1888 in Norway
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- In the Norwegian parliamentary electionNorwegian parliamentary election, 1888A parliamentary election was held in Norway in 1888. A third party, the Moderate Liberal Party had before this election split from the Liberal Party, which halved the strength of the former majority party. This led to the Conservative Party gaining the most MPs out of the three, thus being able to...
the Conservative Party of NorwayConservative Party of NorwayThe Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s...
wins the most seats
Notable births
- 7 January - Thorstein JohansenThorstein JohansenThorstein Arthur Johansen was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed in the early 20th century.He participated in shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp and won the gold medal in team 100 m running deer, double shots...
, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (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:...
) - 12 January - Jon AndråJon AndråJon Andrå was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Drøbak.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark in 1931, and was re-elected on three occasions...
, politician (d.19661966 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...
) - 20 January - Tor LundTor LundTor Lund was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Norwegian team, which won the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event. He was born and died in Bergen, and represented Bergens TF.-References:...
, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.19721972 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....
) - 4 February - Gunnar Nordbye, United States federal judgeUnited States federal judgeIn the United States, the title of federal judge usually means a judge appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article II of the United States Constitution....
(d.19771977 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 12 September - The 1977 Parliamentary election takes place....
) - 16 February - Ferdinand BieFerdinand BieFerdinand Reinhardt Bie was a Norwegian long jumper. He represented Kristiania IF in Oslo.At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm he won the silver medal in pentathlon. On winner Jim Thorpe's subsequent disqualification for professionalism in 1913, Bie was declared Olympic champion...
, long jumper and Olympic gold medallist (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...
) - 16 February - Aldor IngebrigtsenAldor IngebrigtsenAldor Ingebrigtsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Tromsøysund.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 1922, and was re-elected on seven occasions...
, politician (d.19521952 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 7 January – 15 died in a mine explosion in Svalbard.* 14-25 February – 1952 Winter Olympics are held in Oslo....
) - 4 March - Knute RockneKnute RockneKnute Kenneth Rockne was an American football player and coach. He is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history...
, American football player and coach (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...
) - 5 March - Ivar SkjånesIvar SkjånesIvar Skjånes was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.Skjånes became mayor of Trondheim, the third largest city in Norway, in 1935. On 31 October 1940, during the German occupation of Norway, he was removed on the orders of the occupants. He was also imprisoned, first from March to May 1942...
, politician (d.19751975 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....
) - 24 March - Olof JacobsenOlof JacobsenOlof Jacobsen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Norwegian gymnastics team, which won the bronze medal in the gymnastics men's team, Swedish system event.-External links:*...
, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist - 28 March - Harald SmedvikHarald SmedvikHarald Smedvik was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.As a member of the Norwegian team, he won the silver medal in the gymnastics team event in 1908.-External links:*...
, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (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....
) - 2 April - Nicolai KiærNicolai KiærNicolai Kiær was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.As a member of the Norwegian team, he won the silver medal in the gymnastics team event in 1908.-External links:*...
, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (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...
) - 10 April - Alfred Madsen, engineer, newspaper editor, trade unionist and politician (d.19621962 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 7 June – The Nordland Line between Trondheim and Bodø was opened....
) - 12 April - Ejnar TønsagerEjnar TønsagerEjnar Tønsager was a Norwegian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics....
, rower (d.19671967 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 1 January - The Norwegian National Insurance Act was introduced.* 22 October – The opening of the Tjeldsund Bridge....
) - 14 April - Rasmus BirkelandRasmus BirkelandRasmus Ingvald Birkelund 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 ....
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.19721972 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....
) - 10 May - Thore MichelsenThore MichelsenThore Michelsen was a Norwegian rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he won the bronze medal as crew member of the Norwegian boat in the eights competition.-External links:*...
, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (d.19801980 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 27 March – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L...
) - 13 May - Peder Nikolai Leier JacobsenPeder Nikolai Leier JacobsenPeder Nikolai Leier Jacobsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 1950, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1945–1949...
, politician (d.19671967 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 1 January - The Norwegian National Insurance Act was introduced.* 22 October – The opening of the Tjeldsund Bridge....
) - 27 May - Ole AarnæsOle AarnæsOlav "Ole" Augunsen Aarnæs was a Norwegian high jumper.He participated in the high jump competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics and cleared 1.75 metres but didn't qualify for the final. He never became Norwegian champion....
, high jumper (d.19921992 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* 6 June - The Fantoft stave church in Bergen, dating from the 12th century, is burnt to the ground by arsonists originating in the early Norwegian black metal scene.* 5 September - The Norwegian commercial...
) - 3 July - Harald Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.19681968 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 19 February - Avalanches occur in Bondalen which kill four people.* 19 March - The Palace announces that Crown Prince Harald has engaged to Sonja Haraldsen....
