1879 in Norway
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Events in the year 1879 in Norway.
Incumbents
Arts and literature
- Henrik Ibsen (while living in Italy) publishes A Doll’s House
Births
January to June
- 26 January - Birger Braadland, politician (died 1966)
- 5 March - Rachel Grepp, journalist and politician (died 1961)
- 24 March – Leiv Heggstad, educator, linguist and translator (died 1954).[1]
- 11 April - Øistein Schirmer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1947)
- 29 April - Henrik Ameln, jurist and politician (died 1961)
- 23 May - Kjeld Stub Irgens, sea captain and collaborator minister (died 1963)
- 27 May - Per Reidarson, composer and music critic (died 1954)
- 27 June - Martin Tranmæl, socialist leader (died 1967)
July to September
- 5 August - Ole Hallesby, Lutheran neo-orthodox pietist (died 1961)
- 6 August - Kyrre Grepp, politician (died 1922)
- 6 September - Knud Leonard Knudsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1954)
- 6 September - Johan Nygaardsvold, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 1952)
- 14 September - Andreas Brecke, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1952)
- 29 September - Nils Bertelsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
- 30 September - Johan Falkberget, author (died 1967)
October to December
- 1 October - Lauritz Sand, resistance fighter (died 1956)
- 5 October - Halfdan Cleve, composer (died 1951)
- 21 October - Torkell Vinje, politician (died 1955)
- 20 November - Martin Stenersen, sport shooter (died 1968)
- 27 November - Gil Andersen, motor racing driver in America (died 1935)
- 29 November - Nils Trædal, cleric, politician and Minister (died 1948)
- 6 December - Rudolf Gundersen, speed skater (died 1946)
Full date unknown
- Anders Fjelstad, politician (died 1955)
Deaths
- 5 February - Halvor Schou, industrialist (born 1823)
- 8 April - Christian Cornelius Paus, lawyer, civil servant and politician (born 1800)
- 2 September - Johan Collett Falsen, jurist and politician (born 1817)
Full date unknown
- Jan Henrik Nitter Hansen, businessman and politician (born 1801)
- Henrik Krohn, poet, magazine editor and proponent for Nynorsk language (born 1826)
References
- ↑ Venås, Kjell. "Leiv Heggstad". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
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