1883 in Norway

Incumbents

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

Arts and literature

• The novel Bondestudentar (English: Peasant students), written by Arne Garborg, is published.

Births

January to March

• 10 January – Kristian Arvesen, farmer and politician
• 21 January – Olav Aukrust, poet and teacher (died 1929)
• 27 January – Hans Ingvald Hansen Ratvik, politician (died 1966)
• 10 February – Gunnar Jahn, jurist, economist and politician (died 1971)
• 26 February – John Johansen, sprinter (died 1947)
• 21 February – Haldor Andreas Haldorsen, politician (died 1965)
• 16 March – Olaf Nordhagen, architect, engineer and artist (died 1925)
• 18 March – Sven Nielsen, politician (died 1958)

April to June

• 4 April – Agnes Hvoslef, operatic soprano (died 1970).
• 8 April – Olav Midttun, philologist, media executive and magazine editor (died 1972).
• 19 April – Jørgen Stubberud, polar explorer (died 1980)
• 27 April – Jakob Friis, politician (died 1956)
• 27 April – Ole Lilloe-Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1940)
• 29 April – Thorleif Holbye, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
• 6 May – Jens Hundseid, politician (died 1965)

July to September

• 9 July – Bergljot Larsson, nurse and organizational leader (died 1968).
• 11 July – Hans Svarstad, politician (died 1971)
• 22 July – Birger Gotaas, journalist (died 1960).
• 8 August – Kristoffer Olsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1948)
• 8 September – Jens Salvesen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1976)
• 22 September – Ole Sørensen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)

October to December

• 5 October – Niels Nielsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1961)
• 11 October – Kristian Welhaven, chief of the Oslo police force 1927–1954 (died 1975)
• 16 October – Halfdan Hansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1953)
• 20 October – Wilhelm Munthe, librarian (died 1965).
• 10 November – Olaf Bull, poet (died 1933)
• 11 November – Karl Johan Edvardsen, politician (died 1963)
• 14 November – Paal Kaasen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
• 18 November – Alf Bjørnskau Bastiansen, priest and politician (died 1965)
• 6 December – Arne Sunde, politician, Olympic shooter, army officer and diplomat (died 1972)
• 16 December – Haldor Bjerkeseth, politician (died 1974)

Full date unknown

• Anton Ludvig Alvestad, politician and Minister (died 1956)
• Edvard Drabløs, actor and theatre director (died 1976)
• Alfred Evensen, musician (died 1942)
• Olav Scheflo, politician and journalist (died 1943)
• Jon Sundby, politician and Minister (died 1972)

Deaths

• 10 January – Elling Eielsen, minister and Lutheran Church leader in America (born 1804)
• 26 August – Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch, zoologist (born 1805)
• 14 November – Johannes Wilhelm Christian Dietrichson minister and Lutheran Church leader (born 1815)

Full date unknown

• Peder Krabbe Gaarder, jurist and political theorist (born 1814)

References

References

1. Holbæk-Hanssen, Hilde. "Agnes Hvoslef". Norsk nettleksikon.
2. Holen, Øyvind. "Olav Midttun". Norsk nettleksikon.
3. "Bergljot Larsson". Norsk nettleksikon.
4. Garvik, Olav. "Karl Birger Vodahl Gotaas". Norsk nettleksikon.
5. "Wilhelm Støren Munthe". Norsk nettleksikon.