1885 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II.
• Prime Minister: Johan Sverdrup

Events

• Norwegian parliamentary election is won by the Liberal Party of Norway.
• 26 February – A speed skating duel at Frognerkilen between Axel Paulsen and Renke van der Zee was attended by between 20,000 and 30,000 spectators.

Arts and literature

• Fra Kristiania-Bohêmen, novel by Hans Jæger, is first published.

Births

January to March

• 8 January – Anders Hove, politician (died 1978)
• 8 January – Anders Tjøstolvsen Noddeland, politician (died 1960)
• 16 January – Kristian Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1960)
• 27 January – Gunnar Grantz, Olympic rower (died 1941).
• 1 February – Rasmus Hatledal, topographer and military officer (died 1963)
• 25 February – Fritz Skullerud, long-distance runner and station master (died 1969)
• 26 February – Odd Isaachsen Willoch, naval officer (died 1940)
• 11 March – Per Mathiesen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1971)
• 17 March – Einar Strøm, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1964)

April to June

• 4 April – Daniel Johansen, track and field athlete (died 1967)
• 26 April – Hans Peter Elisa Lødrup, journalist, newspaper editor, non-fiction writer and politician (died 1955).
• 27 May – Kristian Johan Bodøgaard, politician (died 1971)
• 2 June – Tollef Tollefsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1963)
• 2 June – Carl Julius Alvin Westerlund, politician (died 1952)
• 15 June – Ole Landmark, architect (died 1970)
• 24 June – Olaf Holtedahl, geologist (died 1975)

July to September

• 28 July – Jens Martin Arctander Jenssen, politician (died 1968)
• 17 August – Alfred Høy, manager of Meraker Smelteverk (died 1970).
• 29 August – Paul Martin Dahlø, politician (died 1967)
• 12 September – Lars Sverkeson Romundstad, politician (died 1961)
• 29 September – Karl Johan Fjermeros, politician (died 1972)

October to December

• 13 October – Viggo Brun, mathematician (died 1978)
• 17 November – Christian Ludvig Jensen, barrister, politician and organizational leader (died 1978).
• 23 November – Sverre Gjørwad, politician (died 1969)
• 26 November – Ole Jensen Rong, politician (died 1953)
• 6 December – Helge Klæstad, judge (died 1965)
• 9 December – Søren Hans Smith Sørensen, ship-owner and politician (died 1973)

Full date unknown

• Olav Gullvåg, playwright, novelist, poet and editor (died 1961)
• Magnhild Haalke, novelist (died 1984)
• Alf Jacobsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
• Arne Kildal, librarian and civil servant (died 1972)
• Lars Magnus Moen, politician and Minister (died 1964)
• Ulrik Olsen, politician and Minister (died 1963)

Deaths

• 13 May – Christian Torber Hegge Geelmuyden, navy officer and politician (born 1816)
• 12 September – Oluf Steen Julius Berner, politician (died 1809)

Full date unknown

• Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, writer and scholar (born 1812)
• Nils Jønsberg, priest and politician (born 1808)

References

References

1. "Oscar 2.". Norsk nettleksikon.
2. "Gunnar Grantz".
3. "Olympedia – Fritz Skullerud".
4. (12 December 1945). "Ny stasjonsmester ved Stabekk". [[Asker og Bærum Budstikke]].
5. "Lødrup, Hans Peter Elisa (1885-1955)".
6. (1968). "Høy, Alfred Severin". Aschehoug.
7. (1973). "Jensen, Christian Ludvig". Aschehoug.