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1888 in Norway

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1888 in Norway

Centuries:
  
17th 18th 19th 20th 21st

Decades:
  
1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s

Events in the year 1888 in Norway.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch - Oscar II
  • Prime Minister - Johan Sverdrup

    • Events

  • In the Norwegian parliamentary election the Conservative Party of Norway wins the most seats

    • Notable births

  • 7 January - Thorstein Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
  • 12 January - Jon Andrå, politician (died 1966)
  • 20 January - Tor Lund, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1972)
  • 4 February - Gunnar Nordbye, United States federal judge (died 1977)
  • 16 February - Ferdinand Bie, long jumper and Olympic gold medallist (died 1961)
  • 16 February - Aldor Ingebrigtsen, politician (died 1952)
  • 4 March - Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (died 1931)
  • 5 March - Ivar Skjånes, politician (died 1975)
  • 24 March - Olof Jacobsen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist
  • 28 March - Harald Smedvik, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1956)
  • 2 April - Nicolai Kiær, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1934)
  • 4 April - Aanund Bjørnsson Berdal, engineer (died 1981).
  • 10 April - Alfred Madsen, engineer, newspaper editor, trade unionist and politician (died 1962)
  • 12 April - Ejnar Tønsager, rower (died 1967)
  • 14 April - Rasmus Birkeland, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1972)
  • 14 April - Edvard Christian Danielsen, military officer (died 1964).
  • 10 May - Thore Michelsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1980)
  • 13 May - Peder Nikolai Leier Jacobsen, politician (died 1967)
  • 27 May - Ole Aarnæs, high jumper (died 1992)
  • 3 July - Harald Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1968)
  • 23 August - Ivar Asbjørn Følling, physician (died 1973)
  • 1 September - Gabriel Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
  • 29 September - Johannes Andersen, long distance runner (died 1967)
  • 4 October - Oscar Mathisen, speed skater (died 1954)
  • 15 October - Leif Erichsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1924)
  • 16 October - Ivar Kristiansen Hognestad, politician (died 1973)
  • 24 October - Anders Haugen, ski jumper (died 1984)
  • 15 November - Harald Sverdrup, oceanographer and meteorologist (died 1957)

    • Full date unknown

  • Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst, politician and Minister (died 1958)
  • Sverre Grette, judge (died 1959)
  • Lars Høgvold, ski jumper (died 1961)
  • Jørg Tofte Jebsen, physicist (died 1922)
  • Per Mathias Jespersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
  • Gustav Smedal, jurist and irredentist activist (died 1951)

    • Notable deaths

  • 9 January - Theodor Peterson, businessperson and politician (born 1839)
  • 17 June - Hans Jensen, businessperson (born 1817)
  • 22 June – Edmund Neupert, pianist and composer (born 1842)
  • 1 July - Vilhelm Frimann Christie Bøgh, archivist (born 1817)
  • 25 October - Theodor Kjerulf, geologist and poet (born 1825)

    • Full date unknown

  • Erik Eriksen, ice sea captain (born 1820)
  • Nicolai Friis, politician (born 1815)
  • Christen Knudsen, ship-owner (born 1813)
  • Ole Richter, lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1829)
  • Sjur Aasmundsen Sexe, mineralogist (born 1808)

    • References

    1888 in Norway Wikipedia
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