1882 in Norway

Events in the year 1882 in Norway.

Events

• The 1882 Parliamentary election takes place.

Arts and literature

Births

January to June

• 25 January - Conrad Christensen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (d.1951)
• 5 February - Karl Ouren, Norwegian-American artist (d.1943)
• 5 May - Carl Alfred Pedersen, gymnast and triple jumper (d.1960)
• 20 May - Sigrid Undset, novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928 (d.1949)
• 10 June - Nils Økland, Esperantist and teacher
• 25 June - Sigurd Asserson, civil servant (d.1937)
• 28 June - Peder Alsvik, politician (d.1964)
• 29 June - Ole Singstad, civil engineer in America (d.1969)

July to December

• 5 August - Trygve Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1960)
• 13 August - Rolf Lefdahl, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (d.1965)
• 25 August - Carl Fredrik Holmboe, engineer (d.1960)
• 2 November - Oscar Engelstad, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (d.1972)
• 12 November - Nils Dahl, middle distance runner (d.1966)
• 16 November - Nils Opdahl, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.1951)
• 23 November - Hans Johan Jensen, politician
• 30 November - Frithjof Olsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (d.1922)
• 16 December - Olav Bjørnstad, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (d.1963)

Full date unknown

• Arnstein Arneberg, architect (d.1961)
• Per Bakken, Nordic skier (d.1958)
• Fredrik Rosing Bull, inventor/designer of improved punched card machines (d.1925)
• Hans Dons, naval officer and the first Norwegian to fly in Norway (d.1940)
• Nils Selmer Hauff, bookseller (d.1963)
• Gunnar Kaasen, musher, delivered diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska in 1925, as the last leg of a dog sled relay that saved the city from an epidemic (d.1960)
• Jens Isak de Lange Kobro, politician and Minister (d.1967)
• Birger Øivind Meidell, politician (d.1958)
• Jakob Nilsson Vik, politician and Minister (d.1960)
• Hans Ystgaard, politician and Minister (d.1953)

Deaths

• 27 March - Jørgen Moe, bishop and author (b.1813)

Full date unknown

• Rasmus Tønder Nissen, politician (b.1822)