1870 in Norway
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Events in the year 1870 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- Augustus Halvorsen Hilton, migrated from Norway to San Antonio, New Mexico, establishing the American branch of the Hilton family.
- The 1870 Norwegian parliamentary election
Births
- 23 January â Ole Sæther, Olympic rifle shooter (died 1946)
- 17 April â Haaken Hasberg Gran, botanist (died 1955)
- 19 May â Nils Nilsen Ronning, Norwegian-American author and editor (died 1962)
- 4 July â Barbra Ring, writer (died 1955).[2]
- 11 September â Nils Kjær, writer (died 1924).[3]
- 14 September â Einar Borch, landowner and politician (died 1952).[4][5]
- 22 October â Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, three-times Prime Minister of Norway (died 1943)
- 26 November â Elise Sem, barrister (died 1950)
- 29 November â Eivind Heiberg, engineer and railway director (died 1939)
- 7 December â Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen, engineer and politician (died 1945)
Full date unknown
- Theodor Bull, businessperson and genealogist (died 1958)
- Helmer Hanssen, polar explorer (died 1956)
- Severin Andreas Heyerdahl, physician (died 1940)
- Ivar Lykke Falch Lind, jurist and politician
- Christian Pierre Mathiesen, politician and Minister (died 1953)
- Birger Stuevold-Hansen, politician and Minister (died 1933)
- Jens Thiis, art historian, conservator and museum director (died 1942)
Deaths
- 9 January â Ole Gabriel Gabrielsen Ueland, politician (born 1799)
- 30 July â Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, poet, journalist and writer (born 1818).[6]
- 4 November â Otto Vincent Lange, politician and Minister (born 1797)
- 5 December â Herman Severin Løvenskiold, composer (born 1815)