) - 23 August - Ivar Asbjørn FøllingIvar Asbjørn FøllingIvar Asbjørn Følling was a Norwegian physician and biochemist who first described the disease named after him -- Følling's disease -- which is better known outside of Norway as phenylketonuria or, for short, PKU. He was born in Kvam, Steinkjer....
, physician (d.19731973 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Lars Korvald until 16 October, Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 21 July – Lillehammer affair: Israeli Mossad agents assassinate a Moroccan waiter in Lillehammer...
) - 1 September - Gabriel ThorstensenGabriel ThorstensenGabriel Thorstensen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Norwegian team, which won the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event.-External links:*...
, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.19741974 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 2 January - drilling rig "Transocean 3" sinks in the North Sea....
) - 29 September - Johannes Andersen, long distance runner (d.19671967 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 1 January - The Norwegian National Insurance Act was introduced.* 22 October – The opening of the Tjeldsund Bridge....
) - 4 October - Oscar MathisenOscar MathisenOscar Wilhelm Mathisen was a Norwegian speed skater and celebrity, almost rivalling Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen as symbols for a young nation...
, speed skater (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...
) - 15 October - Leif ErichsenLeif ErichsenLeif Erichsen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Marmi, which won the silver medal in the 6 metre class .-External links:*...
, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (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...
) - 16 October - Ivar Kristiansen HognestadIvar Kristiansen HognestadIvar Kristiansen Hognestad was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Time.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1934, and was re-elected on four occasions....
, politician (d.19731973 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Lars Korvald until 16 October, Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 21 July – Lillehammer affair: Israeli Mossad agents assassinate a Moroccan waiter in Lillehammer...
) - 24 October - Anders HaugenAnders HaugenAnders Haugen was an American ski jumper who won four national ski jumping championships. He competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix and the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz....
, ski jumper (d.19841984 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch -Events:* 20 January – Arne Treholt was arrested on suspicion of spying for the Soviet Union....
) - 15 November - Harald SverdrupHarald SverdrupHarald Ulrik Sverdrup was a Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist who made a number of important theoretical discoveries in these fields. Having first worked in Bergen and Leipzig he was the scientific director of the North Polar expedition of Roald Amundsen aboard the Maud from 1918 to 1925...
, oceanographer and meteorologist (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....
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- Torgeir Anderssen-RysstTorgeir Anderssen-RysstTorgeir Anderssen-Rysst was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. A lawyer by profession, he worked as editor of Sunnmørsposten from 1918 to 1928, and again in 1931 and 1934. He served as Minister of Defense in the second government of Johan Mowinckel 1928-1931...
, politician and Minister (d.19581958 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...
) - Sverre GretteSverre GretteSverre Grette was a Norwegian judge.He was born in Kristiania. In 1920 he was hired as an assistant secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice. He became an acting Supreme Court Justice in 1930, and permanent judge in 1936. From 1952 to 1958 he served as its Chief Justice...
, judge (d.19591959 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 16 February - The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet holds its first performance in Folketeatret in Oslo....
) - Lars Høgvold, ski jumper (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...
) - Jørg Tofte JebsenJørg Tofte JebsenJørg Tofte Jebsen was a Norwegian physicist who discovered and published an important theorem concerning general relativity which is now known as Birkhoff's theorem. This result was rediscovered by George David Birkhoff a few years later....
, physicist (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"....
) - Per Mathias JespersenPer Mathias JespersenPer Mathias Jespersen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics....
, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist - Gustav SmedalGustav SmedalGustav Smedal was a Norwegian jurist and irredentist activist.He was known for his activism in the so-called "Greenland case", where Norway claimed a part of Greenland. In 1931 a Norwegian expedition occupied a portion of East Greenland, naming it Erik the Red's Land...
, jurist and irredentistIrredentismIrredentism is any position advocating annexation of territories administered by another state on the grounds of common ethnicity or prior historical possession, actual or alleged. Some of these movements are also called pan-nationalist movements. It is a feature of identity politics and cultural...
activist (d.19511951 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen until 9 November, Oscar Torp -Events:* 19 November – Torp's Cabinet was appointed.* Norsk Hydro opens a PVC plant at Herøya....
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Notable deaths
- 9 January - Theodor PetersonTheodor PetersonTheodor Peterson was a Norwegian businessperson and politician. He is known for his development of the family company M. Peterson & Søn, and also served one term in the Norwegian Parliament.-Personal life:...
, businessperson and politician (b.18391839 in Norway-Births:*25 March - Frederik Collett, painter *7 June - Karl Ditlev Rygh, archaeologist and politician *12 June - Theodor Peterson, businessperson and politician -Full date unknown:*Walter Scott Dahl, politician and Minister...
