1884 in Norway

Events in the year 1884 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II.
• Prime Minister: Christian August Selmer (impeached)
• Prime Minister: Christian Homann Schweigaard (April to June)
• Prime Minister: Johan Sverdrup

Events

• Prime Minister Christian August Selmer is impeached and removed from office.
• 28 January – The Liberal Party is founded.
• 10 February – Jon Hol is imprisoned for his pamphlet Rifleringen.
• 3 April – April ministerium begins.
• 26 June – Christian Homann Schweigaard's ministerium ends.
• Norwegian Association for Women's Rights (Norsk Kvinnesaksforening) is founded.
• Women in Norway are allowed to study.

Arts and literature

• The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen is written.

Births

January to June

• 8 January – Nils Andresson Lavik, politician (died 1966)
• 9 January – Sigge Johannessen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1974)
• 15 January – Anton Aure, bibliographer (died 1924).
• 24 January – Jens Lunde, politician (died 1974)
• 9 February – Conrad Carlsrud, gymnast, track and field athlete and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
• 13 February – Halfdan Bjølgerud, high jumper (died 1970)
• 21 February – Ole Iversen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1953)
• 29 February – Haakon Lie, forester and writer (died 1970).
• 27 March – Oscar Guttormsen, athlete (died 1964)
• 31 March – Arne Magnussen, politician
• 26 April – Sigurd Mathisen, speed skater and world champion (died 1919)
• 7 June – Birger Ljungberg, politician (died 1967)

July to September

• 6 July – Thorleif Petersen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
• 10 July – Olav Nygard, poet (died 1924)
• 26 July – Trygve Pedersen, sailor and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1967)
• 31 July – Kristian Løken, military officer (died 1961)
• 23 August – Olaf Syvertsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1964)
• 31 August – Didrik Arup Seip, linguist and professor (died 1963)
• 6 September – Sven Elvestad, journalist and author (died 1934)
• 16 September – Kristian Fjerdingen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1975)

October to December

• 17 October – Klara Semb, folklorist (died 1970).
• 18 October – Esther Edler, actress (died 1908).
• 25 October – Eivind Berggrav, Lutheran bishop (died 1959)
• 12 November – Leif Grøner, banker and politician (died 1971)
• 13 December – Otto Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1953)
• 18 December – Ole Aanderud Larsen, ship designer and businessperson (died 1964)
• 30 December – Eugen Ingebretsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1949)

Full date unknown

• Gustav Berg-Jæger, journalist and Nazi collaborator (died 1957)
• Lars Christensen, shipowner and whaling magnate (died 1965)
• Sigurd Eriksen, painter (died 1976)
• Adolf Indrebø, politician (died 1942)
• Lars Knutsen, shipowner (died 1963)
• Arnold Rørholt, military officer (died 1961)

Deaths

• 27 February – Jo Gjende, outdoorsman and freethinker (born 1794)
• 27 March – Marie Colban, writer (born 1814).
• 3 September – Christian Jensen, politician and Minister (born 1823)

Full date unknown

• Adolph Frederik Munthe, politician and Minister (born 1817)
• Ole Hovelsen Mustad, businessperson and politician (born 1810)
• Frederik Stang, lawyer, public servant and politician, Norway's first Prime Minister (born 1808)

See also

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