1895 in Norway
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- 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...
: Emil StangEmil StangEmil Stang was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He became Prime Minister of Norway and was the first chairman of the Conservative Party....
, succeeded by - Prime Minister of Norway: Francis HagerupFrancis HagerupGeorge Francis Hagerup was a Norwegian lawyer, diplomat and politician for the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 14 October 1895 to 17 February 1898 and from 22 October 1903 to 11 March 1905.Francis Hagerup grew up in Trondheim...
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January to March
- 28 January - Johannes Pettersen LøkkeJohannes Pettersen LøkkeJohannes Pettersen Løkke was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Kristiania.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder counties in 1950, but was not re-elected in 1954...
, politician (d.19881988 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* May 6 – Widerøe Flight 710, a Dash 7, crashes in Torghatten, Norway in heavy fog, killing all 36 passengers in the worst-ever Dash 7 accident....
) - 23 February - Toralv Kollin MarkussenToralv Kollin MarkussenToralv Kollin Markussen was a Norwegian politician for the Communist Party.He was born in Ankenes....
, 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...
) - 25 February - Johan Bernhard Hjort, judge (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....
) - 3 March - Ragnar Anton Kittil FrischRagnar Anton Kittil FrischRagnar Anton Kittil Frisch was a Norwegian economist and the co-winner with Jan Tinbergen of the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969...
, economist and Nobel Prize laureate (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...
) - 3 March - Adolf NilsenAdolf NilsenAdolf Nilsen was a Norwegian-American rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.Adolf Gustinius Nilsen was born in Stavanger, Norway. He was affiliated with the Stavanger Roklub, in Stavanger. In 1920 he won the bronze medal as crew member of the Norwegian boat in the eights competition...
, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (d.19271927 in Norway-Events:* Norsk Hydro forms a companionship with the German company IG Farben in order to gain access to the newly developed Haber-Bosch process for manufacturing artificial fertilizer...
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April to June
- 21 April - Gerd GriegGerd GriegGerd Grieg, née Egede-Nissen was a Norwegian actress.She was born in Bergen. Her parents were Georga Wilhelma Ellertsen and politician Adam Egede-Nissen . Her siblings Aud Egede-Nissen, Ada Kramm, Stig Egede-Nissen, Lill Egede-Nissen and Gøril Havrevold became an actors as well...
, actress (d.19881988 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* May 6 – Widerøe Flight 710, a Dash 7, crashes in Torghatten, Norway in heavy fog, killing all 36 passengers in the worst-ever Dash 7 accident....
) - 13 May - Lars SæterLars SæterLars Sæter was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was born in Surendal.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1954, and was re-elected on one occasion....
, politician (d.19881988 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* May 6 – Widerøe Flight 710, a Dash 7, crashes in Torghatten, Norway in heavy fog, killing all 36 passengers in the worst-ever Dash 7 accident....
) - 5 June - Ingvarda RøbergIngvarda RøbergIngvarda Røberg was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Bergen during the term 1958–1961.-References:...
, politician (d.19901990 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Eli Ryan. Holliday until 3 November, Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:...
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July to September
- 12 July - Kirsten FlagstadKirsten FlagstadKirsten Målfrid Flagstad was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian soprano...
, opera singer (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....
) - 6 August - Paul Oskar LindbergetPaul Oskar LindbergetPaul Oskar Lindberget was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Hof.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark in 1950, and was re-elected on two occasions...
, politician (d.19831983 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch -Events:* 18 March - Arnfinn Nesset is convicted of poisoning 22 patients with Curacit, a muscle relaxing drug, at a Geriatric institution in Orkdal, Norway where he was the director since 1977...
) - 18 August - Jon MårdalenJon MårdalenJon Mårdalen was a Norwegian cross country skier who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.In 1924 he finished fourth in the 50 kilometre competition as well as fourth in the 18 kilometre event.-External links:*...
