1897 in Norway
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Events in the year 1897 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- The 1897 Parliamentary election takes place.
Arts and literature
- The play A Doll House was written by Henrik Ibsen
Births
January to March
- 2 January - Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1978)
- 8 January - Theodore Theodorsen, Norwegian-American aerodynamicist (died 1978)
- 11 February - Jacob Christie Kielland, architect (died 1972)
- 17 February - Torgeir Andreas Berge, politician (died 1973)
- 11 March - Knut Toven, politician (died 1980)
- 16 March - Bernhard Berthelsen, politician (died 1964)
April to June
- 17 April - Harald Sæverud, composer (died 1992)
- 21 April - Odd Lindbäck-Larsen, military officer and war historian (died 1975)
- 30 April - Johan Henrik Wiers-Jenssen, newspaper columnist and theatre director (died 1951)
- 1 May - Lauritz Schmidt, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1970)
- 10 May - Harald Stenerud, hammer and discus thrower (died 1976)
- 15 May - Anton Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1968)
- 17 May - Odd Hassel, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (died 1981)
- 25 May - Rasmus Andreas Torset, politician (died 1965)
- 23 June - Trygve Knudsen, philologist, linguist and lexicographer (died 1968)
July to September
- 5 July - Ole H. Løvlien, politician (died 1970)
- 18 July - Per Gulbrandsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1963)
- 22 July - Syvert Tobiassen Messel, politician (died 1978)
- 13 August - Oliver Dahl-Goli, politician (died 1976)
- 20 August - Sigvald Asbjornsen, Norwegian-American sculptor (died 1954)
- 4 September - Emil Boyson, poet, author, and translator (died 1979)
- 5 September - Olav Benum, politician (died 1990)
October to December
- 14 October - Harald Strøm, speed skater and World Champion (died 1977)
- 17 October - Oskar Olsen, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1956)
- 29 October - Ivar Bae, politician (died 1967)
- 31 October - Sigurd Moen, speed skater and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1967)
- 6 November - Sverre Riisnæs, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator (died 1988)
- 13 November - Ole Jørgensen, politician (died 1966)
- 14 November - Bjarne Guldager, sprinter (died 1971)
- 24 December - Gunnar Nygaard, broadcasting pioneer (died 1997).[1]
- 26 December - Ingvald Svinsås-Lo, politician (died 1980
Full date unknown
- Einar Dønnum, Nazi collaborator, executed (died 1947)
- Gunnar Berg, a national director of the Boy Scouts of America (died 1987)
- John Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1977)
- Rolf Kiær, hydrographer (died 1975)
- Hilmar Reksten, shipping magnate (died 1980)
- Helge Thiis, architect and art critic (died 1972)
- Astrid Tollefsen, poet (died 1973)
- Niels Werring, shipowner (died 1990)
- Hans Fredrik Wirstad, veterinarian (died 1983)
Deaths
- 9 March - Sondre Norheim, skier and pioneer of modern skiing (born 1825)
Full date unknown
- Hans Jensen Krog, politician (born 1808)
- Christian Tønsberg, bookseller, publisher and writer (born 1813)
References
- ↑ Dahl, Hans Fredrik. "Gunnar Nygaard". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
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