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1868 in Norway

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Centuries:
  
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Decades:
  
1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s

Events

  • 21 January - Norwegian Trekking Association is founded
  • 12 October- The final stretch of the railway line Randsfjordbanen between Drammen and Hønefoss makes Norway's fifth railway complete.
  • Births

  • 7 February - Johan Throne Holst, industrialist and politician (died 1946)
  • February - Adolf Østbye, revue artist, made the first Norwegian gramophone record (died 1907)
  • 24 March - Sigvald Hasund, researcher of agriculture, politician and Minister (died 1959)
  • 29 April - Nils Yngvar Ustvedt, medical doctor and politician (died 1938)
  • 15 August - Andreas Nilsen Rygg, Norwegian-American newspaper editor and author (died 1951)
  • 24 August - Egil Eide, actor and director (died 1946)
  • 25 September - Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars, academic (died 1917)
  • Full date unknown

  • Adam Egede-Nissen, politician (died 1952)
  • Katti Anker Møller, feminist, children's rights advocate and pioneer of reproductive rights (died 1945)
  • Peter Andreas Amundsen Morell, politician and Minister (died 1948)
  • Rudolf Elias Peersen, politician and Minister (died 1949)
  • Torjus Værland, politician and Minister (died 1954)
  • Deaths

  • 23 May - Hans Holmboe, educator and politician (born 1798)
  • 11 August - Halfdan Kjerulf, composer (born 1815)
  • Full date unknown

  • Erik Jonsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1816)
  • Johan Henrik Rye, jurist and politician (born 1787)
  • References

    1868 in Norway Wikipedia