, cross country skier (d.19771977 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 12 September - The 1977 Parliamentary election takes place....
) - 24 August - Lauritz Wigand-LarsenLauritz Wigand-LarsenLauritz Wigand-Larsen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1920 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 silver medallist (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....
) - 3 September - Erik ØrvigErik ØrvigErik Ørvig was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Heira II, which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class .-External links:*...
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.19491949 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* October 10 - The 1949 Parliamentary election takes place....
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October to December
- 3 October - Johannes Olai OlsenJohannes Olai OlsenJohannes Olai Olsen was a Norwegian fisher and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Måsøy.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Finnmark in 1945, and was re-elected on four occasions....
, politician (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....
) - 3 October - Sigvald SvendsenSigvald SvendsenSigvald Svendsen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder during the term 1950–1953 and 1954–1957. He died shortly before the end of the second term.-References:...
, politician (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....
) - 20 October - Hans Reidar HoltermannHans Reidar HoltermannHans Reidar Holtermann was a Norwegian military officer. Holtermann is best known as the commander of Hegra Fortress during the Battle of Hegra Fortress in the Norwegian Campaign of 1940....
, commander of Hegra FortressHegra fortressHegra Fortress is a small mountain fortress in the village of Hegra in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. Originally known as Ingstadkleiven Fort , it was built between 1907–1910 as a border fort as a defence against the perceived threat of a Swedish...
(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...
) - 12 November - Trygve HoffTrygve HoffTrygve J. B. Hoff was a Norwegian businessman, writer and editor of the Farmand business magazine.Hoff is most well known for his role as editor of the Farmand in Norway until his death...
, businessman, writer and editor (d.19821982 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch -Events:* 11 March – Widerøe Flight 933 crashed into the Barents Sea near Mehamn, killing all 15 on board; this accident remains highly controversial in Norway....
) - 15 November - Hagbart HaakonsenHagbart HaakonsenHagbart Haakonsen was a Norwegian cross country skier.He was born in Grue, Norway.Haakonsen shared the Holmenkollen medal with Einar Lindboe in 1927. Haakonsen finished fifth in 18 km cross country event at the 1928 Winter Olympics as well as at the 1929 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships...
, cross country skier - 20 November - Fridtjof PaulsenFridtjof PaulsenFridtjof A. Paulsen was a Norwegian speed skater who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.In 1924 he finished fourth in the 10000 metres event and seventh in the 5000 metres competition.-External links:*...
, speed skater (d.19881988 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* May 6 – Widerøe Flight 710, a Dash 7, crashes in Torghatten, Norway in heavy fog, killing all 36 passengers in the worst-ever Dash 7 accident....
) - 29 November - Leif Bjorholt BurullLeif Bjorholt BurullLeif Bjorholt Burull was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland counties in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949.On the local level he was a member of Hamar city council during the terms...
, politician (d.19711971 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....
) - 17 December - Nils AsheimNils AsheimNils Asheim was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland during the term 1945–1949.-References:...
, 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...
) - 18 December - Einar SverdrupEinar SverdrupEinar Sverdrup was a Norwegian mining engineer and businessman. He was the CEO of the Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani, operating at Svalbard...
, mining engineer and businessman (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...
) - 19 December - Ingeborg Refling HagenIngeborg Refling HagenIngeborg Refling Hagen was a Norwegian author and teacher.- Early life :Ingeborg Refling Hagen was born in Hedmark, Norway, in the parish Tangen besides Mjøsa, as the fourth child of the local miller...
, author and teacher (d.19891989 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland until 16 October, Jan P. Syse -Events:* 30 March – The Oseberg oil field and the first gas pipeline to mainland Norway were opened....
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- Kristian HanssonKristian HanssonHans Kristian Hansson was a Norwegian jurist and civil servant.He was born in Brunlanes. He graduated with the cand.jur. degree, and in 1929 he was hired as a head of department in the Ministry of Justice and the Police. From the same year he was a lecturer of theology at the University of Oslo...
