1879 in Norway
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Events in the year 1879 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- The Kverneland Group was established by Ole Gabriel Kverneland.
Arts and literature
- Henrik Ibsen (while living in Italy) publishes A Doll's House
Births
January to June
- 26 January â Birger Braadland, politician (died 1966)
- 6 February â Haavard Martinsen, chemist and industrial leader (died 1967).[2]
- 5 March â Rachel Grepp, journalist and politician (died 1961)
- 24 March â Leiv Heggstad, educator, linguist and translator (died 1954).[3]
- 11 April â Ãistein Schirmer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1947)
- 29 April â Henrik Ameln, jurist and politician (died 1961)
- 23 May â Kjeld Stub Irgens, sea captain and collaborator minister (died 1963)
- 27 May â Per Reidarson, composer and music critic (died 1954)
- 28 May â Lilly Heber, literary critic and historian (died 1944).[4]
- 30 May â Olaf Josef Johansen, politician.[5]
- 27 June â Martin Tranmæl, socialist leader (died 1967)
July to September
- 9 July â Karen Platou, politician (died 1950)
- 31 July â Cally Monrad, singer and actress (died 1950).[6]
- 5 August â Ole Hallesby, Lutheran neo-orthodox pietist (died 1961)
- 6 August â Kyrre Grepp, politician (died 1922)
- 6 September
- Knud Leonard Knudsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1954)
- Johan Nygaardsvold, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 1952)
- 14 September â Andreas Brecke, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1952)
- 29 September â Nils Bertelsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
- 30 September â Johan Falkberget, author (died 1967)
October to December
- 1 October â Lauritz Sand, resistance fighter (died 1956)
- 5 October â Halfdan Cleve, composer (died 1951)
- 21 October â Torkell Vinje, politician (died 1955)
- 20 November â Martin Stenersen, sport shooter (died 1968)
- 27 November â Gil Andersen, American auto racer (died 1930)
- 29 November â Nils Trædal, cleric, politician and Minister (died 1948)
- 6 December â Rudolf Gundersen, speed skater (died 1946)
Full date unknown
- Anders Fjelstad, politician (died 1955)
Deaths
- 5 February â Halvor Schou, industrialist (born 1823)
- 8 April â Christian Cornelius Paus, lawyer, civil servant and politician (born 1800)
- 2 September â Johan Collett Falsen, jurist and politician (born 1817)
Full date unknown
- Jan Henrik Nitter Hansen, businessman and politician (born 1801)
- Henrik Krohn, poet, magazine editor and proponent for Nynorsk language (born 1826)
