1888 in Norway
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Events in the year 1888 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch â Oscar II.[1]
- Prime Minister â Johan Sverdrup
Events
- In the Norwegian parliamentary election the Conservative Party of Norway wins the most seats
Notable births
- 1 January â Kristian Albert Christiansen, politician (died 1966).[2]
- 6 January â Thorry Kiær, industrialist (died 1968).[3]
- 7 January â Thorstein Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
- 12 January â Jon AndrÃ¥, politician (died 1966)
- 16 January â Harald Pedersen, metallurgist (died 1945).[4]
- 20 January â Tor Lund, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1972)
- 4 February â Gunnar Nordbye, United States federal judge (died 1977)
- 16 February â Ferdinand Bie, long jumper and Olympic gold medallist (died 1961)
- 16 February â Aldor Ingebrigtsen, politician (died 1952)
- 21 February â Knut Gysler, equestrian (died 1967).[5]
- 4 March â Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (died 1931)
- 5 March â Ivar SkjÃ¥nes, politician (died 1975)
- 9 March â John Bjørnstad, rowing coxswain (died 1968).[6]
- 24 March â Olof Jacobsen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist
- 28 March â Harald Smedvik, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1956)
- 2 April â Nicolai Kiær, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1934)
- 4 April â Aanund Bjørnsson Berdal, engineer (died 1981).[7]
- 10 April â Alfred Madsen, engineer, newspaper editor, trade unionist and politician (died 1962)
- 12 April â Ejnar Tønsager, rower (died 1967)
- 14 April â Rasmus Birkeland, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1972)
- 14 April â Edvard Christian Danielsen, military officer (died 1964).[8]
- 10 May â Thore Michelsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1980)
- 13 May â Peder Nikolai Leier Jacobsen, politician (died 1967)
- 27 May â Ole Aarnæs, high jumper (died 1992)
- 3 July â Harald Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1968)
- 30 July â Wilhelm Keilhau, historian and economist (died 1954).[9]
- 23 August â Ivar Asbjørn Følling, physician (died 1973)
- 1 September â Gabriel Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
- 29 September â Johannes Andersen, long distance runner (died 1967)
- 4 October â Oscar Mathisen, speed skater (died 1954)
- 15 October â Leif Erichsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1924)
- 16 October â Ivar Kristiansen Hognestad, politician (died 1973)
- 24 October â Anders Haugen, ski jumper (died 1984).[10]
- 15 November â Harald Sverdrup, oceanographer and meteorologist (died 1957)
- 25 November â Amund Rydland, actor and theatre director (died 1967).[11]
Full date unknown
- Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst, politician and Minister (died 1958)
- Sverre Grette, judge (died 1959)
- Lars Høgvold, ski jumper (died 1961)
- Jørg Tofte Jebsen, physicist (died 1922)
- Per Mathias Jespersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
- Gustav Smedal, jurist and irredentist activist (died 1951)
Notable deaths
- 9 January â Theodor Peterson, businessperson and politician (born 1839)
- 17 June â Hans Jensen, businessperson (born 1817)
- 22 June â Edmund Neupert, pianist and composer (born 1842)
- 1 July â Vilhelm Frimann Christie Bøgh, archivist (born 1817)
- 25 October â Theodor Kjerulf, geologist and poet (born 1825)
Full date unknown
- Erik Eriksen, ice sea captain (born 1820)
- Nicolai Friis, politician (born 1815)
- Christen Knudsen, ship-owner (born 1813)
- Ole Richter, lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1829)
- Sjur Aasmundsen Sexe, mineralogist (born 1808)
