1883 in Norway
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January to March

  • 10 January - Kristian Arvesen
    Kristian Arvesen
    Kristian Arvesen was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Centre Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold during the term 1931–1933...

    , farmer and politician
  • 21 January - Olav Aukrust
    Olav Aukrust
    Olav Aukrust was a Norwegian poet and teacher. He was born in Lom and wrote poems with a renewed national romantic style. His use of rural dialect contributed to the growth of Nynorsk as a literary language.-Life:...

    , poet and teacher (d.1929
    1929 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...

    )
  • 27 January - Hans Ingvald Hansen Ratvik
    Hans Ingvald Hansen Ratvik
    Hans Ingvald Hansen Ratvik was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Borgund, Møre og Romsdal.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949...

    , politician (d.1966
    1966 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 7 August - The Storskog border control between Norway and the Soviet Union is opened...

    )
  • 10 February - Gunnar Jahn
    Gunnar Jahn
    Gunnar Jahn was a Norwegian jurist, economist, statistician, politician for the Liberal Party and resistance member...

    , jurist, economist and politician (d.1971
    1971 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten until 17 October, Trygve Bratteli -Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.* 17 March – Bratteli's First Cabinet was appointed....

    )
  • 26 February - John Johansen, sprinter (d.1947
    1947 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...

    )
  • 21 February - Haldor Andreas Haldorsen
    Haldor Andreas Haldorsen
    Haldor Andreas Haldorsen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Finnås.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1945, and was re-elected on one occasion...

    , politician (d.1965
    1965 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...

    )
  • 16 March - Olaf Nordhagen
    Olaf Nordhagen
    Johan Olaf Brochmann Nordhagen was a Norwegian architect, engineer and artist.He was born in Christiania as a son of artist Johan Nordhagen and Christine Magdalene Brochmann Johansen . He was a brother of Rolf Nordhagen and through him an uncle of Per Jonas Nordhagen...

    , architect, engineer and artist (d.1925
    1925 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...

    )
  • 18 March - Sven Nielsen
    Sven Nielsen
    Sven Nielsen was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland counties in 1934, and was re-elected on three occasions...

    , politician (d.1958
    1958 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 8 January - Fire breaks out in the coastal steamer MS Erling Jarl while it is docked in Bodø...

    )

April to June

  • 8 April - Olav Midttun
    Olav Midttun
    Olav Midttun was a Norwegian philologist, biographer, magazine editor, and the first national program director of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation ....

    , philologist, biographer and magazine editor (d.1972
    1972 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli until 17 October, Lars Korvald -Events:* 15 June - The Norwegian pension age is lowered to 67....

    )
  • 19 April - Jørgen Stubberud
    Jørgen Stubberud
    Jørgen Stubberud was a Norwegian polar explorer who participated in the Amundsen Antarctica Expedition between 1910 and 1912....

    , polar explorer (d.1980
    1980 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 27 March – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L...

    )
  • 27 April - Jakob Friis
    Jakob Friis
    Jakob Johan Sigfrid Friis was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party born in Røros. He also belonged to the Communist Party for a period....

    , politician (d.1956
    1956 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....

    )
  • 27 April - Ole Lilloe-Olsen
    Ole Lilloe-Olsen
    Ole Andreas Lilloe-Olsen was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting. With his 5 gold medals and one silver medal, he is the most winning Norwegian athlete at the Summer Olympics during all times...

    , rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (d.1940
    1940 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...

    )
  • 29 April - Thorleif Holbye
    Thorleif Holbye
    Thorleif Holbye was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Irene, which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class .-External links:*...

    , sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1963
    1963 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen until 28 August, John Lyng until 25 September, Einar Gerhardsen -Events:...

    )
  • 6 May - Jens Hundseid
    Jens Hundseid
    Jens Hundseid was a Norwegian politician from the Agrarian Party. He was a member of the Norwegian parliament from 1924 to 1940 and Prime Minister of Norway from 1932 to 1933....

