1873 in Norway

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Events in the year 1873 in Norway.

Births

• 5 March - Olav Bjaaland, ski champion and polar explorer (d.1961)
• 9 March - Yngvar Sonnichsen, Norwegian-American artist and painter (d.1938)
• 11 March - Arnold Holmboe, politician and Minister (d.1956)
• 3 May - Nini Roll Anker, novelist and playwright (d.1942)
• 23 May - Ragnhild Kåta, first deafblind person in Norway to receive proper schooling (d.1947)
• 26 May - Olaf Gulbransson, artist, painter and designer (d.1958)
• 7 July - Halvdan Koht, historian, biographer, politician and Minister (d.1965)
• 11 September - Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, botanist (d.1943)
• 10 October - Johan Martin Jakobsen Strand, farmer and politician (d.1935)
• 16 October - Einar Liberg, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (d.1955)

Full date unknown

• Axel Aubert, businessperson (d.1943)
• Paal Olav Berg, politician and Minister (d.1968)
• Gerdt Henrik Meyer Bruun, politician and Minister (d.1945)
• Rasmus Olsen Langeland, politician and Minister (d.1954)
• Haagen Krog Steffens, historian, archivist and genealogist (d.1917)

Deaths

• 11 April - Christopher Hansteen, astronomer and physicist (b.1784)
• 5 June - Peder Carl Lasson, jurist and politician (b.1798)
• 16 October - Frederik Due, politician (b.1796)
• 21 October – Johan Sebastian Welhaven, poet and critic (b.1807)

Full date unknown

• Christian Ludvig Diriks, politician and Minister (b.1802)
• Ole Larsen Hammerstad, politician (b.1817)