1886 in Norway

Incumbents

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

Events

Undated

• Arendal crash: Arendals Privatbank goes bankrupt. Co-owner Axel Nicolai Herlofson is exposed for large-scale fraud, ending Arendal’s prominence as a shipping town.

• The Norwegian Medical Association is established.

• Albertine, a novel by Christian Krohg, is first published.

• Mannfolk, a novel by Arne Garborg, is first published.

• Hjalmar Løken becomes the editor of Dagsposten, a Trondheim-based Liberal newspaper, serving until 1890.

February

• 24 February - At Raukleiv’s first Siljordsskirendet, Johannes Nordgården falls at a 27 m world record, and Olaf Bergland later sets the official record at 25.5 m.

June

• 1-30 June - Numerous Norwegian emigrants arrived in North American ports aboard transatlantic steamships, including New York, Quebec, Boston, Philadelphia, and Halifax.

Notable births

• 2 January - Elise Ottesen-Jensen, sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator (died 1973)
• 6 January - Hans Oskar Evju, politician (died 1967)
• 11 January – Johannes Lid, botanist (died (1971)).
• 23 January – Halvard Olsen, politician and trade unionist (died 1966).
• 18 February – Trygve Bøyesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1963)
• 20 February – Jørgen Andersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
• 22 February – Nils Voss, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
• 3 March – Tore Ørjasæter, poet (died 1968)
• 4 March – Ola Solberg, newspaper editor and politician (died 1977)
• 16 March – Sigurd Smebye, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1954)
• 22 March – Arthur Amundsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1936)
• 4 April – Jens Marcus Mottré, politician (died 1966)
• 19 April – Olaf Sletten, shooter and Olympic silver medallist (died 1943)
• 24 May – Nils Emaus Nilsen, politician (died 1976)
• 12 June – Jacob Prytz, goldsmith and designer (died 1962).
• 24 June – Ragnhild Hartmann Varmbo, politician (died 1982)
• 20 July – Thor Larsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
• 10 August – Svein Olsen Øraker, politician (died 1963)
• 18 September – Paul Pedersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1948)
• 3 November – Hans Næss, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
• 3 November – Henrik Nielsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
• 4 November – Theodor Dahl, journalist and fiction writer (d. 1946).
• 14 November – Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen, Norwegian American physician and orthopaedic surgeon (died 1953)
• 25 November – Jens Bull, jurist and diplomat (died 1956).
• 1 December – Magnus Johansen, politician (died 1970)
• 8 December – Ole Konrad Ribsskog, politician (died 1941)
• 9 December – Marius Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1950)
• 17 December – Einar Osland, politician (died 1955)

Full date unknown

• Bjarne Eriksen, businessman (died 1976)
• Thorstein John Ohnstad Fretheim, politician (died 1971)
• Ingar Nielsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
• Ferdinand Schjelderup, mountaineer, Supreme Court Justice and resistance member (died 1955)
• Henny Skjønberg, actress and stage director (died 1973)
• Olav Martinus Knutsen Steinnes, politician and Minister (died 1961)

Notable deaths

• 3 January – Andreas Grimelund, bishop (born 1812)
• 20 February – Ludwig Andreas Olsen, United States Navy sailor awarded two Medals of Honor (born 1845)
• 2 April – Christian Halvorsen Svenkerud, politician (born 1798)
• 27 May – Tellef Dahll Schweigaard, politician (born 1806)
• 15 August –, ship-owner (born 1820)
• 12 September – Johannes Henrik Berg, politician (born 1797)
• 4 October – Thomas Johannessen Heftye, businessperson, politician and philanthropist (born 1822)
• 4 November – Ole C. Johnson, soldier in the American Civil War (born 1838)
• 28 December – Peder Sather, banker and philanthropist (born 1810)

Full date unknown

• Søren Jørgensen Aandahl, politician (born 1802)

References

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