1880 in Norway
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January to June
- 20 March - Oscar Ludvig LarsenOscar Ludvig LarsenOscar Ludvig Larsen was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1919 from the constituency Aalesund og Molde, and was re-elected in 1922 from the Market towns of Møre og Romsdal county.He was born in Ålesund, and worked as a wholesaler and...
, politician - 13 April - Alfred VågnesAlfred VågnesAlfred Leonard Kristian Vågnes was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and later the Communist Party.He was born in Tromsøysund....
, politician (d.19701970 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 27 April - The oil company Phillips Petroleum makes a new oil discovery in the North Sea...
) - 29 April - Anders KrogvigAnders KrogvigAnders Krogvig was a Norwegian librarian, writer, literary consultant and critic.He was born in Kristiania as the son of Carl Gustav Krogvig and Antonette Pedersen. He was a first cousin of Tryggve Andersen. In April 1903 he married Aagot Kristine Moe...
, librarian, writer, literary consultant and critic (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...
) - 29 April - Jonas LieJonas Lie (painter)Jonas Lie was a Norwegian-born American painter. He is best known for colorful paintings of coastlines of New England and city scenes New York City. -Background:...
, artist (d.1940 in America) - 18 May - Thomas ThorstensenThomas ThorstensenThomas Thorstensen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.As a member of the Norwegian team, he won a silver medal in the gymnastics team event in 1908...
, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.19531953 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 1 June –The first Bergen International Festival opens.* 16 July – Parliament voted to move the main base for the Navy from Horten to Bergen....
) - 16 June - Joachim Holst-JensenJoachim Holst-JensenJoachim Holst-Jensen was a Norwegian film actor. He appeared in 45 films between 1927 and 1960.-Selected filmography:* Emergency Landing * Circus Fandango * Nine Lives -External links:...
, film actor (d.19631963 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen until 28 August, John Lyng until 25 September, Einar Gerhardsen -Events:...
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July to December
- 1 August - Hans NordvikHans NordvikHans Nordvik was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting. He participated in shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp and won the gold medals both in team 100 m running deer, single shots and team 100 m running deer, double shots....
, rifle shooter 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....
) - 30 August - Nikolai AstrupNikolai AstrupNikolai Astrup was a Norwegian painter.-Biography:Astrup was born in Bremanger in Nordfjord, but grew up in Ålhus in Jølster where his father worked as a priest. He was the great-grandson of Nils Astrup, a one-term member of parliament...
, painter (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....
) - 28 September - Jon Jørundson MannsåkerJon Jørundson MannsåkerJon Jørundson Mannsåker was a Norwegian priest and politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Odda, and took an education in theology. He was the headmaster of Hardanger folk high school from 1912 to 1928, and at the same time an auxiliary priest in Ullensvang from 1914. In 1928 he became a...
, priest and politician (d.19641964 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:*1 January – The town of Brevik, and the rural district of Eidanger, are merged with Porsgrunn*14 September – Tromsø Airport is officially opened for traffic...
) - 8 December - Per LysnePer LysnePer Lysne was an artist most associated with bringing the traditional Norwegian folk art of Rosemaling to the United States. -Biography:...
, RosemalingRosemalingRosemåling, or rosemaling, Norwegian for "decorative painting", is the name of a form of decorative folk art that originated in the rural valleys of Norway.Some art historians interpret "rose" as a reference to the rose flower, although the floral elements are often...
artist (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...
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- Nils Christoffer Bøckman, military officer and businessperson (d.19731973 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Lars Korvald until 16 October, Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 21 July – Lillehammer affair: Israeli Mossad agents assassinate a Moroccan waiter in Lillehammer...
) - Haakon Martin FiveHaakon Martin FiveHåkon Martin Henriksen Five was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Agriculture 1919–1920. 1921-1923, 1924-1926 and 1933-1935, and Minister of Provisioning 1919-1920....
, politician and Minister (d.19441944 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...
) - Knut Gunnarsson HellandKnut Gunnarsson HellandKnut Gunnarsson Helland, Norwegian-American Hardanger fiddle maker.Knut Gunnarson Helland was from Bø in Telemark, Norway. He worked for a number of years with his brother, the hardanger fiddle maker Olav Gunnarsson Helland in Notodden in Telemark...
, Hardanger fiddle maker (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...
) - Jens HolmboeJens Holmboe (botanist)Jens Holmboe was a Norwegian botanist.He was the oldest son of physician Michael Holmboe and his wife Eleonore Vogt . He had several brothers and sisters. His grandfather of the same name was a prominent politician....
, botanist (d.19431943 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...
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Deaths
- 9 July - Jens LandmarkJens LandmarkJens Landmark was a Norwegian military officer and politician. He reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, was the director of Kongsberg Weapons Factory from 1854 to 1880, invented the Landmark conversion and served both as mayor as well as three periods in the Norwegian Parliament.-Personal...
, military officer and politician (b.18111811 in Norway-Births:*10 October - Nils Christian Irgens, military officer, politician and Minister *17 December - Jens Landmark, military officer and politician -Full date unknown:*Jørres Schelderup Hansen, politician...
) - 17 August - Ole BullOle BullOle Bornemann Bull was a Norwegian violinist and composer.-Background:Bull was born in Bergen. He was the eldest of ten children of Johan Storm Bull and Anna Dorothea Borse Geelmuyden . His brother, Georg Andreas Bull became a noted Norwegian architect...
, violinist (b.18101810 in Norway-Births:*20 January - Gustav Christian Gjøs, politician *5 February - Ole Bull, violinist *17 April - Johan Reinert Reiersen, emigration activist and early Texas pioneer *25 September - Peder Sather, banker and philanthropist... - 8 October - Magnus Brostrup LandstadMagnus Brostrup LandstadMagnus Brostrup Landstad was a Norwegian minister, psalmist and poet who published the first collection of authentic Norwegian traditional ballads in 1853...
, minister, psalmist and poet (b.18021802 in Norway-Births:*5 August - Niels Henrik Abel, mathematician *7 October - Magnus Brostrup Landstad, minister, psalmist and poet *10 October - Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe, priest and politician...
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- Knut Eriksson HellandKnut Eriksson HellandKnut Eriksson Helland, Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark, Norway.Knut Eriksson Helland was the youngest son of Erik Jonsson Helland. He began to work in his fathers workshop at an early age, and showed great skill, especially in making fiddle bridges and gripboard...
, Hardanger fiddle maker (b.18511851 in Norway-Arts and literature:*10 January - The Norwegian Booksellers Association is founded.-January to June:*2 January - Haldor Boen, teacher and politician in America *25 January - Arne Garborg, writer...
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