1874 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II .
• Prime Minister: Frederik Stang

Events

• The Grand Hotel in Oslo is founded.
• The Norwegian Society of Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals, a union for graduate technical and scientific professionals, is founded.

Births

• 12 April – Kristian Edland, farmer and politician.
• 8 May – Endre Johannes Cleven, settler in Canada (died 1916)
• 2 July – Oluf Wesmann-Kjær, rifle shooter (died 1945)
• 7 July – Eyvind Andersen, judge (died 1939).
• 14 July – Torleiv Hannaas, philologist (died 1929)
• 24 August – Einar Hanssen, judge.
• 3 September – Carl Størmer, mathematician and physicist (died 1957)
• 8 September – Torgrim Castberg, violinist (died 1928)
• 26 September – Simon Johnson, Norwegian-American author (died 1970)
• 2 December – Johannes Hanssen, bandmaster, composer and teacher (died 1967)
• 13 December – Marius Ormestad, trade unionist and civil servant (died 1964).
• 19 December – Axel Theodor Næss, judge (d. 1945).

Full date unknown

• Aagot Didriksen, actress (died 1968)
• Knut Olai Thornæs, newspaper editor and politician (died 1935)

Deaths

• 20 February – Dominicus Nagell Lemvig Brun, military officer and politician (b.1790)
• 1 March – Hans Jørgen Darre, clergyman (b.1803)
• 5 June – Johan Henrik Andresen, merchant, factory owner and politician (born 1815).
• 15 September – Christian Schou, brewer and merchant (born 1792).
• 6 October – Thomas Tellefsen, pianist and composer (b.1823)

Full date unknown

• Jens Lauritz Arup, politician (b.1793)
• Ole Ingebrigtsen Soelberg, politician (b.1798)
• Carl Johan Severin Steen, politician (b.1825)

References

References

1. "Oscar 2.". Norsk nettleksikon.
2. "Biografier 1905–1945. Kristian Edland". Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste.
3. (1930). "Andersen, Eyvind Johannes". Aschehoug.
4. (1948). "Fortegnelse over personer som siste gang er omtalt i utgaven 1938 med angivelse av deres dødsdatum". Aschehoug.
5. (1948). "Hanssen, Einar". Aschehoug.
6. "Marius Ormestad". Norsk nettleksikon.
7. (1930). "Næss, Axel Theodor". Aschehoug.
8. Knutsen, Sverre Richard. "Johan Henrik Andresen (1815–1874)". Norsk nettleksikon.
9. Arntzen, Jon Gunnar. "Christian Schou". Norsk nettleksikon.