1878 in Norway
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Events
- A law is passed that requires teachers to speak the dialect of their pupils and not the other way round.
Births
- 13 January - Henrik ØstervoldHenrik ØstervoldHenrik Østervold 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 .-External links:...
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.19571957 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway - until his death on September 21, Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 16 March - The Kongsberg Silver Mines closes....
) - 17 January - Olaf HusbyOlaf HusbyOlaf Husby Olaf Husby Olaf Husby (born January 17, 1878, died June 30, 1948, was a Norwegian sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1912 he finished sixth with the Norwegian team in the team military rifle competition. He also participated in the 300 metre free rifle, three...
, sport shooter - 1 February - Thoralf GladThoralf GladThoralf Glad was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Taifun, which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (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....
) - 14 April - Karl Johan Pettersen VadøyKarl Johan Pettersen VadøyKarl Johan Pettersen Vadøy was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane during the terms 1934–1936, 1937–1945 and 1945–1949.-References:...
, politician (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...
) - 27 April - Christian Fredrik MonsenChristian Fredrik MonsenChristian Fredrik Monsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and the Communist Party.He was born in Kristiania as a son of Ludvig Monsen and Josefine Aurora Marcelie Dehn...
, politician (d.19541954 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 28 March – Bear Island accident: A Royal Norwegian Air Force seaplane crashed on the Bear Island. The plane had a crew of 8 men and one passenger...
) - 18 July - Egill ReimersEgill ReimersEgill Reimers was a Norwegian architect and sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics....
, architect, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (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....
) - 12 August - Østen ØstensenØsten ØstensenØsten Østensen was a Norwegian rifle shooter competing in the early 20th century. He won three olympic silver medals and two bronze medals. His first medal was a silver medal in team, free rifle at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm...
, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist (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....
) - 28 November - Peder KolstadPeder KolstadPeder Ludvik Kolstad was a Norwegian politician from the Agrarian Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1931 until his death in 1932.-References:...
, 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.19321932 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Peder Kolstad, until death in March-January to March:*7 January - Tormod Knutsen, Nordic combined skier and Olympic gold medallist...
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- Per Berg LundPer Berg LundPer Berg Lund was the Norwegian Minister of Finance 1928-1931 and 1933-1934....
, politician and Minister (d.19541954 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 28 March – Bear Island accident: A Royal Norwegian Air Force seaplane crashed on the Bear Island. The plane had a crew of 8 men and one passenger...
) - Magnus OlsenMagnus OlsenMagnus Bernhard Olsen was a Norwegian linguist and a professor in Norse philology at the University of Oslo from 1908 to 1948...
, linguist and professor of Norse philology (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:...
) - Anton Frederik Winter Jakhelln Prytz, politician (d.19451945 in Norway-Incumbents:*Government in Exile until 9 May** Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway** Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold until 25 June, Einar Gerhardsen *German Military Governor...
) - Kristofer UppdalKristofer UppdalKristofer Oliver Uppdal , born Opdal, was a Norwegian poet and author, born in Beitstad, Nord-Trøndelag.As a boy, Uppdal worked as a shepherd, and later as a miner and construction worker. In 1907 he started working for Norsk Hydro, and came to their factory in Rjukan in 1910-1911...
, poet and author (d.19611961 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 12 January - Princess Astrid marries Johan Martin Ferner.* March - Ingrid Bjerkås, ordained as first female minister in the Church of Norway...
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Deaths
- 25 April - Nils Christian IrgensNils Christian IrgensNils Christian Irgens was a Norwegian military officer and politician.He was born in Sogndal as the son of Lars Johannes Irgens, founding father of the Norwegian Constitution. Nils Christian Irgens became a military officer in 1830, and advanced in the ranks, becoming Colonel in 1861. In 1863 he...
, military officer, politician and Minister (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...
) - 8 September - Ulrik Frederik LangeUlrik Frederik LangeUlrik Frederik Lange was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1842 and 1845, while working as a headmaster in Tromsøe. He was then elected three more times, in 1854, 1857 and 1859, from the constituency Lillehammer og Hamar. He worked as a school principal there...
, politician (b.18081808 in Norway-Births:*4 March - Frederik Stang, lawyer, public servant and politician, Norway's first Prime Minister *17 June - Henrik Wergeland, poet *28 July - Ulrik Frederik Lange, politician -Full date unknown:*Christen Larsen Arneberg, politician...
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- Jørgen Wright CappelenJørgen Wright Cappelen-Personal life:Jørgen Wright Cappelen was born in Porsgrund in 1805 as the ninth and last child of ship-owner Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen and his wife Benedicte Henrikke, née Aall . His maternal grandfather was Nicolai Benjamin Aall, and as such his group of uncles included Constitutional...
, bookseller and publisher (b.18051805 in Norway-Full date unknown:*Jørgen Wright Cappelen, bookseller and publisher *Bernt Sverdrup Maschmann, priest and politician *Ole Hersted Schjøtt, clergyman and politician *Jacob Staalesen Velde, politician...
) - Johan Widing Heiberg LandmarkJohan Widing Heiberg Landmark-Personal life:He was born in Gloppen to Nils Landmark and Barbra Henriette Rantzau Heiberg. His uncle Andreas Landmark was notable as a politician, and his grandfather had migrated to Norway from Sweden....
, jurist and politician (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...
) - Peter Tidemand MallingPeter Tidemand MallingPeter Tidemand Malling was a Norwegian bookseller, printer and publisher.-Background:Peter Tidemand Malling was born in Strømsø , in Buskerud County, Norway. His parents were Michael Malling and Maren Elisabeth Klein...
, bookseller, printer and publisher (b.18071807 in Norway-Events:* Porsgrunn is granted limited city status. Full city status is granted in 1842.* Start of the Gunboat War between Denmark-Norway and the United Kingdom.-January to June:*19 January - Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland, bishop...
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