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1900 in Norway

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

Decades:
  
1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s

Events in the year 1900 in Norway.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch: Oscar II
  • Prime Minister: Johannes Steen

    • Events

  • 17 February - The Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food is established
  • 21 November – the Norwegian Employers' Association was founded.
  • 3 December – Population Census: There were 2,239,881 inhabitants in Norway.
  • The 1900 Parliamentary election takes place.

    • Notable births

  • 5 January - Nina Eik-Nes, politician (died 1997)
  • 31 January - Bertel Flaten, politician (died 1963)
  • 14 February - Ola Johan Gjengedal, politician (died 1992)
  • 4 March – Axel Coldevin, historian (died 1992).
  • 15 March - Christian Schweigaard Stang, linguistics researcher and professor (died 1977)
  • 16 March - Ragnhild Larsen, diver (died 1969)
  • 26 March - Ivar Jacobsen Norevik, politician (died 1956)
  • 28 March - Olav Marensius Strandås, politician (died 1981)
  • 17 April - Ejnar Torgensen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1932)
  • 10 May - Gunvald Engelstad, politician (died 1972)
  • 13 May - Frithjof Bettum, jurist and politician (died 1984)
  • 1 June - Bjarne Råsberg, photographer (died 1942)
  • 12 June - Hjalmar Nygaard, boxer (died 1937)
  • 13 June - Johan Støa, multi-sportsman (died 1991)
  • 30 June - Knut Rød, police officer responsible for the transfer of Jewish people to SS troops in Oslo, acquitted (died 1986)
  • 5 July - Ole Hegge, cross country skier and Olympic silver medallist (died 1994)
  • 17 July - Eilert Bøhm, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1982)
  • 21 July - Ole Rømer Aagaard Sandberg, politician (died 1985)
  • 5 August - Sverre Sørsdal, boxer and Olympic silver medallist (died 1996)
  • 14 August - Arne Korsmo, architect (died 1968 in Norway)
  • 29 August - Thorleif Christoffersen, Olympic gold medallist (died 1975)
  • 13 September - Viggo Hansteen, lawyer and politician, executed (died 1941)
  • 17 September - Martha Ostenso, Canadian novelist and screenwriter (died 1963)
  • 23 September - Jørgen Vogt, newspaper editor and politician (died 1972)
  • 26 September - Hjalmar Strømme, boxer (died 1925)
  • 30 September - Erling Johan Vindenes, politician (died 1984)
  • 8 October - Torstein Selvik, politician (died 1983)
  • 14 October - Arne Mortensen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1942)
  • 18 October - Jens Schive, journalist and diplomat (died 1962)
  • 15 December - Arthur Olsen, boxer (died 1951)
  • 24 December – Dagfinn Zwilgmeyer, psalmist (died 1979).
  • 30 December – Lillemor von Hanno, actress and writer (died 1984).

    • Full date unknown

  • Eivind Stenersen Engelstad, archaeologist and art historian (died 1969)
  • Gunnar Emil Garfors, poet (died 1979)
  • Gunnar Larsen, journalist, writer and translator (died 1958)
  • Einar Skjæraasen, author (died 1966)

    • Notable deaths

  • 13 January - Peter Waage, chemist and professor (born 1833)
  • 28 May - Morten Diderik Emil Lambrechts, jurist and politician (born 1824)
  • 29 July - Sigbjørn Obstfelder, writer (born 1866)

    • Full date unknown

  • Christen Christensen, military officer and politician (born 1826)
  • Thomas Henrik Hammer, jurist and politician (born 1815)
  • Henrik Laurentius Helliesen, politician and Minister (born 1824)
  • Jacob Lerche Johansen, politician and Minister (born 1818)
  • Niels Mathiesen, politician and merchant (born 1829)
  • Bernt Julius Muus, Lutheran minister (born 1832)
  • Augusta Schrumpf, actress and opera singer (born 1813)

    • References

    1900 in Norway Wikipedia
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