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Notable births
- 11 January - Christian SindingChristian SindingChristian August Sinding was a Norwegian composer.-Personal life:He was born in Kongsberg as a son of mine superindendent Matthias Wilhelm Sinding and Cecilie Marie Mejdell . He was a brother of the painter Otto Sinding and the sculptor Stephan Sinding...
, composer (d.19411941 in Norway-Incumbents:*Government in Exile ** Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway** Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold *German Military Governor** Reichskommissar in Norway - Josef Terboven-Events:...
) - 17 January - Jens BratlieJens BratlieJens Kristian Meinich Bratlie was a Norwegian politician, representing the Conservative Party. He was born in Nordre Land. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1912 to 1913.-References:* - Government.no...
, politician and Prime Minister of NorwayPrime Minister of NorwayThe Prime Minister of Norway is the political leader of Norway and the Head of His Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Stortinget , to their political party, and ultimately the...
(d.19391939 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold -Events:*17 May - Sweden, Norway, and Finland refuse Germany's offer of non-aggression pacts.*1 June - Oslo Airport, Fornebu is opened....
) - 11 February - Torje Olsen SolbergTorje Olsen SolbergTorje Olsen Solberg was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Holt, and spent most of his life as a farmer. He was a member of Holt municipal council from 1896 to 1898 and 1904 to 1919, serving as deputy mayor from 1904 to 1910 and 1913 to 1916...
, politician - 13 March - Hans G. JensenHans G. JensenHans G. Jensen was a Norwegian trade unionist, politician, and tailor.Jensen was born in Horsens, Denmark in 1856. He moved to Sandefjord, Norway in 1879, before settling in Kristiania in 1883. He became involved in the Norwegian labour movement, and was the leader of the Norwegian Labour Party...
, tailor, trade unionist and politician (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"....
) - 23 March - Johan NordhagenJohan NordhagenJohan Nordhagen was a Norwegian painter and artist.-Childhood:Johan Nordhagen grew up in the cotters place of Nordhagen under the farm of Flisaker. His father was from Grue, and had his relatives in Finland. He worked as a cartwheel-maker. His mother Ahlis was from Veldre...
, artist (d.19561956 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 7 March - Several avalanches kill 21 people and causing heavy damage in Nordland and Troms.* 9 April - The Norwegian Humanist Association is founded....
) - 24 June - Haldor Johan HansonHaldor Johan HansonHaldor Johan Hanson was an American hymn writer, publisher and author.-Background:Haldor Johan Hanson was born in Fusa in the county of Hordaland near Bergen, Norway to Hans Lammenaes and Herborg . He emigrated with his family in 1865, at the age of nine, to Grand Mound, Iowa, where his parents...
, Norwegian-American hymn writer, publisher and author. (d. 1929) - 6 August - Anton Johan RønnebergAnton Johan RønnebergAnton Johan Rønneberg was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.-Personal life:He was born in Aalesund to Rasmus Gerhard Rønneberg and his wife Anna Margrethe Holmboe . He had several brothers and sisters...
, politician (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"....
) - 11 September - Otto JensenOtto JensenOtto Jensen was a Norwegian bishop and politician. He was Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1906 to 1907 and bishop of Hamar from 1917 to 1918....
, bishop, politician and Minister (d.19181918 in Norway-Events:* Norsk Hydro's artificial fertilizer production at Glomfjord is bought by the Norwegian government. In 1947 it is leased back to Hydro. This activity is Yara International.* The 1918 Parliamentary election takes place.-Sport:...
) - 9 December - Gerhard GranGerhard GranGerhard von der Lippe Gran was a Norwegian literary historian, professor, magazine editor, essayist and biographer.-Personal life:...
, literary historian, professor, magazine editor, essayist and biographer (d.19251925 in Norway-Events:* 1 January - The city of Christiania reclaimed its original Norwegian name, Oslo; a decision which caused much debate in its time.* 17 July - the Parliament of Norway passed the Svalbard Act which established Norwegian sovereignty on the island of Svalbard, and stated that Norwegian...
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- Kristofer Kristofersson HjeltnesKristofer Kristofersson HjeltnesKristofer Frimann Kristofersson Hjeltnes was a Norwegian horticulturist and politician.Born in Ulvik, Hjeltnes worked to spread horticulture in Western Norway in general, especially fruit growing. He founded his own horticultural school, and managed it from 1901 to 1918. Later, Olav H...
, horticulturist and politician (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....
) - Jacob Marius SchøningJacob Marius SchøningJacob Marius Schøning was the Norwegian Minister of Trade 1903-1904, and a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1904-1905....
, politician and Minister (d.19341934 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Ludwig Mowinckel -Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Notable births:*7 January - Per Ø...
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Notable deaths
- 1 July - Peder Jensen FauchaldPeder Jensen FauchaldPeder Jensen Fauchald was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1830, 1833, 1836, 1839, 1842 1845, 1848 and 1851, representing the rural constituency of Christians Amt ....
, politician (b.17911791 in Norway-Births:*11 July - Jonas Schanche Kielland, consul and politician *15 November - Peder Jensen Fauchald, politician *16 November - Olaf Rye, military officer -Full date unknown:*Hans Glad Bloch, politician...
) - 15 September - Severin LøvenskioldSeverin LøvenskioldSeverin Løvenskiold, the younger , was a Norwegian nobleman and a politician.-Early life:...
, nobleman and politician (b.17771777 in Norway-Births:*7 February - Severin Løvenskiold, nobleman and politician *18 February - Andreas Arntzen, politician *12 April - Caspar Peter Hagerup, civil servant...
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- Andreas Aagaard KiønigAndreas Aagaard KiønigAndreas Aagaard Kiønig was a Norwegian judge and politician.He was born in Grue, and graduated as cand.jur. in 1790.He was elected to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, representing the constituency of Hedemarkens Amt...
, judge and politician (b.17711771 in Norway-Events:* The first theatre in Norway is founded by Martin Nürenbach in Oslo; it is dissolved in 1772.-Births:*22 February - Jørgen Aall, ship-owner and politician *3 April - Hans Nielsen Hauge, revivalist lay preacher and writer...
) - Nicolai Johan Lohmann KrogNicolai Johan Lohmann KrogNicolai Johan Lohmann Krog was First Minister of Norway . He also held several other ministerial posts in the period 1821-1855, Minister of the Army and Minister of the Navy.- Online :...
, politician and Minister (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...
) - Niels Andreas ThrapNiels Andreas ThrapNiels Andreas Thrap was Norwegian temporary Minister of Finance in 1852, and temporary Minister of the Navy in 1854....
, politician (b.17931793 in Norway-Full date unknown:*Jens Lauritz Arup, politician *Ole Wilhelm Erichsen, politician and Minister *Ahlert Hysing, politician*Niels Andreas Thrap, politician...
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