) - 17 June - Hans JensenHans Jensen (Norway)Hans Jensen was a Norwegian businessperson.He was born in Øyer, but came to Trondhjem with his brother in 1834. The two established their own wholesaler company H. & T. Jensen in 1850...
, businessperson (b.18171817 in Norway-Births:*9 January - Jacob Jørgen Kastrup Sømme, businessperson, consul and politician *2 June - Vilhelm Frimann Christie Bøgh, archivist *23 July - Johan Christian Collett, politician...
) - 22 June – Edmund NeupertEdmund NeupertEdmund Neupert was a Norwegian pianist and composer.He was a teacher at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin from 1866-1868. He then moved to Copenhagen, where he held a position at the town's conservatory for two years. In 1881 he travelled to Moscow, and in 1882 he moved to Christiania , where he...
, pianist and composer (b.18421842 in Norway-Events:* Porsgrunn was granted full city status. Limited city status was granted in 1807.* The Norwegian Missionary Society was founded in Stavanger.* The eleventh Storting convened, following the 1841 election.-January to June:...
) - 1 July - Vilhelm Frimann Christie BøghVilhelm Frimann Christie BøghVilhelm Frimann Christie Bøgh was a Norwegian archivist.He was a son of district stipendiary magistrate Christopher Benedict Bøgh and his wife Andrea Perbøl . Having lost his father at an early age, he was raised by Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie...
, archivist (b.18171817 in Norway-Births:*9 January - Jacob Jørgen Kastrup Sømme, businessperson, consul and politician *2 June - Vilhelm Frimann Christie Bøgh, archivist *23 July - Johan Christian Collett, politician...
) - 25 October - Theodor KjerulfTheodor KjerulfTheodor Kjerulf was a Norwegian geologist and poet.He was born in Christiania, and was the brother of Halfdan Kjerulf. He was educated in the Royal Frederick University and subsequently studied at Heidelberg, working in Robert Bunsen's laboratory. In 1858, he was hired as a lecturer at the Royal...
, geologist and poet (b.18251825 in Norway-Events:* 27 November - Population Census: Norway had 1,051,318 inhabitants.-Births:*13 March - Hans Gude, painter *30 March - Theodor Kjerulf, geologist and poet *28 April - Lorenz Juhl Vogt, politician...
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- Erik EriksenErik Eriksen (explorer)Erik Eriksen , was a Norwegian ice sea captain born in Lyngør, Norway. He later moved to Hammerfest, Norway. Eriksen was the inventor of the grenade harpoon used in modern whaling. Erik Eriksen travelled to Tønsberg with a wooden model to commercialize the harpoon with the help of Svend Foyn....
, ice sea captain (b.18201820 in Norway-Births:*18 June - Martin Andreas Udbye, composer and organist *12 August - Hans Henrik Wærenskjold, politician *27 December - Jens Amundsen, ship-owner -Full date unknown:*Lars Kristiansen Blilie, politician...
) - Nicolai FriisNicolai FriisNicolai Friis was a Norwegian politician.Growing up in a family of thirteen, he was the son of priest Søren Hjelm Friis and brother of professor Jens Andreas Friis and geologist Jacob Pavels Friis....
, politician (b.18151815 in Norway-Events:* 30 April - Population Census: Norway had 885,431 inhabitants.* The Supreme Court of Norway was established on the basis of the Constitution of Norway's §88, prescribing an independent judiciary.-Births:...
) - Christen KnudsenChristen Knudsen-Personal life:Christen Knudsen was born in 1813 at Salterød near Arendal. He moved to Porsgrund in 1855.He married Gurine Aadnesdatter . The couple had three children. Their sons Jørgen Christian Knudsen and Gunnar Knudsen both became wealthy ship-owners and influential politicians: Jørgen...
, ship-owner (b.18131813 in Norway-Births:*23 January - Camilla Collett, writer and feminist *18 February - Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, priest and politician *5 August - Ivar Aasen, philologist, lexicographer, playwright and poet...
) - Ole RichterOle RichterOle Jørgensen Richter was a Norwegian lawyer, politician, parliamentarian and Prime Minister of the Norwegian Government in Stockholm....
, lawyer, 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...
(b.18291829 in Norway-Events:*17 May - Henrik Wergeland became a symbol of the fight for celebration of the constitution at May 17, which was later to become the Norwegian National Day...
) - Sjur Aasmundsen SexeSjur Aasmundsen SexeSjur Aasmundsen Sexe was a Norwegian mineralogist.He graduated as cand.miner. in 1840. He first worked in Trondhjem as a mine superindendent, later at the Kongsberg Silver Mines. He was mayor of Kongsberg for three months in 1851, being succeeded by Jens Landmark.From 1860 to 1877 he was a...
, mineralogist (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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