1879 in Norway

Events in the year 1879 in Norway.

Events

Arts and literature

• Henrik Ibsen (while living in Italy) publishes A Doll’s House

Births

January to June

• 11 April - Øistein Schirmer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.1947)
• 29 April - Henrik Ameln, jurist and politician (d.1961)
• 23 May - Kjeld Stub Irgens, sea captain and collaborator minister (d.1963)
• 27 June - Martin Tranmæl, socialist leader (d.1967)

July to September

• 5 August - Ole Hallesby, Lutheran neo-orthodox pietist (d.1961)
• 6 September - Knud Leonard Knudsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.1954)
• 6 September - Johan Nygaardsvold, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (d.1952)
• 14 September - Andreas Brecke, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1952)
• 29 September - Nils Bertelsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1958)
• 30 September - Johan Falkberget, author (d.1967)

October to December

• 1 October - Lauritz Sand, resistance fighter (d.1956)
• 5 October - Halfdan Cleve, composer (d.1951)
• 21 October - Torkell Vinje, politician (d.1955)
• 20 November - Martin Stenersen, sport shooter (d.1968)
• 27 November - Gil Andersen, motor racing driver in America (d.1935)
• 6 December - Rudolf Gundersen, speed skater (d.1946)

Full date unknown

• Birger Braadland, politician (d.1966)
• Anders Fjelstad, politician (d.1955)
• Kyrre Grepp, politician (d.1922)
• Rachel Grepp, journalist and politician (d.1961)
• Per Reidarson, composer and music critic (d.1954)
• Nils Trædal, cleric, politician and Minister (d.1948)

Deaths

• 8 April - Christian Cornelius Paus, lawyer, civil servant and politician (b.1800)
• 2 September - Johan Collett Falsen, jurist and politician (b.1817)

Full date unknown

• Jan Henrik Nitter Hansen, businessman and politician (b.1801)