1874 in Norway
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Events in the year 1874 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- The Grand Hotel in Oslo is founded.
- The Norwegian Society of Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals, a union for graduate technical and scientific professionals, is founded.
Births
- 12 April â Kristian Edland, farmer and politician.[2]
- 8 May â Endre Johannes Cleven, settler in Canada (died 1916)
- 2 July â Oluf Wesmann-Kjær, rifle shooter (died 1945)
- 7 July â Eyvind Andersen, judge (died 1939).[3][4]
- 14 July â Torleiv Hannaas, philologist (died 1929)
- 24 August â Einar Hanssen, judge.[5]
- 3 September â Carl Størmer, mathematician and physicist (died 1957)
- 8 September â Torgrim Castberg, violinist (died 1928)
- 26 September â Simon Johnson, Norwegian-American author (died 1970)
- 2 December â Johannes Hanssen, bandmaster, composer and teacher (died 1967)
- 13 December â Marius Ormestad, trade unionist and civil servant (died 1964).[6]
- 19 December â Axel Theodor Næss, judge (d. 1945).[7]
Full date unknown
- Aagot Didriksen, actress (died 1968)
- Knut Olai Thornæs, newspaper editor and politician (died 1935)
Deaths
- 20 February â Dominicus Nagell Lemvig Brun, military officer and politician (b.1790)
- 1 March â Hans Jørgen Darre, clergyman (b.1803)
- 5 June â Johan Henrik Andresen, merchant, factory owner and politician (born 1815).[8]
- 15 September â Christian Schou, brewer and merchant (born 1792).[9]
- 6 October â Thomas Tellefsen, pianist and composer (b.1823)
Full date unknown
- Jens Lauritz Arup, politician (b.1793)
- Ole Ingebrigtsen Soelberg, politician (b.1798)
- Carl Johan Severin Steen, politician (b.1825)
