician (b.18001800 in Norway-Births:*6 March - Gustava Kielland, author and missionary *11 March - Nils Otto Tank, Moravian Church religious leader, land speculator, canal and railroad promoter *7 April - Peter Feilberg, newspaper editor and politician...
) - Eilert SundtEilert SundtEilert Sundt was a Norwegian sociologist, known for his work on mortality, marriage and other subjects among the working class....
, sociologist (b.18171817 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...
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