    , politician (d.1965
    1965 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...

    )

July to September

  • 11 July - Hans Svarstad
    Hans Svarstad
    Hans Svarstad was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was born in Innvik.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1937, and was re-elected on two occasions....

    , politician (d.1971
    1971 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten until 17 October, Trygve Bratteli -Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.* 17 March – Bratteli's First Cabinet was appointed....

    )
  • 8 August - Kristoffer Olsen
    Kristoffer Olsen
    Kristoffer Olsen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Irene, which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class .-External links:*...

    , sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1948
    1948 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* August 30 – The opening of the University of Bergen....

    )
  • 8 September - Jens Salvesen
    Jens Salvesen
    Jens Johan Salvesen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Lyn, which won the silver medal in the 8 metre class ....

    , sailor and Olympic silver medallist (d.1976
    1976 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli until 15 January, Odvar Nordli -Events:* 15 January - Odvar Nordli becomes Prime Minister of Norway* 15 January – Nordli's Cabinet was appointed....

    )
  • 22 September - Ole Sørensen
    Ole Sørensen (sailor)
    Ole Sørensen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Eleda, which won the gold medal in the 10 metre class .-External links:*...

    , sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1958
    1958 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 8 January - Fire breaks out in the coastal steamer MS Erling Jarl while it is docked in Bodø...

    )

October to December

  • 5 October - Niels Nielsen
    Niels Nielsen (sailor)
    Niels Marius Nielsen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Fornebo, which won the silver medal in the 7 metre class.-External links:*...

    , sailor and Olympic silver medallist (d.1961
    1961 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...

    )
  • 11 October - Kristian Welhaven
    Kristian Welhaven
    Kristian Welhaven was a Norwegian police officer. He was chief of police of Oslo for 27 years, from 1927 to 1954. He was a leading force in establishing an organized Norwegian intelligence service before World War II, and in re-establishing it after the war...

    , chief of the Oslo police force 1927-1954 (d.1975
    1975 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 1 January - Advertising of alcohol and tobacco products are prohibited.* NRK started television broadcasts in color....

    )
  • 16 October - Halfdan Hansen
    Halfdan Hansen
    Halfdan Nicolai Hansen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Magda IX, which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...

    , sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1953
    1953 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....

    )
  • 10 November - Olaf Bull
    Olaf Bull
    Olaf Jacob Martin Luther Breda Bull or Olaf Bull was a Norwegian poet. He was born on November 10, 1883 in Kristiania , Norway, and died on June 29, 1933.-His life:...

    , poet (d.1933
    1933 in Norway
    -Events:* 17 May - Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort establish the Norwegian fascist party "Nasjonal Samling" * 1 July - The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation was founded....

    )
  • 11 November - Karl Johan Edvardsen
    Karl Johan Edvardsen
    Karl Johan Edvardsen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Brunlanes.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vestfold in 1950, but was not re-elected in 1954....

    , politician (d.1963
    1963 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen until 28 August, John Lyng until 25 September, Einar Gerhardsen -Events:...

    )
  • 14 November - Paal Kaasen
    Paal Kaasen
    Paal Kaasen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Jo, which won the gold medal in the 6 metre class .-External links:*...

    , sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1963
    1963 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen until 28 August, John Lyng until 25 September, Einar Gerhardsen -Events:...

    )
  • 6 December - Arne Sunde
    Arne Sunde
    Arne Toralf Sunde was a Norwegian politician, Olympic shooter and army officer. He is best known for his participation in the 1940 Norwegian Campaign, his participation in Nygaardsvold's Cabinet during its 1940–1945 exile in London and three years as an United Nations ambassador...

    , politician, Olympic shooter, army officer and diplomat (d.1972
    1972 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli until 17 October, Lars Korvald -Events:* 15 June - The Norwegian pension age is lowered to 67....

    )
  • 16 December - Haldor Bjerkeseth
    Haldor Bjerkeseth
    Haldor Bjerkeseth was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was born in Øre.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 1950, but was not re-elected in 1954....

