| |||||
| Centuries: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decades: | |||||
| See also: | 1881 in Sweden List of years in Norway | ||||
Events in the year 1881 in Norway.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- More than 600 Norwegians sign on as contract laborers for sugar plantations in Hawaii, making a four month journey to the islands.[2]
Arts and literature
[edit]- Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen's, Ghosts, is released.
Births
[edit]
January to June
[edit]- 3 January – Wilhelm Faye, military officer and war historian (died 1967).[3][4]
- 5 January – Jørgen Bru, sport shooter (died 1974)
- 24 February – Per Askim, naval officer (died 1963).[5]
- 27 February – Sigvard Sivertsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
- 11 March – Wictor Esbensen, mariner and explorer (died 1942)
- 17 March – Kristian Elster, Jr, novelist, literary historian, theatre critic and biographer (born 1881).[6]
- 20 March – Dorthea Dahl, writer in America (died 1958)
- 26 March – Marta Marie Nielsen, schoolteacher and politician (d. 1948).[7]
- 28 April – Carl Bonnevie, jurist and politician (died 1972).[8]
- 6 June – Anton Djupvik, politician (died 1951)
July to December
[edit]- 23 July – Thorleiv Røhn, military officer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
- 3 August – Elias Corneliussen, naval officer (died 1951).[9]
- 27 August – Elise Hambro, educator (died 1966).[10]
- 13 September – Carl Bugge, geologist (died 1968).[11]
- 15 September – Wilhelm Blystad, track and field athlete (died 1954)
- 11 October – Leif Georg Ferdinand Bang, politician
- 25 October – Oskar Braaten, novelist and playwright (died 1939)
- 27 October – Edvard Larsen, triple jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1914)
- 29 October – Niels Christian Ditleff, diplomat (died 1956)
- 7 November – Rikard Berge, folklorist (died 1969).[12]
- 15 November – Andreas Hagelund, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1967)
- 4 December – Edvard Bull, Sr., historian and politician (died 1932)
- 17 December – Yngvar Bryn, track and field athlete and pairs figure skater (died 1947)
- 27 December – Sigvart Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist
Full date unknown
[edit]- Erik Glosimodt, architect (died 1921)
- Marie Hamsun, actor and writer (died 1969)
- Sigurd Halvorsen Johannessen, politician (died 1964)
- Per Larssen, politician and Minister (died 1947)
- Knut Liestøl, politician and Minister (died 1952)
- Kristian Prestrud, polar explorer (died 1927)
- Jakob Sverdrup, philologist and lexicographer (died 1938)
Deaths
[edit]- 7 January – Jens Zetlitz Kielland, consul and artist (born 1816)
- 11 April – Kristian Elster, Sr, novelist, journalist, literary critic and theatre critic (born 1841).[13]
Full date unknown
[edit]- Jens Henrik Beer, businessperson, farmer and politician (born 1799)
- Jens Gran, politician (born 1794)
- Christopher Andreas Holmboe, philologist (born 1796)
- Peter Daniel B. W. Kildal, politician (born 1816)
- Thomas Konow, naval officer and politician (born 1796)
- Ludvig Vibe, philologist and educator (born 1803)
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- ^ Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 2.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ Satrum, Jon (2011). "1881 – Norwegians in Hawaii: Conflict in Plantation Society". Norwegian-American seminar XI. Norwegian-American Historical Association. Decorah, Iowa. June 14-17, 2011.
- ^ Gram, Harald; Steenstrup, Bjørn, eds. (1948). "Faye, Wilhelm Nicolay". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1968). "Fortegnelse over personer som siste gang er omtalt i utgaven 1964 med angivelse av deres dødsdatum". Hvem er Hvem? (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 620.
- ^ Kristiansen, Tom. "Per Askim". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ Hannevik, Arne. "Kristian d.y. Elster". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "Biografier 1905–1945. Marta Marie Nielsen" (in Norwegian). Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Carl Emil Christian Bonnevie". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ Leraand, Dag. "Elias Corneliussen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Elise Hambro". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Carl Bugge". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Rikard Berge". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ Dahl, Willy. "Kristian Elster". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
Norway during the union with Sweden (1814–1905) | ||
|---|---|---|
|  | |