1897 in Norway
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Events in the year 1897 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- The 1897 Parliamentary election takes place.
Popular culture
Births
January to March
- 2 January â Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1978)
- 8 January â Theodore Theodorsen, Norwegian-American aerodynamicist (died 1978)
- 11 February â Jacob Christie Kielland, architect (died 1972)
- 17 February â Torgeir Andreas Berge, politician (died 1973)
- 11 March â Knut Toven, politician (died 1980)
- 16 March â Bernhard Berthelsen, politician (died 1964)
- 22 March â Ivar Heming Skre, Norwegian resistance member[2]
April to June


- 17 April â Harald Sæverud, composer (died 1992)
- 21 April â Odd Lindbäck-Larsen, military officer and war historian (died 1975).[3]
- 30 April
- Joronn Sitje, painter and illustrator (died 1982).[4]
- Johan Henrik Wiers-Jenssen, newspaper columnist and theatre director (died 1951)
- 1 May â Lauritz Schmidt, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1970)
- 10 May â Harald Stenerud, hammer and discus thrower (died 1976)
- 15 May â Anton Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1968)
- 17 May â Odd Hassel, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (died 1981)
- 25 May â Rasmus Andreas Torset, politician (died 1965)
- 23 June
- Trygve Knudsen, philologist, linguist and lexicographer (died 1968)
- Einar Pettersen, sport wrestler (died 1966).[5]
July to September
- 5 July â Ole H. Løvlien, politician (died 1970)
- 18 July â Per Gulbrandsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1963)
- 22 July â Syvert Tobiassen Messel, politician (died 1978)
- 29 July â Emil Lie, sculptor (died 1976).[6]
- 13 August â Oliver Dahl-Goli, politician (died 1976)
- 20 August â Sigvald Asbjornsen, Norwegian-American sculptor (died 1954)
- 4 September â Emil Boyson, poet, author, and translator (died 1979)
- 5 September â Olav Benum, politician (died 1990)
October to December
- 4 October â Einar Diesen, newspaper editor (died 1994).[7]
- 14 October â Harald Strøm, speed skater and World Champion (died 1977).[8]
- 17 October â Oskar Olsen, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1956)
- 29 October â Ivar Bae, politician (died 1967)
- 31 October â Sigurd Moen, speed skater and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1967)
- 6 November â Sverre Riisnæs, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator (died 1988)
- 13 November â Ole Jørgensen, politician (died 1966)
- 14 November â Bjarne Guldager, sprinter (died 1971)
- 11 December â Astrid Tollefsen, poet (died 1973).[9]
- 24 December â Gunnar Nygaard, broadcasting pioneer (died 1997).[10]
- 26 December â Ingvald SvinsÃ¥s-Lo, politician (died 1980)
Full date unknown
- Einar Dønnum, Nazi collaborator, executed (died 1947)
- Gunnar Berg, a national director of the Boy Scouts of America (died 1987)
- John Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1977)
- Rolf Kiær, hydrographer (died 1975)
- Hilmar Reksten, shipping magnate (died 1980)
- Helge Thiis, architect and art critic (died 1972)
- Niels Werring, shipowner (died 1990)
- Hans Fredrik Wirstad, veterinarian (died 1983)
Deaths
- 9 March â Sondre Norheim, skier and pioneer of modern skiing (born 1825)
- 25 September â Hjalmar Heiberg, physician and a professor (born 1837).[11]
Full date unknown
- Hans Jensen Krog, politician (born 1808)
- Christian Tønsberg, bookseller, publisher and writer (born 1813)
