1887 in Norway
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Events in the year 1887 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
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- 21 August - The Norwegian Labour Party was established.
Arts and literature
- Albertine i politilægens venteværelse, painting by Christian Krohg
Births
January to March
- 7 January - Ingvald Tøndel, politician (died 1952)
- 15 January - Charles Mackenzie Bruff, forensic chemist (died 1955).[1]
- 17 January - Ola Raknes, psychoanalyst and philologist (died 1975)
- 15 February - Sigurd Jørgensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1929)
- 11 March - Henry Olsen, track and field athlete (died 1978)
- 15 March - Johanne Samueline Pedersen, politician (died 1961)
- 20 March - Hans Eidnes, politician (died 1962)
- 26 March - Yngvar Fredriksen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
April to June
- 2 April - Øyvind Alfred Stensrud, politician (died 1956)
- 4 April - Peder Morset, teacher and resistance member (died 1943).[2]
- 10 April - Alf Lie, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1969)
- 28 April - Thomas Aas, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1961)
- 3 May - Harald Halvorsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medalist (died 1965)
- 14 May - Petter Martinsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1972)
- 18 May - Eugen Lunde, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
- 23 May - Thoralf Skolem, mathematician (died 1963)
- 12 June - Laurits Grønland, politician (died 1957)
- 22 June - Oscar Olstad, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist
- 25 June - Axel Henry Hansen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1980)
July to September
- 3 July - Carl Klæth, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1966)
- 18 July - Vidkun Quisling, army officer, politician and Minister-President of Norway, executed (died 1945)
- 27 July - Kristoffer Skåne Grytnes, politician (died 1965)
- 11 August - Adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (died 1954)
- 12 August - Erling Falk, businessman and politician (died 1940)
- 19 August - Otto Monsen, track and field athlete (died 1979)
- 20 August - Engebret Skogen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1968)
- 25 August - Fartein Valen, composer and musical theorist (died 1952)
- 11 September - Oscar Larsen, middle distance runner (died 1975)
- 16 September – Knut Fixdal, road engineer and civil servant (died 1969).[3]
- 18 September - Harald Gram, jurist, politician and genealogist (died 1961)
- 22 September - Thoralf Hagen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1979)
October to December
- 1 October - Anders Moen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1966)
- 4 October - Francis Bull, literary historian, professor, essayist and magazine editor (died 1974)
- 20 October - Arne Halse, athlete and Olympic silver medallist (died 1975)
- 26 October - Arnfinn Heje, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
- 28 October - Friedrich Georg Nissen, civil servant (died 1969)
- 23 November - Andreas Knudsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1982)
- 7 December - Knut Olaf Andreasson Strand, politician (died 1980)
- 10 December – Olga Bjoner, politician and organizational leader (died 1969).[4]
Full date unknown
- Lauritz Bergendahl, Nordic skier (died 1964)
- Kristian Fjeld, politician and Minister (died 1976)
- Olav Berntsen Oksvik, politician and Minister (died 1958)
- Lars Slagsvold, veterinarian (died 1959)
- Knut Knutsson Steintjønndalen, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1969)
- Sverre Kornelius Eilertsen Støstad, politician and Minister (died 1959)
Deaths
- 11 March - Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, composer and organist (died 1812)
- 16 July - Jørgen Tandberg Ebbesen, politician (born 1812)
Full date unknown
- Harald Kolbeinson Guddal, politician (born 1798)
- Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe, priest and politician (born 1802)
References
- ^ Jørgensen, Jørn-Kr. "Charles M Bruff". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ Kraglund, Ivar. "Peder Morset". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1968). "Fixdal, Knut". Hvem er Hvem? (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug.
- ^ Dahl, Hans Fredrik. "Olga Bjoner". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
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