1883 in Norway

Events in the year 1883 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II .
• Prime Minister: Christian August Selmer

Arts and literature

• The novel Bondestudentar (English: Peasant students), written by Arne Garborg, is published.

Births

January to March

• 10 January – Kristian Arvesen, farmer and politician
• 21 January – Olav Aukrust, poet and teacher (died 1929)
• 27 January – Hans Ingvald Hansen Ratvik, politician (died 1966)
• 10 February – Gunnar Jahn, jurist, economist and politician (died 1971)
• 26 February – John Johansen, sprinter (died 1947)
• 21 February – Haldor Andreas Haldorsen, politician (died 1965)
• 16 March – Olaf Nordhagen, architect, engineer and artist (died 1925)
• 18 March – Sven Nielsen, politician (died 1958)

April to June

• 4 April – Agnes Hvoslef, operatic soprano (died 1970).
• 8 April – Olav Midttun, philologist, media executive and magazine editor (died 1972).
• 19 April – Jørgen Stubberud, polar explorer (died 1980)
• 27 April – Jakob Friis, politician (died 1956)
• 27 April – Ole Lilloe-Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1940)
• 29 April – Thorleif Holbye, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
• 6 May – Jens Hundseid, politician (died 1965)

July to September

• 9 July – Bergljot Larsson, nurse and organizational leader (died 1968).
• 11 July – Hans Svarstad, politician (died 1971)
• 22 July – Birger Gotaas, journalist (died 1960).
• 8 August – Kristoffer Olsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1948)
• 8 September – Jens Salvesen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1976)
• 22 September – Ole Sørensen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)

October to December

• 5 October – Niels Nielsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1961)
• 11 October – Kristian Welhaven, chief of the Oslo police force 1927–1954 (died 1975)
• 16 October – Halfdan Hansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1953)
• 20 October – Wilhelm Munthe, librarian (died 1965).
• 10 November – Olaf Bull, poet (died 1933)
• 11 November – Karl Johan Edvardsen, politician (died 1963)
• 14 November – Paal Kaasen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
• 18 November – Alf Bjørnskau Bastiansen, priest and politician (died 1965)
• 6 December – Arne Sunde, politician, Olympic shooter, army officer and diplomat (died 1972)
• 16 December – Haldor Bjerkeseth, politician (died 1974)

Full date unknown

• Anton Ludvig Alvestad, politician and Minister (died 1956)
• Edvard Drabløs, actor and theatre director (died 1976)
• Alfred Evensen, musician (died 1942)
• Olav Scheflo, politician and journalist (died 1943)
• Jon Sundby, politician and Minister (died 1972)

Deaths

• 10 January – Elling Eielsen, minister and Lutheran Church leader in America (born 1804)
• 26 August – Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch, zoologist (born 1805)
• 14 November – Johannes Wilhelm Christian Dietrichson minister and Lutheran Church leader (born 1815)

Full date unknown

• Peder Krabbe Gaarder, jurist and political theorist (born 1814)

See also

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