1881 in Norway

Events in the year 1881 in Norway.

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Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
See also:1881 in Sweden
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Oscar II .[1]

Events

Arts and literature

Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen's, Ghosts, is released.

Births
Oskar Braaten

January to June
  • 3 January – Wilhelm Faye, military officer and war historian (died 1967).[2][3]
  • 5 January – Jørgen Bru, sport shooter (died 1974)
  • 24 February – Per Askim, naval officer (died 1963).[4]
  • 27 February – Sigvard Sivertsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
  • 11 March – Wictor Esbensen, mariner and explorer (died 1942)
  • 17 March – Kristian Elster, Jr, novelist, literary historian, theatre critic and biographer (born 1881).[5]
  • 20 March – Dorthea Dahl, writer in America (died 1958)
  • 26 March – Marta Marie Nielsen, schoolteacher and politician (d. 1948).[6]
  • 6 June – Anton Djupvik, politician (died 1951)

July to September
  • 23 July – Thorleiv Røhn, military officer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
  • 27 August – Elise Hambro, educator (died 1966).[7]
  • 15 September – Wilhelm Blystad, track and field athlete (died 1954)
  • 11 October – Leif Georg Ferdinand Bang, politician
  • 25 October – Oskar Braaten, novelist and playwright (died 1939)
  • 27 October – Edvard Larsen, triple jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1914)
  • 29 October – Niels Christian Ditleff, diplomat (died 1956)
  • 15 November – Andreas Hagelund, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1967)
  • 4 December – Edvard Bull, Sr., historian and politician (died 1932)
  • 17 December – Yngvar Bryn, track and field athlete and pairs figure skater (died 1947)
  • 27 December – Sigvart Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist

Full date unknown
  • Erik Glosimodt, architect (died 1921)
  • Marie Hamsun, actor and writer (died 1969)
  • Sigurd Halvorsen Johannessen, politician (died 1964)
  • Per Larssen, politician and Minister (died 1947)
  • Knut Liestøl, politician and Minister (died 1952)
  • Kristian Prestrud, polar explorer (died 1927)
  • Jakob Sverdrup, philologist and lexicographer (died 1938)

Deaths
  • 7 January – Jens Zetlitz Kielland, consul and artist (born 1816)
  • 11 April – Kristian Elster, Sr, novelist, journalist, literary critic and theatre critic (born 1841).[8]

Full date unknown
  • Jens Henrik Beer, businessperson, farmer and politician (born 1799)
  • Jens Gran, politician (born 1794)
  • Christopher Andreas Holmboe, philologist (born 1796)
  • Peter Daniel B. W. Kildal, politician (born 1816)
  • Thomas Konow, naval officer and politician (born 1796)
  • Ludvig Vibe, philologist and educator (born 1803)

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. Gram, Harald; Steenstrup, Bjørn, eds. (1948). "Faye, Wilhelm Nicolay". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  3. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1968). "Fortegnelse over personer som siste gang er omtalt i utgaven 1964 med angivelse av deres dødsdatum". Hvem er Hvem? (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 620.
  4. Kristiansen, Tom. "Per Askim". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  5. Hannevik, Arne. "Kristian d.y. Elster". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  6. "Biografier 1905–1945. Marta Marie Nielsen" (in Norwegian). Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  7. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Elise Hambro". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  8. Dahl, Willy. "Kristian Elster". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
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