1876 in Norway

Events in the year 1876 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II .
• Prime Minister: Frederik Stang

Events

• 22 February - Sofie Johannesdotter was beheaded by axe for trifold murder, she was the last woman to be executed in Norway.
• 25 February - Kristoffer Nilsen Svartbækken Grindalen was beheaded by axe for murder, it was witnessed by estimated 2,500 spectators, it was the last public execution in Norway.

Births

January to June

• 8 January – Nils Tveit, politician (died 1949)
• 31 January – Mette Bull, actress (died 1946)
• 23 March – Nils Erik Flakstad, businessperson and politician (died 1939)
• 22 April – Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America (died 1931)
• 9 May – Johan Arndt, politician (died 1933)
• 18 May – Thorvald Astrup, architect (died 1940)
• 11 June – Christen Gran Bøgh, jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic (died 1955)

July to December

• 17 August – Henny Astrup, actress (died 1961)
• 22 August – Christen Wiese, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1968)
• 16 September – Albert Helgerud, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1954)
• 24 September – Jacob Thorkelson, elected official, naval officer and medical doctor in America (died 1945)
• 18 October – Erik Colban, diplomat (died 1956)
• 19 October – Oluf Christian Müller, politician (died 1938)
• 21 November – Olav Duun, novelist (died 1939)
• 8 December – Jan Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1945)

Full date unknown

• Edvin Alten, judge (died 1967)
• Olaf Amundsen, politician and Minister (died 1939)
• Sverre Hassel, polar explorer (died 1928)
• Lars Olai Meling, politician and Minister (died 1951)
• Embrik Strand, arachnologist (died 1947)
• Ole Nikolai Ingebrigtsen Strømme, politician and Minister (died 1936)

Deaths

• 18 January – Asbjorn Kloster, social reformer and leader of the Norwegian temperance movement (born 1823)
• 22 February - Sofie Johannesdotter, serial killer (born 1839)
• 25 February - Kristoffer Nilsen Svartbækken Grindalen, criminal, killer and thief (born 1804)
• 8 May – Christian Lassen, orientalist (born 1800)
• 20 July - Hans Riddervold, bishop and politician (born 1795)

Full date unknown

• Karelius August Arntzen, politician (born 1802)
• Eilev Jonsson Steintjønndalen, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1821)

See also

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