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- 22 February - Peder NilsenPeder NilsenPeder Nilsen was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1889, representing the constituency of Lillehammer, Hamar og Gjøvik. He sat through only one term....
, 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...
) - 4 August - Stephan SindingStephan SindingStephan Abel Sinding was a Norwegian-Danish sculptor. He moved to Copenhagen in 1883 and had his breakthrough the same year. In 1890 he obtained Danish citizenship. In 1810 he settled in Paris where he lived and worked until his death in 1922...
, sculptor (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"....
) - 5 August - Alvilde PrydzAlvilde PrydzAlvilde Prydz was a Norwegian novelist.-Biography:She was born near Fredrikshald, now Halden in Østfold county, Norway. Her parents were Paul Fredrik Birkenbusch Prydz a merchant and customs inspector and Andersine Nicoline Lund . She grew up in a large group of children on the farm ofT osterød...
, Norwegian novelist (d.1922 in Norway) - 22 August - Amalie SkramAmalie SkramAmalie Skram was a Norwegian author and feminist who gave voice to a woman's point of view with her naturalist writing. She moved to Denmark in 1894 where she settled in Copenhagen with her husband, the Danish writer Erik Skram...
, author and feminist (d.19051905 in Norway- Overview :1905 is the year when Norway and Sweden regain their independence after dissolution of the Union between Sweden and Norway. For the first time since 1397 Norway had a national king, after 500 years of political unions with other Scandinavia countries — the Kalmar Union until 1532, then...
) - 30 September - Oscar Ambrosius CastbergOscar Ambrosius CastbergOscar Ambrosius Castberg was a Norwegian painter and sculptor.He was born in Bygland. His father, physician Tycho Fredrik Edvard Castberg, was the oldest living son of Peter Hersleb Harboe Castberg. As such Oscar Ambrosius Castberg was the nephew of Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg and first...
, painter and sculptor (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....
) - 22 October - Anders AndersenAnders Andersen (Norway)Anders Andersen was a saw mill worker who participated in forming the Norwegian Labour Party. He lived in Arendal when he became the first party leader in 1887....
, politician (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...
) - 10 December - Gregers Winther Wulfsberg GramGregers Winther Wulfsberg GramGregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram was a Norwegian jurist and politician, and international arbitrator. He was a Supreme Court Assessor, Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm from 1889 to 1891 and from 1893 to 1898 and County Governor from 1898 to 1915.-Personal life:Gram was born in Moss as the son...
, jurist and politician (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...
) - 15 December - Kittel HalvorsonKittel HalvorsonKittel Halvorson was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.Kittel Halvorson was born in Telemark, Norway; in 1848 immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled near Whitewater, Walworth County, Wisconsin; moved to Columbia County and then to Winnebago County; attended the public...
, a U.S. Representative from MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
(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....
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- Hans Konrad FoosnæsHans Konrad FoosnæsHans Konrad Foosnæs was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Agriculture 1908-1910.Hans Foosnæs was born in Namdalseid, in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway...
, politician and Minister (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....
) - Axel Otto Kristian HagemannAxel Otto Kristian HagemannAxel Otto Christian Hagemann was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1895, representing the constituency of Finmarkens Amt. He only served one term.-References:...
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Deaths
- 28 April - Christen SmedChristen SmedChristen Smed was the first person to climb Romsdalshornet, together with Hans Bjermeland in 1828....
, blacksmith and mountaineer (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...
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