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Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 4 Births 4.1 January to March 4.2 April to June 4.3 July to September 4.4 October to December 4.5 Full date unknown 5 Deaths 5.1 Full date unknown

[edit] Incumbents

• Prime Minister of Norway - Johan Sverdrup

[edit] Events

• In the Norwegian parliamentary election the Conservative Party of Norway wins the most seats

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Births

[edit] January to March

• 7 January - Thorstein Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (d.1963)
• 12 January - Jon Andrå, politician (d.1966)
• 20 January - Tor Lund, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.1972)
• 4 February - Gunnar Nordbye, United States federal judge (d.1977)
• 16 February - Ferdinand Bie, long jumper and Olympic gold medallist (d.1961)
• 16 February - Aldor Ingebrigtsen, politician (d.1952)
• 4 March - Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (d.1931)
• 5 March - Ivar Skjånes, politician (d.1975)
• 24 March - Olof Jacobsen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist
• 28 March - Harald Smedvik, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (d.1956)

[edit] April to June

• 2 April - Nicolai Kiær, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (d.1934)
• 10 April - Alfred Madsen, engineer, newspaper editor, trade unionist and politician (d.1962)
• 12 April - Ejnar Tønsager, rower (d.1967)
• 14 April - Rasmus Birkeland, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1972)
• 10 May - Thore Michelsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (d.1980)
• 13 May - Peder Nikolai Leier Jacobsen, politician (d.1967)
• 27 May - Ole Aarnæs, high jumper (d.1992)

[edit] July to September

• 3 July - Harald Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.1968)
• 23 August - Ivar Asbjørn Følling, physician (d.1973)
• 1 September - Gabriel Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.1974)
• 29 September - Johannes Andersen, long distance runner (d.1967)

[edit] October to December

• 4 October - Oscar Mathisen, speed skater (d.1954)
• 15 October - Leif Erichsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (d.1924)
• 16 October - Ivar Kristiansen Hognestad, politician (d.1973)
• 24 October - Anders Haugen, ski jumper (d.1984)
• 15 November - Harald Sverdrup, oceanographer and meteorologist (d.1957)

[edit] Full date unknown

• Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst, politician and Minister (d.1958)
• Sverre Grette, judge (d.1959)
• Lars Høgvold, ski jumper (d.1961)
• Jørg Tofte Jebsen, physicist (d.1922)
• Per Mathias Jespersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
• Gustav Smedal, jurist and irredentist activist (d.1951)

[edit] Deaths

• 9 January - Theodor Peterson, businessperson and politician (b.1839)
• 17 June - Hans Jensen, businessperson (b.1817)
• 22 June – Edmund Neupert, pianist and composer (b.1842)
• 1 July - Vilhelm Frimann Christie Bøgh, archivist (b.1817)
• 25 October - Theodor Kjerulf, geologist and poet (b.1825)

[edit] Full date unknown

• Erik Eriksen, ice sea captain (b.1820)
• Nicolai Friis, politician (b.1815)
• Christen Knudsen, ship-owner (b.1813)
• Ole Richter, lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (b.1829)
• Sjur Aasmundsen Sexe, mineralogist (b.1808)