Incumbents

Events

22 February - Sofie Johannesdotter was beheaded by axe for trifold murder, she was the last woman to be executed in Norway.
25 February - Kristoffer Nilsen Svartbækken Grindalen was beheaded by axe for murder, it was witnessed by estimated 2,500 spectators, it was the last public execution in Norway.

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8 January – Nils Tveit, politician (died 1949)
23 March – Nils Erik Flakstad, businessperson and politician (died 1939)
22 April – Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America (died 1931)
9 May – Johan Arndt, politician (died 1933)
18 May – Thorvald Astrup, architect (died 1940)
11 June – Christen Gran Bøgh, jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic (died 1955)

22 August – Christen Wiese, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1968)
16 September – Albert Helgerud, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1954)
24 September – Jacob Thorkelson, elected official, naval officer and medical doctor in America (died 1945)
18 October – Erik Colban, diplomat (died 1956)
19 October – Oluf Christian Müller, politician (died 1938)
21 November – Olav Duun, novelist (died 1939)
8 December – Jan Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1945)

18 January – Asbjorn Kloster, social reformer and leader of the Norwegian temperance movement (born 1823)
22 February - Sofie Johannesdotter, serial killer (born 1839)
25 February - Kristoffer Nilsen Svartbækken Grindalen, criminal, killer and thief (born 1804)
8 May – Christian Lassen, orientalist (born 1800)
20 July - Hans Riddervold, bishop and politician (born 1795)

^ Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 2.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

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