1895 in Norway

Events in the year 1895 in Norway.

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Centuries:
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  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
See also:1895 in Sweden
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Oscar II.[1]
  • Prime Minister: Emil Stang, later Francis Hagerup (from 14 October)

Events
  • 14 October – Francis Hagerup succeeded Emil Stang as Prime Minister of Norway

Music

Literature
  • Olaus Alvestad and Lars Eskeland found Voss Folk High School
  • The circle of poems Haugtussa by Arne Garborg is published.
  • The poetry collection Bersøglis- og andre Viser by Per Sivle is published.[2]

Births

January to March
Botten Soot
  • 18 January – Nils Jakob Hunstad, sportsperson, businessesman, politician and military officer (died 1978).[3]
  • 28 January – Johannes Pettersen Løkke, politician (died 1988)
  • 23 February – Toralv Kollin Markussen, politician (died 1973)
  • 25 February – Johan Bernhard Hjort, judge (died 1969)
  • 3 March – Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, economist and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
  • 3 March – Adolf Nilsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1927)
  • 22 March – Botten Soot, actress, singer, and dancer (died 1958).[4]
  • 27 March – Ole Peder Arvesen, engineer and mathematician (died 1991).[5]

April to June
Gerd Grieg
  • 21 April – Gerd Grieg, actress (died 1988)
  • 13 May – Lars Sæter, politician (died 1988)
  • 30 May – Andreas Backer, journalist and organizational leader (died 1975).[6]
  • 5 June – Ingvarda Røberg, politician (died 1990)

July to September
  • 12 July – Kirsten Flagstad, opera singer (died 1962)
  • 26 July – Ola Fritzner, military officer (died 1983).[7]
  • 6 August – Paul Oskar Lindberget, politician (died 1983)
  • 18 August – Jon Mårdalen, cross country skier (died 1977)
  • 24 August – Lauritz Wigand-Larsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1951)
  • 3 September – Erik Ørvig, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1949)

October to December
Ingeborg Refling Hagen
  • 3 October – Johannes Olai Olsen, politician (died 1974)
  • 3 October – Sigvald Svendsen, politician (died 1956)
  • 20 October – Hans Reidar Holtermann, commander of Hegra Fortress (died 1966)
  • 26 October – Signy Arctander, statistician and economist (died 1971).[8]
  • 12 November – Trygve Hoff, businessman, writer and editor (died 1982)
  • 15 November – Hagbart Haakonsen, cross country skier
  • 20 November – Fridtjof Paulsen, speed skater (died 1988)
  • 29 November – Leif Bjorholt Burull, politician (died 1971)
  • 13 December – Frieda Dalen, educator (died 1995).[9]
  • 17 December – Nils Asheim, politician (died 1966)
  • 18 December – Einar Sverdrup, mining engineer and businessman (died 1942)
  • 19 December – Ingeborg Refling Hagen, author and teacher (died 1989)

Full date unknown
  • Kristian Hansson, jurist and civil servant (died 1959)
  • Oskar Omdal, Norwegian Navy pilot (died 1927)
  • Gunnar Schjelderup, businessperson (died 1972)
  • Leif Welding-Olsen, naval commander, first casualty in the war between Norway and Nazi Germany (died 1940)

Deaths
Camilla Collett
  • 6 March – Camilla Collett, writer and feminist (born 1813)
  • 29 April – Johan Christian Collett, politician (born 1817)
  • 19 August – Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland, military officer, cartographer and skiing pioneer (born 1815).[10]
  • 28 August – Andreas Olsen Sæhlie, farmer, distillery owner and politician (b. 1832).[11]
  • 17 December – Henrik Jæger, literary historian (born 1854).[12]
  • 24 December – Oluf Andreas Aabel, priest and writer (born 1825)
  • 27 December – Eivind Astrup, explorer and writer (born 1871).[13]

Full date unknown
  • Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, author and college professor in America (born 1848)
  • Knud Knudsen, linguist (born 1812)
  • Simon Pedersen Holmesland, politician (born 1823)

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. Nettum, Rolf Nyboe (1975). "Generasjonen fra 1890-årene". In Beyer, Edvard (ed.). Norges Litteraturhistorie (in Norwegian). Vol. 4. Oslo: Cappelen. pp. 270–271.
  3. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Hunstad, Nils". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 261. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  4. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Botten Soot". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  5. Johnson, Dag. "Ole Peder Arvesen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  6. Helberg, Claus. "Andreas Backer". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  7. Kraglund, Ivar. "Ola_Fritzner". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  8. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Signy Arctander". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  9. Vormeland, Oddvar. "Frieda Dalen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  10. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Oscar Wergeland (offiser)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  11. Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1927). "Sæhlie, Andreas Olsen". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 2 (22 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  12. Aarnes, Sigurg Aa. "Henrik Jæger". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  13. Barr, Susan. "Eivind Astrup". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
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