1887 in Norway
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Events in the year 1887 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 21 August â The Norwegian Labour Party was established.
Arts and literature
- Albertine i politilægens venteværelse, is painted by Christian Krohg.
- A Country Cobbler, naturalist is painted by Harriet Backer.
- Sjur Gabriel (Hellemyrsfolket), Naturalist book is written by Amalie Skram.
- To Venner (hellemyrsfolket), is written by Amalie Skram.
- Om Albertine, pamphlet is written by Amalie Skram.
Births
January to March
- 7 January â Ingvald Tøndel, politician (died 1952)
- 15 January â Charles Mackenzie Bruff, forensic chemist (died 1955)[2]
- 17 January â Ola Raknes, psychoanalyst and philologist (died 1975)
- 30 January â Lauritz Bergendahl, Nordic skier (died 1964)
- 15 February â Sigurd Jørgensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1929)
- 16 February â Kristian Fjeld, politician and Minister (died 1976)
- 11 March â Henry Olsen, track and field athlete (died 1978)
- 15 March â Johanne Samueline Pedersen, politician (died 1961)
- 20 March â Hans Eidnes, politician (died 1962)
- 26 March â Yngvar Fredriksen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
April to June
- 2 April â Ãyvind Alfred Stensrud, politician (died 1956)
- 4 April â Peder Morset, teacher and resistance member (died 1943)[3]
- 10 April â Alf Lie, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1969)
- 24 April â Lars Slagsvold, veterinarian (died 1959)
- 28 April â Thomas Aas, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1961)
- 3 May â Harald Halvorsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medalist (died 1965)
- 7 May â Olav Berntsen Oksvik, politician and Minister (died 1958)
- 13 May â Sverre Kornelius Eilertsen Støstad, politician and Minister (died 1959)
- 14 May â Petter Martinsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1972)
- 18 May â Eugen Lunde, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
- 23 May â Thoralf Skolem, mathematician (died 1963)
- 12 June â Laurits Grønland, politician (died 1957)
- 22 June â Oscar Olstad, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1977)
- 25 June â Axel Henry Hansen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1980)
July to September
- 3 July â Carl Klæth, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1966)
- 18 July â Vidkun Quisling, army officer, politician and Minister-President of Norway, executed (died 1945)
- 27 July â Kristoffer SkÃ¥ne Grytnes, politician (died 1965)
- 11 August â Adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (died 1954)
- 12 August â Erling Falk, businessman and politician (died 1940)
- 19 August â Otto Monsen, track and field athlete (died 1979)
- 20 August â Engebret Skogen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1968)
- 25 August â Fartein Valen, composer and musical theorist (died 1952)
- 11 September â Oscar Larsen, middle distance runner (died 1975)
- 16 September â Knut Fixdal, road engineer and civil servant (died 1969)[4]
- 18 September â Harald Gram, jurist, politician and genealogist (died 1961)
- 22 September â Thoralf Hagen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1979)
October to December
- 1 October â Anders Moen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1966)
- 4 October â Francis Bull, literary historian, professor, essayist and magazine editor (died 1974)
- 20 October â Arne Halse, athlete and Olympic silver medallist (died 1975)
- 26 October â Arnfinn Heje, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
- 28 October â Friedrich Georg Nissen, civil servant (died 1969)
- 22 November â Knut Knutsson Steintjønndalen, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1969)
- 23 November â Andreas Knudsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1982)
- 7 December â Knut Olaf Andreasson Strand, politician (died 1980)
- 10 December â Olga Bjoner, politician and organizational leader (died 1969).[5]
- 24 December â Axel Revold, painter (died 1962).[6]
Deaths
- 11 March â Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, composer and organist (born 1812)
- 16 July â Jørgen Tandberg Ebbesen, politician (born 1812)
- 7 August â Harald Kolbeinson Guddal, politician (born 1798)
- 24 September â Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe, priest and politician (born 1802)
