1879 in Norway

Events in the year 1879 in Norway.

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Centuries:
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  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
See also:1879 in Sweden
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Oscar II .[1]

Events
  • The Kverneland Group was established by Ole Gabriel Kverneland.

Arts and literature
  • Henrik Ibsen (while living in Italy) publishes A Doll's House

Births
Martin Tranmæl

January to June
  • 26 January – Birger Braadland, politician (died 1966)
  • 5 March – Rachel Grepp, journalist and politician (died 1961)
  • 24 March – Leiv Heggstad, educator, linguist and translator (died 1954).[2]
  • 11 April – Øistein Schirmer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1947)
  • 29 April – Henrik Ameln, jurist and politician (died 1961)
  • 23 May – Kjeld Stub Irgens, sea captain and collaborator minister (died 1963)
  • 27 May – Per Reidarson, composer and music critic (died 1954)
  • 28 May – Lilly Heber, literary critic and historian (died 1944).[3]
  • 30 May – Olaf Josef Johansen, politician.[4]
  • 27 June – Martin Tranmæl, socialist leader (died 1967)

July to September
  • 9 July – Karen Platou, politician (died 1950)
  • 5 August – Ole Hallesby, Lutheran neo-orthodox pietist (died 1961)
  • 6 August – Kyrre Grepp, politician (died 1922)
  • 6 September
    • Knud Leonard Knudsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1954)
    • Johan Nygaardsvold, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 1952)
  • 14 September – Andreas Brecke, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1952)
  • 29 September – Nils Bertelsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
  • 30 September – Johan Falkberget, author (died 1967)

October to December
  • 1 October – Lauritz Sand, resistance fighter (died 1956)
  • 5 October – Halfdan Cleve, composer (died 1951)
  • 21 October – Torkell Vinje, politician (died 1955)
  • 20 November – Martin Stenersen, sport shooter (died 1968)
  • 27 November – Gil Andersen, American auto racer (died 1930)
  • 29 November – Nils Trædal, cleric, politician and Minister (died 1948)
  • 6 December – Rudolf Gundersen, speed skater (died 1946)

Full date unknown
  • Anders Fjelstad, politician (died 1955)

Deaths
  • 5 February – Halvor Schou, industrialist (born 1823)
  • 8 April – Christian Cornelius Paus, lawyer, civil servant and politician (born 1800)
  • 2 September – Johan Collett Falsen, jurist and politician (born 1817)

Full date unknown
  • Jan Henrik Nitter Hansen, businessman and politician (born 1801)
  • Henrik Krohn, poet, magazine editor and proponent for Nynorsk language (born 1826)

See also

References
  1. Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 2.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  2. Venås, Kjell. "Leiv Heggstad". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  3. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Lilly Heber". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  4. "Biografier. Olaf Josef Johansen" (in Norwegian). Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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