, jurist and civil servant (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....
) - Oskar OmdalOskar OmdalOskar Omdal was a Lieutenant and pilot in the Norwegian Navy.-Biography:He was born in Kristiansand, in Vest-Agder, Norway in 1895. He attended the Norwegian Naval Flight School in Horten in 1919 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1922...
, Norwegian Navy pilot (d.19271927 in Norway-Events:* Norsk Hydro forms a companionship with the German company IG Farben in order to gain access to the newly developed Haber-Bosch process for manufacturing artificial fertilizer...
) - Gunnar SchjelderupGunnar Schjelderup-Personal life:He was born in Christiania, and was the brother of judge Ferdinand Schjelderup. He was a son of Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup, nephew of Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne and uncle of ski jumper Thorleif Schjelderup.-Career:...
, businessperson (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....
) - Leif Welding-OlsenLeif Welding-OlsenLeif Welding-Olsen was the commander of the Royal Norwegian Navy patrol boat HNoMS Pol III. He was killed on 8 April 1940, becoming the first Norwegian to be killed during the German invasion of Norway.-Biography:...
, naval commander, first casualty in the war between Norway and Nazi Germany (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...
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Deaths
- 6 March - Camilla CollettCamilla CollettJacobine Camilla Collett was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature...
, writer and feminist (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...
) - 29 April - Johan Christian CollettJohan Christian CollettJohan Christian Collett was a Norwegian politician.-Personal life:Johan Christian Collett was the son of Johan Collett , among the founders of the Norwegian Constitution, and Christiane Birgithe de Stockfleth . He had four brothers and six sisters, although three siblings died young...
, politician (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...
) - 24 December - Oluf Andreas AabelOluf Andreas AabelOluf Andreas Aabel was a Norwegian priest and writer.He was born in Sogndal as the son of priest Peter Pavels Aabel. He was a brother of Morten Andreas Leigh Aabel, and an uncle of Hauk Aabel....
, priest and writer (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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- Hjalmar Hjorth BoyesenHjalmar Hjorth BoyesenHjalmar Hjorth Boyesen was a Norwegian-American author and college professor.-Biography:He was born at the Norwegian naval base Fredriksvern, near the village of Stavern in Vestfold County, Norway. Boyesen grew up in Fredriksvern, then in Kongsberg, and, from 1854, at Systrand in Sogn...
, author and college professor in America (b.18481848 in Norway-Events:* Ålesund received city rights.-Notable births:*3 February - Jørgen Løvland, politician and Prime Minister of Norway *2 May - Hans Gabriel Nissen Buck, physician and politician *17 May - Erik Jørgensen, master gunsmith...
) - Knud Knudsen, linguist (b.18121812 in Norway-Births:*26 January - Andreas Grimelund, bishop *1 March - Iver Steen Thomle, jurist *28 November - Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, composer and organist *11 December - Jørgen Tandberg Ebbesen, politician -Full date unknown:...
) - Simon Pedersen HolmeslandSimon Pedersen HolmeslandSimon Pedersen Holmesland was a Norwegian politician.He was born Holme in 1823 as the younger brother of Søren Pedersen Jaabæk, who would sit in the Norwegian Parliament from 1845 to 1890...
, politician (b.18231823 in Norway-Events:* King Carl III ordered to build the royal palace in Christiania.-Births:*6 January - Aimar August Sørenssen, politician and Minister *14 April - Christian Jensen, politician and Minister...
) - Joseph Frantz Oscar WergelandJoseph Frantz Oscar WergelandJoseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland was a Norwegian military officer, cartographer and skiing pioneer.-Personal life:Wergeland was born in Christianssand and grew up at Eidsvold. He was the son of priest and politician Nicolai Wergeland, and a brother of the poet Henrik Wergeland and feminist writer...
, military officer, cartographer and skiing pioneer (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:...
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