1893 in Norway

Events in the year 1893 in Norway.

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See also:1893 in Sweden
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch – Oscar II.[1]
  • Prime Minister –

Events
  • 19 May – a quick clay slide in Verdal destroyed 105 farms and killed 116 people.[2]
  • The local newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad was established by Lars Oftedal.

Arts and literature
  • The Norwegian Authors' Union (Den norske Forfatterforening) is established.
  • Edvard Munch begins to paint The Scream.

Sport
  • 27 February – Norwegian Skating Association (Norges Skøyteforbund) is founded.

Births

January to March
  • 6 January – Olaf Bjerke, trade unionist and politician (died 1957)
  • 16 January – Alfred Engelsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1966)
  • 21 January – Tolv Aamland, politician (died 1983)
  • 26 January – Sigurd Pedersen, politician (died 1968)
  • 30 January – Ingolf Davidsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1946)
  • 25 February – Arne Langset, politician (died 1971)
  • 14 March – Torstein Kvamme, politician (died 1985)
  • 22 March – Rasmus Sørnes, inventor, clockmaker and radio technician (died 1967)
  • 23 March – Reidar Tønsberg, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1956)
  • 27 March – Einar Jansen, historian, genealogist and archivist (died 1960)
  • 27 March – Johan Sæterhaug, boxer (died 1968)
  • 30 March – Elise Fliflet, politician (died 1991)

April to June
  • 5 April – Frithjof Andersen, wrestler and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1975).[3]
  • 26 April – Ole Øisang, newspaper editor and politician (died 1963)
  • 29 April – Birger Brandtzæg, merchant and owner of a fishing station (died 1971).[4]
  • 4 May – Aasmund Kulien, politician (died 1988)
  • 6 May – Ludvik Buland, trade unionist (died 1945)
  • 19 May – Gudolf Blakstad, architect (died 1985)
  • 30 June – Birger Var, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1970)

July to September
  • 3 July – Ragnar Vik, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1941)
  • 4 July – Frede Castberg, jurist (died 1977)
  • 10 July – Niels Larsen Bruun, naval officer (died 1970)
  • 11 July – Tancred Ibsen, officer, pilot, film director and screenwriter (died 1978)[5]
  • 18 August – Gustav Natvig-Pedersen, politician (died 1965)
  • 19 August – Rolf Palmstrøm, military officer.[6]
  • 18 September – Reidar Rye Haugan, newspaper publisher in America (died 1972)

October to December
  • 14 October – Sigurd Roll, diplomat and former sprinter (died 1944)
  • 27 October – Reidar Dahl, jurist and sports official, president of the Football Association of Norway (died 1977).[7][8]
  • 7 November – Ivar Navelsaker, military officer (died 1966)
  • 10 November – Karl Henry Karlsen, politician (died 1979)
  • 18 November – Eivind Kristoffer Eriksen, politician (died 1949)
  • 21 November – Torvald Haavardstad, politician (died 1965)
  • 25 November – Hartvig Caspar Christie, politician (died 1959)
  • 26 December – Halfdan Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
  • 27 December – Asbjørn Solberg, politician (died 1977)

Full date unknown
  • Sigval Bergesen the Younger, shipping magnate and industrialist (died 1980)
  • Anton Johnson Brandt, veterinarian (died 1951)
  • Einar Frogner, politician and Minister (died 1955)
  • Hans Severin Jelstrup, astronomer (died 1964)
  • Mikkel Ødelien, soil researcher (died 1984)
  • Øystein Olsen Ravner, politician (died 1975)

Deaths
  • 12 January – Diderik Iversen Tønseth, politician (born 1818)
  • 12 October – Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland, military officer, politician, Minister and mountaineer (born 1814)
  • 21 October – Jacob Jørgen Kastrup Sømme, businessperson, consul and politician (born 1817)
  • 19 December – Axel Winge, politician (born 1827)
  • 23 December – Gunnar Berg, painter (born 1863)

Full date unknown
  • Ludvig Daae, politician (born 1829)
  • Carl Peter Parelius Essendrop, bishop, politician and Minister (born 1818)
  • Simon Karenius Høegh, bank treasurer, merchant and politician (born 1810)
  • Olaf Isaachsen, painter (born 1835)

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. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Verdalsraset". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  3. Gundersen, Ove. "Frithjof Andersen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  4. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1968). "Brandtzæg, Birger". Hvem er Hvem? (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug.
  5. Svendsen, Trond Olav. "Tancred Ibsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  6. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Palmstrøm, Rolf". Hvem er Hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  7. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Dahl, Leiv Reidar". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 115. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  8. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Reidar Dahl". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
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