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Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 4 Births 4.1 January to June 4.2 July to September 4.3 October to December 4.4 Full date unknown 5 Deaths 5.1 Full date unknown 6 References

[edit] Incumbents

• Prime Minister of Norway: Christian August Selmer (impeached)
• Prime Minister of Norway: Christian Homann Schweigaard (April to June)
• Prime Minister of Norway: Johan Sverdrup

[edit] Events

• Prime Minister Christian August Selmer is impeached and removed from office.
• 10 February - Jon Hol is imprisoned for his pamphlet Rifleringen.^[1]
• 3 April - April ministerium begins.
• 26 June - Christian Homann Schweigaard's ministerium ends.
• Norwegian Association for Women's Rights (Norsk Kvinnesaksforening) is founded.

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Births

[edit] January to June

• 8 January - Nils Andresson Lavik, politician (d.1966)
• 9 January - Sigge Johannessen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (d.1974)
• 24 January - Jens Lunde, politician (d.1974)
• 9 February - Conrad Carlsrud, gymnast, track and field athlete and Olympic silver medallist (d.1973)
• 13 February - Halfdan Bjølgerud, high jumper (d.1970)
• 21 February - Ole Iversen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (d.1953)
• 27 March - Oscar Guttormsen, athlete (d.1964)
• 31 March - Arne Magnussen, politician
• 26 April - Sigurd Mathisen, speed skater and world champion (d.1919)

[edit] July to September

• 6 July - Thorleif Petersen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.1958)
• 10 July - Olav Nygard, poet (d.1924)
• 26 July - Trygve Pedersen, sailor and Olympic bronze medallist (d.1967)
• 23 August - Olaf Syvertsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (d.1964)
• 31 August - Didrik Arup Seip, linguist and professor (d.1963)
• 6 September - Sven Elvestad, journalist and author (d.1934)
• 16 September - Kristian Fjerdingen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.1975)

[edit] October to December

• 25 October - Eivind Berggrav, Lutheran bishop (d.1959)
• 12 November - Leif Grøner, banker and politician (d.1971)
• 13 December - Otto Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (d.1953)
• 18 December - Ole Aanderud Larsen, ship designer and businessperson (d.1964)
• 30 December - Eugen Ingebretsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.1949)

[edit] Full date unknown

• Gustav Berg-Jæger, journalist and Nazi collaborator (d.1957)
• Lars Christensen, shipowner and whaling magnate (d.1965)
• Sigurd Eriksen, painter (d.1976)
• Adolf Indrebø, politician (d.1942)
• Lars Knutsen, shipowner (d.1963)
• Birger Ljungberg, politician and Minister (d.1967)
• Arnold Rørholt, military officer (d.1961)

[edit] Deaths

• 27 February - Jo Gjende, outdoorsman and freethinker (b.1794)
• 3 September - Christian Jensen, politician and Minister (b.1823)

[edit] Full date unknown

• Adolph Frederik Munthe, politician and Minister (b.1817)
• Ole Hovelsen Mustad, businessperson and politician (b.1810)
• Frederik Stang, lawyer, public servant and politician, Norway's first Prime Minister (b.1808)

[edit] References