1893 in Norway
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Events in the year 1893 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch â Oscar II.[1]
- Prime Minister â Johannes Steen, later Emil Stang (from 2 May)
Events
- 19 May â a quick clay slide in Verdal Municipality destroyed 105 farms and killed 116 people.[2]
- The local newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad was established by Lars Oftedal.
Arts and literature
- The Norwegian Authors' Union (Den norske Forfatterforening) is established.
- Edvard Munch begins to paint The Scream.
Sport
- 27 February â Norwegian Skating Association (Norges Skøyteforbund) is founded.
Births
January to March
- 6 January â Olaf Bjerke, trade unionist and politician (died 1957)
- 16 January â Alfred Engelsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1966)
- 21 January â Tolv Aamland, politician (died 1983)
- 26 January â Sigurd Pedersen, politician (died 1968)
- 30 January â Ingolf Davidsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1946)
- 25 February â Arne Langset, politician (died 1971)
- 14 March â Torstein Kvamme, politician (died 1985)
- 22 March â Rasmus Sørnes, inventor, clockmaker and radio technician (died 1967)
- 23 March â Reidar Tønsberg, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1956)
- 27 March â Einar Jansen, historian, genealogist and archivist (died 1960)
- 27 March â Johan Sæterhaug, boxer (died 1968)
- 30 March â Elise Fliflet, politician (died 1991)
April to June
- 5 April â Frithjof Andersen, wrestler and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1975).[3]
- 26 April â Ole Ãisang, newspaper editor and politician (died 1963)
- 29 April â Birger Brandtzæg, merchant and owner of a fishing station (died 1971).[4]
- 4 May â Aasmund Kulien, politician (died 1988)
- 6 May â Ludvik Buland, trade unionist (died 1945)
- 19 May â Gudolf Blakstad, architect (died 1985)
- 30 June â Birger Var, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1970)
July to September
- 3 July â Ragnar Vik, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1941)
- 4 July â Frede Castberg, jurist (died 1977)
- 10 July â Niels Larsen Bruun, naval officer (died 1970)
- 11 July â Tancred Ibsen, officer, pilot, film director and screenwriter (died 1978)[5]
- 18 August â Gustav Natvig-Pedersen, politician (died 1965)
- 19 August â Rolf Palmstrøm, military officer.[6]
- 18 September â Reidar Rye Haugan, newspaper publisher in America (died 1972)
October to December
- 14 October â Sigurd Roll, diplomat and former sprinter (died 1944)
- 27 October â Reidar Dahl, jurist and sports official, president of the Football Association of Norway (died 1977).[7][8]
- 7 November â Ivar Navelsaker, military officer (died 1966)
- 10 November â Karl Henry Karlsen, politician (died 1979)
- 18 November â Eivind Kristoffer Eriksen, politician (died 1949)
- 21 November â Torvald Haavardstad, politician (died 1965)
- 25 November â Hartvig Caspar Christie, politician (died 1959)
- 26 December â Halfdan Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
- 27 December â Asbjørn Solberg, politician (died 1977)
Full date unknown
- Sigval Bergesen the Younger, shipping magnate and industrialist (died 1980)
- Anton Johnson Brandt, veterinarian (died 1951)
- Einar Frogner, politician and Minister (died 1955)
- Hans Severin Jelstrup, astronomer (died 1964)
- Mikkel Ãdelien, soil researcher (died 1984)
- Ãystein Olsen Ravner, politician (died 1975)
Deaths
- 12 January â Diderik Iversen Tønseth, politician (born 1818)
- 12 October â Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland, military officer, politician, Minister and mountaineer (born 1814)
- 21 October â Jacob Jørgen Kastrup Sømme, businessperson, consul and politician (born 1817)
- 19 December â Axel Winge, politician (born 1827)
- 23 December â Gunnar Berg, painter (born 1863)
Full date unknown
- Ludvig Daae, politician (born 1829)
- Carl Peter Parelius Essendrop, bishop, politician and Minister (born 1818)
- Simon Karenius Høegh, bank treasurer, merchant and politician (born 1810)
- Olaf Isaachsen, painter (born 1835)
