Events

Arts and literature

Births

January to June

• 19 January - Isak Kobro Collett, politician (d.1911)
• 20 January - Mons Monssen, sailor in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor (d.1930)
• 29 January - Carl L. Boeckmann, artist (d.1923)
• 5 March - Ingebrigt Vik, sculptor (d.1927)
• 15 May - Hjalmar Johansen, polar explorer (d.1913)

July to December

• 24 July - Olav Kringen, newspaper editor (d.1951)
• 27 July - Mikal Angell Jacobus Landmark, politician (d.1939)
• 15 August - Anathon Aall, academic (d.1943)
• 8 October - Christian Hansen Wollnick, newspaper editor, jurist and politician (d.1936)
• 4 November - Martin Julius Halvorsen, newspaper editor and politician
• 10 December - Lauritz Christiansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1930)
• 13 December - Kristian Birkeland, scientist (d.1917)
• 27 December - Fredrik Stang, politician and Minister (d.1941)

Full date unknown

• Hauk Aabel, comedian and actor (d.1961)
• Barthold Hansteen Cranner, botanist (d.1925)
• Johan Fahlstr m, actor and theatre manager (d.1938)
• Alfred Klingenberg, pianist (d.1944)
• Wilhelm Christian Magelssen, politician and Minister (d.1930)
• Kristian Friis Petersen, politician and Minister (d.1932)

Deaths

• 14 August - Bersvend Martinussen R kkum, politician (b.1806)
• 12 September - Hans Eleonardus M ller, politician and businessperson (b.1804)
• 24 November - Peter B yesen, businessperson and politician (b.1799)

Full date unknown

• J rgen Flood, merchant and politician (b.1792)
• Hans Ki r, politician (b.1795)
• Hans Andersen Ki r, businessperson and politician (b.1795)