Incumbents

Events

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2 April – Øyvind Alfred Stensrud, politician (died 1956)
4 April – Peder Morset, teacher and resistance member (died 1943)^[3]
10 April – Alf Lie, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1969)
24 April – Lars Slagsvold, veterinarian (died 1959)
28 April – Thomas Aas, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1961)
3 May – Harald Halvorsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medalist (died 1965)
7 May – Olav Berntsen Oksvik, politician and Minister (died 1958)
13 May – Sverre Kornelius Eilertsen Støstad, politician and Minister (died 1959)
14 May – Petter Martinsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1972)
18 May – Eugen Lunde, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
23 May – Thoralf Skolem, mathematician (died 1963)
12 June – Laurits Grønland, politician (died 1957)
22 June – Oscar Olstad, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1977)
25 June – Axel Henry Hansen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1980)

3 July – Carl Klæth, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1966)
18 July – Vidkun Quisling, army officer, politician and Minister-President of Norway, executed (died 1945)
27 July – Kristoffer Skåne Grytnes, politician (died 1965)
11 August – Adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (died 1954)
12 August – Erling Falk, businessman and politician (died 1940)
19 August – Otto Monsen, track and field athlete (died 1979)
20 August – Engebret Skogen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1968)
25 August – Fartein Valen, composer and musical theorist (died 1952)
11 September – Oscar Larsen, middle distance runner (died 1975)
16 September – Knut Fixdal, road engineer and civil servant (died 1969)^[4]
18 September – Harald Gram, jurist, politician and genealogist (died 1961)
22 September – Thoralf Hagen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1979)

1 October – Anders Moen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1966)
4 October – Francis Bull, literary historian, professor, essayist and magazine editor (died 1974)
20 October – Arne Halse, athlete and Olympic silver medallist (died 1975)
26 October – Arnfinn Heje, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
28 October – Friedrich Georg Nissen, civil servant (died 1969)
22 November – Knut Knutsson Steintjønndalen, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1969)
23 November – Andreas Knudsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1982)
7 December – Knut Olaf Andreasson Strand, politician (died 1980)
10 December – Olga Bjoner, politician and organizational leader (died 1969).^[5]
24 December – Axel Revold, painter (died 1962).^[6]

11 March – Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, composer and organist (born 1812)
16 July – Jørgen Tandberg Ebbesen, politician (born 1812)
7 August – Harald Kolbeinson Guddal, politician (born 1798)
24 September – Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe, priest and politician (born 1802)

^ Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 2.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ Jørgensen, Jørn-Kr. "Charles M Bruff". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
^ Kraglund, Ivar. "Peder Morset". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1968). "Fixdal, Knut". Hvem er Hvem? (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug.
^ Dahl, Hans Fredrik. "Olga Bjoner". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Axel Revold". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

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