1890 in Norway
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Events in the year 1890 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- Almost half of the town of Hammerfest burns down.
Arts and literature
- Sult, novel by Knut Hamsun is published.
Births
January to June
- 10 January â Kirsten Utheim Toverud, pediatrician (died 1949).[2]
- 16 January â Henry Reinholt, footballer (died 1980).[3]
- 23 January â Leon Aurdal, painter (died 1949).[4]
- 13 February â Georg Tysland, engineer and metallurgist[5]
- 18 March â Gunnar Andersen, international soccer player and ski jumper (died 1968)
- 4 April â Per Kvist, writer, actor (died 1947).[6]
- 26 April â Arne Gjedrem, politician (died 1978)
- 26 April â Thoralf Klouman, satirical illustrator and actor (died 1940).[7]
- 11 May â Helge Løvland, decathlete and Olympic gold medallist (died 1984)
- 14 May â Olaf Johannessen, rifle shooter (died 1977)
- 14 May â Harald Houge Torp, politician (died 1972)
- 7 June â Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, aviation pioneer, polar explorer and businessman (died 1965)
July to September
- 10 July â Marie Ingeborg Skau, politician (died 1966)
- 25 July â Torleiv Corneliussen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1975)
- 31 July â HÃ¥kon Tønsager, rower (died 1975)
- 19 August â Konrad Knudsen, painter, journalist and politician (died 1959)
- 29 August â Peder Furubotn, cabinetmaker and politician (died 1975).[8]
- 3 September â Per Fokstad, teacher, politician and intellectual (died 1973)
- 17 September â Sverre Grøner, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1972)
October to December
- 1 October â Halfdan Haneborg Hansen, military officer, Milorg pioneer and businessman (died 1974).[9]
- 23 October â Anders Johanneson Bøyum, politician (died 1962)
- 26 October â John Aae, politician (died 1968)
- 23 November â Frithjof Olstad, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1956)
- 14 December â Sigurd Hoel, author and publishing consultant (died 1960)
Full date unknown
- Harald Langhelle, newspaper editor and politician (died 1942)
- Ragnar Skancke, politician and Minister (died 1948)
- Bjørn Talén, opera singer (died 1945)
Deaths
Full date unknown
- Ole Andreas Bachke, politician and Minister (born 1830)
- Paul Peter Vilhelm Breder, politician (born 1816)
- Svend Adolph Solberg, politician (born 1831)
- Jacob Tostrup, goldsmith and jeweller (born 1806)
- Clara Ursin, actress and singer (born 1828)
