1898 in Norway
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Events in the year 1898 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch â Oscar II.[1]
- Prime Minister: Francis Hagerup (until 17 February), then Johannes Steen
Events
- 12 January â The National Association for Women's Suffrage is founded by Gina Krog and Hagbard Emanuel Berner.[2]
- 31 May â A/S Holmenkolbanen open the Holmenkollen Line to Besserud
- 1 June â HNoMS Storm is launched, one of the oldest ships still in front line service in the Second World War
Popular culture
Sports
- 28 February â Melhus IL sports club is founded in Melhus Municipality
- 14 September â Nordal Church in Norddalsfjord is consecrated
- 27 September â Snillfjord Church is consecrated by Johannes Skaar
- 30 December â Stryn TIL sports club is founded in Stryn Municipality
Music
- 26 June â Edvard Grieg holds Norway's first music festival in Bergen
- Olaus Alvestad publishes the songbook Norsk Songbok for Ungdomsskular og Ungdomslag
Theatre
Literature
- 24 January â Daily newspaper Bladet Tromsø is first printed in Tromsø
- August The longest running Northern Sami newspaper, Nuorttanaste, is first printed in Bodø
- The political newspapers Budstikka and Søndfjords Avis are founded
Notable births
- 12 January â Jacob Erstad, gymnast (died 1963)
- 19 January â Harald Ãkern, Nordic combined skier (died 1977)
- 25 January â Sveinung O. Flaaten, politician (died 1962)
- 1 February â Roald Larsen, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1959)
- 13 February â Albert Andreas Mørkved, politician (died 1990)
- 19 February â Arnold Carl Johansen, politician (died 1957)
- 2 March â Erling Aastad, long jumper and sprinter (died 1963)
- 2 March â Nils Thune, politician (died 1988)
- 8 March â Per Almaas, politician (died 1991)
- 8 March â Per Næsset, politician (died 1970)
- 25 March â Einar Landvik, Nordic skier (died 1993)
- 31 March â Tora Ãyna, politician (died 1991)
- 7 April â Jacob Tullin Thams, skier (died 1954)
- 17 April â Birger Grønn, engineer and resistance member (died 1988).[3][4]
- 20 April â Johan Johannesen, track and field athlete (died 1979)
- 8 May â Erling Gjone, architect (died 1990).[5]
- 18 May â Einar Stang, painter and illustrator (died 1984).[6][7]
- 19 May â Bjart Ording, horse rider and Olympic silver medallist (died 1975)
- 14 June â Kristian Alfred Hammer, politician (died 1965)
- 19 June â Olav Dalgard, filmmaker and literature and art historian (died 1980)
- 24 June â Bjarne Støtvig, politician (died 1982)
- 25 June â Anders Lundgren, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1964)
- 26 June â Ole Reistad, military officer and pentathlete (died 1949)
- 3 July â Kristian Rønneberg, politician (died 1982)
- 9 July â Johannes S. Andersen, resistance fighter (died 1968)
- 1 August â Sverre Steen, historian (died 1983).[8]
- 5 August â Reidar Magnus Aamo, politician (died 1972)
- 10 August â Ivar Kornelius Eikrem, politician (died 1994)
- 10 August â Rolf Hofmo, politician and sports official (died 1966)[9]
- 23 August â Sigrid Boo, novelist (died 1953)
- 27 August â Carl Otto Løvenskiold, businessperson (died 1969)
- 15 September â Bjørn Hougen, archaeologist (died 1976)[10][11]
- 19 September â Erik Rotheim, chemical engineer and inventor of the aerosol spray can (died 1938)
- 2 October â Trond Hegna, journalist and politician (died 1992)
- 18 October â John Ditlev-Simonsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1967)
- 22 October â Inge Lyse, engineer and resistance member (died 1990)[12][13]
- 22 October â Bjørn Skjærpe, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
- 20 November â Einar Stavang, politician (died 1992)
- 29 November â Aagot Børseth, actor (died 1993)
- 2 December â Henry Jacobsen, politician (died 1964)
- 3 December â Asbjørn Halvorsen, international soccer player and general secretary of the Norwegian Football Association (died 1955)
- 4 December â Reimar Riefling, classical pianist, music teacher, and music critic (died 1981)
- 8 December â
- Christopher Dahl, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1966)
- Aslak Nilsen, politician (died 1952).[14]
- 29 December â Randi Anda, politician (died 1999)
Full date unknown
- Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen, priest and politician (died 1983)
- Rolf Gammleng, violinist and organizational leader (died 1984).[15]
- Sonja Hagemann, literary historian and literary critic (died 1983)
- Odd Hølaas, journalist and writer (died 1968)
- Sverre Munck, businessperson (died 1970)
- Rolf Ãstbye, businessperson (died 1979)
- Sverre Petterssen, meteorologist (died 1974)
- Leif J. Sverdrup, civil engineer and military officer in America (died 1976)
Notable deaths
- 5 January â Valdemar Knudsen, sugar cane plantation pioneer in Hawaii (born 1819)
- 2 February â Johan Christian Johnsen, politician (born 1815)
- 7 September â Karl Hals, businessperson and politician (born 1822)
- 11 September â Nikoline Harbitz, author (born 1841)[16]
Full date unknown
- Hans Rasmus Astrup, politician (born 1831)
- Axel Gudbrand Blytt, botanist (born 1843)
- Laura Gundersen, actor (born 1832)
- Nils Pedersen Igland, farmer and politician (born 1833)
- Holm Hansen Munthe, architect (born 1848)
- Johan Jørgen Schwartz, politician and businessperson (born 1824)
