1877 in Norway
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First performance of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House
See also:1877 in Sweden
List of years in Norway
List of years in Norway
Events in the year 1877 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- The Røros Line was opened.
Arts and literature
- 25 April - The local newspaper Agder Flekkefjords Tidende was first published.
Births
January to June
- 11 February â Aasa Helgesen, midwife and politician (died 1968).[2]
- 25 February â Bernt Tunold, painter (died 1946)
- 5 March â Klaus Sletten, organizational worker, editor and politician (died 1946)
- 23 March â Marta Steinsvik, author and translator (died 1950)
- 29 March â Nils Waltersen Aasen, arms inventor (died 1925)
- 12 April â Ragnvald A. Nestos, governor of the U.S. state of North Dakota (died 1942)
- 19 April â Ole Evinrude, inventor, known for the invention of the first outboard motor with practical commercial application (died 1934)
- 26 April â Alfred Næss, speed skater (died 1955)
- 5 May â Halfdan Egedius, painter and illustrator (died 1899)
- 6 May â Bjarne Solberg, physician and politician (died 1928)
July to December
- 18 July â Arne Sejersted, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1960)
- 17 August â Bernhoff Hansen, wrestler and Olympic gold medallist (died 1950)
- 28 August â Anna Schønheyder, painter and textile artist (died 1927).[3]
- 8 September â Rasmus Pettersen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1957)
- 8 September â Gunnar Ousland, writer, editor and politician for the Labour Party (died 1967)
- 13 September â Harald Halvorsen, politician (died 1943).[4]
- 16 September â Carsten Tank-Nielsen, admiral (died 1957).[5]
- 9 October â Isak Halvorsen, politician
- 12 October â Alf Hjort, electrical engineer in America (died 1944)
- 16 October â Bjørn Helland-Hansen, oceanographer (died 1957)
- 16 October â Per Savio, polar explorer and dog sled driver (died 1905).[6]
- 4 November â Benjamin Blessum, Norwegian-American painter, graphic artist, illustrator (died 1954)
- 29 November â Fredrik Barbe Wallem, art historian (died 1945).[7]
Full date unknown
- Ole Ludvig Bærøe, politician (died 1943)
- Halfdan Egedius, painter and illustrator (died 1899)
- Per Klingenberg Hestetun, politician (died 1928)
- Karl Hovelsen, Nordic skier (died 1955)
- Ivar Larsen Kirkeby-Garstad, politician and Minister (died 1951)
- Lars Oftedal, politician and Minister (died 1932)
- Nikolai Nissen Paus, surgeon (died 1956)
- Haakon Shetelig, archaeologist (died 1955)
- Gunnar Ousland, writer, editor and politician (died 1967)
- Erik Solem, judge (died 1949)
Deaths
- 9 October â Eskild Bruun, barrister, judge and businessman (b. 1804).[8]
- 25 December â Hans Gerhard Colbjørnsen Meldahl, jurist and politician (born 1815)
Full date unknown
- Christian Peder Bianco Boeck, doctor, zoologist and mountaineer (born 1798)
- Hans Wille, priest and politician (born 1807)
