1898 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II.
• Prime Minister: Francis Hagerup (until 17 February), then Johannes Steen

Events

• 12 January – The National Association for Women's Suffrage is founded by Gina Krog and Hagbard Emanuel Berner.
• 31 May – A/S Holmenkolbanen open the Holmenkollen Line to Besserud
• 1 June – HNoMS Storm is launched, one of the oldest ships still in front line service in the Second World War

Popular culture

Sports

• 28 February – Melhus IL sports club is founded in Melhus Municipality
• 14 September – Nordal Church in Norddalsfjord is consecrated
• 27 September – Snillfjord Church is consecrated by Johannes Skaar
• 30 December – Stryn TIL sports club is founded in Stryn Municipality

Music

Main article: 1898 in Norwegian music

• 26 June – Edvard Grieg holds Norway's first music festival in Bergen
• Olaus Alvestad publishes the songbook Norsk Songbok for Ungdomsskular og Ungdomslag

Theatre

Literature

• 24 January – Daily newspaper Bladet Tromsø is first printed in Tromsø
• August The longest running Northern Sami newspaper, Nuorttanaste, is first printed in Bodø
• The political newspapers Budstikka and Søndfjords Avis are founded

Notable births

• 12 January – Jacob Erstad, gymnast (died 1963)
• 19 January – Harald Økern, Nordic combined skier (died 1977)
• 25 January – Sveinung O. Flaaten, politician (died 1962)
• 1 February – Roald Larsen, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1959)
• 13 February – Albert Andreas Mørkved, politician (died 1990)
• 19 February – Arnold Carl Johansen, politician (died 1957)
• 2 March – Erling Aastad, long jumper and sprinter (died 1963)
• 2 March – Nils Thune, politician (died 1988)
• 8 March – Per Almaas, politician (died 1991)
• 8 March – Per Næsset, politician (died 1970)
• 25 March – Einar Landvik, Nordic skier (died 1993)
• 31 March – Tora Øyna, politician (died 1991)
• 7 April – Jacob Tullin Thams, skier (died 1954)
• 17 April – Birger Grønn, engineer and resistance member (died 1988).
• 20 April – Johan Johannesen, track and field athlete (died 1979)
• 8 May – Erling Gjone, architect (died 1990).
• 18 May – Einar Stang, painter and illustrator (died 1984).
• 19 May – Bjart Ording, horse rider and Olympic silver medallist (died 1975)
• 14 June – Kristian Alfred Hammer, politician (died 1965)
• 19 June – Olav Dalgard, filmmaker and literature and art historian (died 1980)
• 24 June – Bjarne Støtvig, politician (died 1982)
• 25 June – Anders Lundgren, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1964)
• 26 June – Ole Reistad, military officer and pentathlete (died 1949)
• 3 July – Kristian Rønneberg, politician (died 1982)
• 9 July – Johannes S. Andersen, resistance fighter (died 1968)
• 1 August – Sverre Steen, historian (died 1983).
• 5 August – Reidar Magnus Aamo, politician (died 1972)
• 10 August – Ivar Kornelius Eikrem, politician (died 1994)
• 10 August – Rolf Hofmo, politician and sports official (died 1966)
• 23 August – Sigrid Boo, novelist (died 1953)
• 27 August – Carl Otto Løvenskiold, businessperson (died 1969)
• 15 September – Bjørn Hougen, archaeologist (died 1976)
• 19 September – Erik Rotheim, chemical engineer and inventor of the aerosol spray can (died 1938)
• 2 October – Trond Hegna, journalist and politician (died 1992)
• 18 October – John Ditlev-Simonsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1967)
• 22 October – Inge Lyse, engineer and resistance member (died 1990)
• 22 October – Bjørn Skjærpe, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
• 20 November – Einar Stavang, politician (died 1992)
• 29 November – Aagot Børseth, actor (died 1993)
• 2 December – Henry Jacobsen, politician (died 1964)
• 3 December – Asbjørn Halvorsen, international soccer player and general secretary of the Norwegian Football Association (died 1955)
• 4 December – Reimar Riefling, classical pianist, music teacher, and music critic (died 1981)
• 8 December –
  • Christopher Dahl, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1966)
  • Aslak Nilsen, politician (died 1952).
• 29 December – Randi Anda, politician (died 1999)

Full date unknown

• Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen, priest and politician (died 1983)
• Rolf Gammleng, violinist and organizational leader (died 1984).
• Sonja Hagemann, literary historian and literary critic (died 1983)
• Odd Hølaas, journalist and writer (died 1968)
• Sverre Munck, businessperson (died 1970)
• Rolf Østbye, businessperson (died 1979)
• Sverre Petterssen, meteorologist (died 1974)
• Leif J. Sverdrup, civil engineer and military officer in America (died 1976)

Notable deaths

• 5 January – Valdemar Knudsen, sugar cane plantation pioneer in Hawaii (born 1819)
• 2 February – Johan Christian Johnsen, politician (born 1815)
• 7 September – Karl Hals, businessperson and politician (born 1822)
• 11 September – Nikoline Harbitz, author (born 1841)

Full date unknown

• Hans Rasmus Astrup, politician (born 1831)
• Axel Gudbrand Blytt, botanist (born 1843)
• Laura Gundersen, actor (born 1832)
• Nils Pedersen Igland, farmer and politician (born 1833)
• Holm Hansen Munthe, architect (born 1848)
• Johan Jørgen Schwartz, politician and businessperson (born 1824)

References

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