    , politician (d.1974
    1974 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 2 January - drilling rig "Transocean 3" sinks in the North Sea....

    )

Full date unknown

  • Anton Ludvig Alvestad
    Anton Ludvig Alvestad
    Anton Ludvig Alvestad was a Norwegian politician and government minister for the Labour Party. Born in Sula, Alvestad was a baker by profession, and owned his own bakery. He was also active in the temperance movement. An active labour politician from an early date, he was among the founding...

    , politician and Minister (d.1956
    1956 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....

    )
  • Edvard Drabløs
    Edvard Drabløs
    Edvard Drabløs was a Norwegian actor and theatre director.He was born in Sykkylven. He worked most of his life at Det Norske Teatret, from 1912. He was the director of this theatre from 1915 to 1916 and 1950 to 1951. He also appeared briefly in films.He was proclaimed Knight, First Class of the...

    , actor and theatre director (d.1976
    1976 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli until 15 January, Odvar Nordli -Events:* 15 January - Odvar Nordli becomes Prime Minister of Norway* 15 January – Nordli's Cabinet was appointed....

    )
  • Alfred Evensen
    Alfred Evensen
    Alfred Evensen was a Norwegian musician who in 1918 became leader of the Norwegian Army Band after Lt. Peter Jøsvold retired from the position.-References:*Johansen, Vegar ....

    , musician (d.1942
    1942 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...

    )
  • Olav Scheflo
    Olav Scheflo
    Olav Scheflo was a Norwegian Communist politician and journalist.Olav Scheflo was a member of the Norwegian Labour Party from 1905...

    , politician and journalist (d.1943
    1943 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...

    )
  • Jon Sundby
    Jon Sundby
    Jon Sundby, born 8. June 1883 in Vestby, died 14. December in 1972 in Vestby, was a Norwegian farmer, politician and a council of state, and he had central positions of trust within agricultural economic organizations.- Personal life :...

    , politician and Minister (d.1972
    1972 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli until 17 October, Lars Korvald -Events:* 15 June - The Norwegian pension age is lowered to 67....

    )

Deaths

  • 10 January - Elling Eielsen
    Elling Eielsen
    Elling Eielsen was an American minister and Lutheran Church leader.-Background:Eielsen was born on the farm of Sunve in Voss, Norway and brought up in the religious tradition of Hans Nielsen Hauge...

    , minister and Lutheran Church leader in America (b.1804
    1804 in Norway
    -Births:*19 September - Elling Eielsen, minister and Lutheran Church leader in America *8 November - Hans Eleonardus Møller, politician and businessperson -Full date unknown:*Paulus Flood, merchant and politician...

    )
  • 26 August - Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch
    Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch
    Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch is a Norwegian zoologist.He was born in Eidsberg. He was a professor of zoology at the University of Oslo from 1852 to 1874, having previously been lector since 1847....

    , zoologist (b.1805
    1805 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...

    )
  • 14 November - Johannes Wilhelm Christian Dietrichson
    Johannes Wilhelm Christian Dietrichson
    Johannes Wilhelm Christian Dietrichson was a Norwegian Lutheran minister who played an important role in the initial establishment of the Lutheran Church in Wisconsin.-Personal life:...

     minister and Lutheran Church leader (b. 1815)

Full date unknown

  • Peder Krabbe Gaarder
    Peder Krabbe Gaarder
    Peder Krabbe Gaarder was a Norwegian jurist and political theorist.He was born in Alstahaug. As a political theorist on constitutional law he weighted popular sovereignty over separation of powers. He published Fortolkninger over Grundloven og de øvrige Love, som danne Norges Riges offentlige Ret...

    , jurist and political theorist (b.1814
    1814 in Norway
    - Overview :1814 has historically been considered the most important year in the history of Norway. Sovereignty was transferred from the King of Denmark to the King of Sweden. The Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll on May 17, later to be designated and celebrated as Norwegian...

    )
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