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- 10 January - The Norwegian Booksellers AssociationNorwegian Booksellers AssociationThe Norwegian Booksellers Association is a Norwegian interest group. Its purpose is "looking after the interests of the booksellers and working to strengthen the position of literature and books in society". It awards the annual Norwegian Booksellers' Prize .It was founded on 10 January 1851. The...
(Den Norske Bokhandlerforening) is founded.
January to June
- 2 January - Haldor BoenHaldor BoenHaldor Erickson Boen was an American congressman from Minnesota.Haldor Erickson Boen was born in Sør-Aurdal, Valdres, a traditional district in Oppland county, Norway. Boen immigrated to the United States in 1868 and settled in Mower County, Minnesota. He attended the St. Cloud Normal School in...
, teacher and politician in America (d.19121912 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Jens Bratlie-Events:*7 March - Roald Amundsen announces his success in reaching the South Pole*Norsk Hydro establishes artificial fertilizer production at Glomfjord in Nordland...
) - 25 January - Arne GarborgArne GarborgArne Garborg, born Aadne Eivindsson Garborg was a Norwegian writer.Garborg championed the use of Landsmål , as a literary language; he translated the Odyssey into it...
, writer (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...
) - 28 January - Andreas Aubert, art historian (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:...
) - 11 June - Oscar BorgOscar BorgOscar Borg was a Norwegian composer and conductor. He is best known for his compositions of marches for wind bands....
, composer (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....
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July to December
- 23 July - Peder Severin KrøyerPeder Severin KrøyerPeder Severin Krøyer , known as P.S. Krøyer, was a Norwegian-Danish painter. He is one of the best known and beloved, and undeniably the most colorful of the Skagen Painters, a community of Danish and Nordic artists who lived, gathered or worked in Skagen, Denmark, especially during the final...
, painter (d.19091909 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Frederick VIII* Prime minister - Niels Neergaard , Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg -Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Frederick VIII* Prime minister - Niels Neergaard (until 16 August), Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg -Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Frederick VIII* Prime minister - Niels...
) - 20 August - Abraham BergeAbraham BergeAbraham Theodor Berge was a Norwegian politician representing Venstre, the social liberal party, and later Frisinnede Venstre, a right-of-centre party...
, politician and Minister (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....
) - 23 September - Ola ThommessenOla ThommessenOla Thommessen was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was the long-time editor of Verdens Gang and Tidens Tegn.-Early and personal life:...
, newspaper editor (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...
) - 30 October - Leonhard Hess StejnegerLeonhard Hess StejnegerLeonhard Hess Stejneger was a Norwegian-born American ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist. Stejneger specialized in vertebrate natural history studies. He gained his greatest reputation with reptiles and amphibians....
, zoologist (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...
) - 10 November - Waldemar Christofer Brøgger, geologist and mineralogist (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...
) - 25 November - Hans Andersen FossHans Andersen FossHans Andersen Foss was an American author, newspaper editor and temperance leader. Born the son of a small tenant farmer in 1851 in Modum, Buskerud county, Norway, Foss immigrated to the United States in 1887.-Biography:...
, author, newspaper editor and temperance leader in America (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...
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- Gunvald AusGunvald AusGunvald Aus, also written Aas was a Norwegian-American engineer. He is most associated with the engineering of the Woolworth Building in New York City....
, engineer (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...
) - Peter W. K. Bøckman, Sr.Peter W. K. Bøckman, Sr.Peter Wilhelm Kreydahl Bøckman, Sr. was a Norwegian bishop and theologian.He was born in Håland in Rogaland county, Norway, on 6 August 1851. He graduated with a cand.theol. degree from the University of Oslo in 1873. From 1873 to 1877 he was a teacher at Volda Teacher's College...
, bishop and theologian (d.19261926 in Norway-Events:* May 11-14 – Roald Amundsen makes the first airship flight over the North Pole. The Norge leaves Spitsbergen and arrives in Teller, Alaska three days later.-Notable births:*1 January - Rolf Fjeldvær, politician...
) - Nicolai A. GrevstadNicolai A. GrevstadNicolai A. Grevstad was an American diplomat, politician and newspaper editor. -Background:Nicolai Andreas Grevstad was born in Sunnmøre, the southernmost traditional district of the western Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. He graduated with a degree in law from the University of Christiania...
, diplomat, politician and newspaper editor in America (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...
) - 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 (d.18801880 in Norway-January to June:*20 March - Oscar Ludvig Larsen, politician*13 April - Alfred Vågnes, politician *29 April - Anders Krogvig, librarian, writer, literary consultant and critic *29 April - Jonas Lie, artist...
) - Herman JeremiassenHerman JeremiassenHerman Jeremiassen was a Norwegian ship-owner and politician.-Personal life:Herman Jeremiassen was born in Hviteseid to teacher's seminary leader Knut Johan Jeremiassen and Ingeborg Ellse, née Helseth. The family moved to Drammen around 1855...
, ship-owner and politician (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...
) - Carl Sofus LumholtzCarl Sofus LumholtzCarl Sofus Lumholtz was a Norwegian explorer and ethnographer, best known for his meticulous field research and ethnographic publications on indigenous cultures of Australia and Mesoamerican central Mexico.-Biography:...
, discoverer and ethnographer (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"....
) - Olaj Olsen, jurist and politician (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...
) - August Geelmuyden SpørckAugust Geelmuyden SpørckAugust Geelmuyden Spørck was a Norwegian military officer and politician for the Liberal Party. He is best known as the Norwegian Minister of Defence from 1909 to 1910.-Career:...
, politician and Minister (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....
) - Oscar Sigvald Julius StrugstadOscar Sigvald Julius StrugstadOscar Sigvald Julius Strugstad was a Norwegian military officer and politician. He served as Minister of Defence from 1903 to 1905.He died in 1919 and was buried at Vestre gravlund. His son and grandson were both named Oscar Sigvald Strugstad....
, politician and Minister (d.19191919 in Norway-Events:* Production of zinc begins in Glomfjord at the state-owned industrial plant.* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-January to March:*14 January - Harry Hansen, politician...
) - Elias SundeElias SundeElias Sunde was the Norwegian Minister of Finance 1898-1900 and 1900–1903, and member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm in 1900. He was also the mayor of Oslo from 1895 to 1897....
, politician and Minister (d.19101910 in Norway-Events:* Norwegian Institute of Technology is established in Trondheim.* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Notable births:*10 January - Kitty Petrine Fredriksen, politician...
) - Aasmund Halvorsen VinjeAasmund Halvorsen VinjeAasmund Halvorsen Vinje was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party splinter party Liberale Venstre. A police officer by profession, he was Minister of Agriculture 1905-1906.-References:**...
, 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....
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- Palle Rømer FleischerPalle Rømer FleischerPalle Rømer Fleischer was the Norwegian Minister of the Army in five periods between 1837 and 1848, and a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm three times between 1839 and 1847. Fleischer was a lieutenant general by profession....
, politician and Minister (b.17811781 in Norway-Full date unknown:*Palle Rømer Fleischer, politician and Minister *Edvard Hagerup, solicitor and politician...
) - Hilmar Meincke KrohgHilmar Meincke KrohgHilmar Meincke Krohg was a Norwegian politician.He was County Governor of Romsdals Amt from 1811 to 1840....
, politician (b.17761776 in Norway-Full date unknown:*Jens Gasmann, businessperson and politician *Poul Christian Holst, politician and Minister *Hilmar Meincke Krohg, politician...
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