1882 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II.
• Prime Minister: Christian August Selmer

Events

• The 1882 Parliamentary election takes place.

Births

January to June

• 6 January – Lise Stauri, educator (died 1949).
• 11 January – Ole Siem, naval officer, businessman, and politician (died 1979).
• 25 January – Conrad Christensen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (d.1951)
• 4 February Birger Meidell, politician (d.1958)
• 5 February – Karl Ouren, Norwegian-American artist (d.1943)
• 19 February – Hans Ystgaard, politician and Minister (d.1953)
• 27 February – Nils Selmer Hauff, bookseller (d.1963)
• 11 March – Gunnar Kaasen, musher, delivered diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska in 1925, as the last leg of a dog sled relay that saved the city from an epidemic (d.1960)
• 12 March – Jakob Nilsson Vik, politician and Minister (d.1960)
• 2 May – Aagot Nissen, actress (d.1978)
• 5 May – Carl Alfred Pedersen, gymnast and triple jumper (d.1960)
• 20 May – Sigrid Undset, novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928 (d.1949)
• 10 June – Nils Økland, Esperantist and teacher
• 13 June – Hans Dons, naval officer and the first Norwegian to fly in Norway (d.1940)
• 25 June – Sigurd Asserson, civil servant (d.1937)
• 28 June – Peder Alsvik, politician (d.1964)
• 29 June – Ole Singstad, civil engineer in America (d.1969)

July to December

• 6 July – Arnstein Arneberg, architect (d.1961)
• 5 August – Trygve Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1960)
• 13 August – Rolf Lefdahl, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (d.1965)
• 20 August – Jens Isak de Lange Kobro, politician and Minister (d.1967)
• 25 August – Carl Fredrik Holmboe, engineer (d.1960)
• 30 August – Erling Kristvik, educator (died 1969).
• 12 September – Ragnvald Blix, illustrator (d.1958)
• 22 September – Emil Stang, jurist and politician (died 1964).
• 26 October – Per Bakken, Nordic skier (d.1958)
• 2 November – Oscar Engelstad, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (d.1972)
• 12 November – Nils Dahl, middle-distance runner (d.1966)
• 16 November – Nils Opdahl, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.1951)
• 23 November – Hans Johan Jensen, politician
• 30 November – Frithjof Olsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (d.1922)
• 16 December – Olav Bjørnstad, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (d.1963)
• 25 December – Fredrik Rosing Bull, inventor/designer of improved punched card machines (d.1925)

Deaths

• 15 January – Aslak Reiersson Midhassel, politician (born 1798)
• 19 January – Rasmus Tønder Nissen, politician (born 1822)
• 22 March – Peter Wessel Wind Kildal, businessman (born 1814)
• 27 March – Jørgen Moe, bishop and author (born 1813)
• 10 April – Anton Wilhelm Brøgger, printer (born 1820)
• 27 June – Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder, missionary (born 1817)
• 28 September – Amunda Kolderup, opera singer (born 1846).

References

References

1. "Oscar 2.". Norsk nettleksikon.
2. Engen, Arnfinn. "Lise Stauri". Kunnskapsforlaget.
3. (1973). "''Siem, Ole''". Aschehoug.
4. Hoemsnes, Ole M. "Martin Siem". Kunnskapsforlaget.
5. Strømnes, Åsmund L. "Erling Kristvik". Kunnskapsforlaget.
6. "Emil Stang (den yngre)". Norsk nettleksikon.
7. Haavet, Inger Elisabeth. "Amunda Kolderup".