1897 in Norway

Sports

Music

Theatre

Literature

• The play A Doll House was written by Henrik Ibsen.

January to March

• 2 January – Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1978)
• 8 January – Theodore Theodorsen, Norwegian-American aerodynamicist (died 1978)
• 11 February – Jacob Christie Kielland, architect (died 1972)
• 17 February – Torgeir Andreas Berge, politician (died 1973)
• 11 March – Knut Toven, politician (died 1980)
• 16 March – Bernhard Berthelsen, politician (died 1964)
• 22 March – Ivar Heming Skre, Norwegian resistance member^[2]

April to June

• 17 April – Harald Sæverud, composer (died 1992)
• 21 April – 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 – Lauritz Schmidt, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1970)
• 10 May – Harald Stenerud, hammer and discus thrower (died 1976)
• 15 May – Anton Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1968)
• 17 May – Odd Hassel, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (died 1981)
• 25 May – 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 – Ole H. Løvlien, politician (died 1970)
• 18 July – Per Gulbrandsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1963)
• 22 July – Syvert Tobiassen Messel, politician (died 1978)
• 29 July – Emil Lie, sculptor (died 1976).^[6]
• 13 August – Oliver Dahl-Goli, politician (died 1976)
• 20 August – Sigvald Asbjornsen, Norwegian-American sculptor (died 1954)
• 4 September – Emil Boyson, poet, author, and translator (died 1979)
• 5 September – Olav Benum, politician (died 1990)

October to December

• 4 October – Einar Diesen, newspaper editor (died 1994).^[7]
• 14 October – Harald Strøm, speed skater and World Champion (died 1977).^[8]
• 17 October – Oskar Olsen, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1956)
• 29 October – Ivar Bae, politician (died 1967)
• 31 October – Sigurd Moen, speed skater and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1967)
• 6 November – Sverre Riisnæs, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator (died 1988)
• 13 November – Ole Jørgensen, politician (died 1966)
• 14 November – Bjarne Guldager, sprinter (died 1971)
• 11 December – Astrid Tollefsen, poet (died 1973).^[9]
• 24 December – Gunnar Nygaard, broadcasting pioneer (died 1997).^[10]
• 26 December – 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)

Full date unknown

• Hans Jensen Krog, politician (born 1808)
• Christian Tønsberg, bookseller, publisher and writer (born 1813)