1886 in Norway
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Events in the year 1886 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
Undated
- Arendal crash: Arendals Privatbank goes bankrupt. Co-owner Axel Nicolai Herlofson is exposed for large-scale fraud, ending Arendalâs prominence as a shipping town.[2]
- The Norwegian Medical Association is established.
- Albertine, a novel by Christian Krohg, is first published.[3]
- Mannfolk, a novel by Arne Garborg, is first published.
- Hjalmar Løken becomes the editor of Dagsposten, a Trondheim-based Liberal newspaper, serving until 1890.[4]
February
June
- 1-30 June - Numerous Norwegian emigrants arrived in North American ports aboard transatlantic steamships, including New York, Quebec, Boston, Philadelphia, and Halifax.[6]
Notable births
- 2 January - Elise Ottesen-Jensen, sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator (died 1973)
- 6 January - Hans Oskar Evju, politician (died 1967)
- 11 January â Johannes Lid, botanist (died (1971)).[7]
- 23 January â Halvard Olsen, politician and trade unionist (died 1966).[8]
- 18 February â Trygve Bøyesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1963)
- 20 February â Jørgen Andersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
- 22 February â Nils Voss, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
- 3 March â Tore Ãrjasæter, poet (died 1968)
- 4 March â Ola Solberg, newspaper editor and politician (died 1977)
- 16 March â Sigurd Smebye, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1954)
- 22 March â Arthur Amundsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1936)
- 4 April â Jens Marcus Mottré, politician (died 1966)
- 19 April â Olaf Sletten, shooter and Olympic silver medallist (died 1943)
- 24 May â Nils Emaus Nilsen, politician (died 1976)
- 12 June â Jacob Prytz, goldsmith and designer (died 1962).[9]
- 24 June â Ragnhild Hartmann Varmbo, politician (died 1982)
- 20 July â Thor Larsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
- 10 August â Svein Olsen Ãraker, politician (died 1963)
- 18 September â Paul Pedersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1948)
- 3 November â Hans Næss, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
- 3 November â Henrik Nielsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
- 4 November â Theodor Dahl, journalist and fiction writer (d. 1946).[10]
- 14 November â Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen, Norwegian American physician and orthopaedic surgeon (died 1953)
- 25 November â Jens Bull, jurist and diplomat (died 1956).[11]
- 1 December â Magnus Johansen, politician (died 1970)
- 8 December â Ole Konrad Ribsskog, politician (died 1941)
- 9 December â Marius Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1950)
- 17 December â Einar Osland, politician (died 1955)
Full date unknown
- Bjarne Eriksen, businessman (died 1976)
- Thorstein John Ohnstad Fretheim, politician (died 1971)
- Ingar Nielsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
- Ferdinand Schjelderup, mountaineer, Supreme Court Justice and resistance member (died 1955)
- Henny Skjønberg, actress and stage director (died 1973)
- Olav Martinus Knutsen Steinnes, politician and Minister (died 1961)
Notable deaths
- 3 January â Andreas Grimelund, bishop (born 1812)
- 20 February â Ludwig Andreas Olsen, United States Navy sailor awarded two Medals of Honor (born 1845)
- 2 April â Christian Halvorsen Svenkerud, politician (born 1798)
- 27 May â Tellef Dahll Schweigaard, politician (born 1806)
- 15 August âJens Amundsen, ship-owner (born 1820)
- 12 September â Johannes Henrik Berg, politician (born 1797)
- 4 October â Thomas Johannessen Heftye, businessperson, politician and philanthropist (born 1822)
- 4 November â Ole C. Johnson, soldier in the American Civil War (born 1838)
- 28 December â Peder Sather, banker and philanthropist (born 1810)
Full date unknown
- Søren Jørgensen Aandahl, politician (born 1802)
