1893 in Norway

Events in the year 1893 in Norway.

Events

Arts and literature

• The Norwegian Authors' Union (Den norske Forfatterforening) is established.
• Edvard Munch paints "The Scream"

Sport

• 27 February - Norwegian Skating Association (Norges Skøyteforbund) is founded.

Births

January to March

• 6 January - Olaf Bjerke, trade unionist and politician (d.1957)
• 16 January - Alfred Engelsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.1966)
• 21 January - Tolv Aamland, politician (d.1983)
• 26 January - Sigurd Pedersen, politician (d.1968)
• 30 January - Ingolf Davidsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (d.1946)
• 25 February - Arne Langset, politician (d.1971)
• 14 March - Torstein Kvamme, politician (d.1985)
• 22 March - Rasmus Sørnes, inventor, clockmaker and radio technician (d.1967)
• 23 March - Reidar Tønsberg, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (d.1956)
• 27 March - Einar Jansen, historian, genealogist and archivist (d.1960)
• 27 March - Johan Sæterhaug, boxer (d.1968)
• 30 March - Elise Fliflet, politician (d.1991)

April to June

• 5 April - Frithjof Andersen, wrestler and Olympic bronze medallist (d.1975)
• 26 April - Ole Øisang, newspaper editor and politician (d.1963)
• 4 May - Aasmund Kulien, politician (d.1988)
• 6 May - Ludvik Buland, trade unionist (d.1945)
• 19 May - Gudolf Blakstad, architect (d.1985)
• 30 June - Birger Var, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (d.1970)

July to September

• 3 July - Ragnar Vik, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1941)
• 4 July - Frede Castberg, jurist (d.1977)
• 11 July - Tancred Ibsen, officer, pilot, film director and screenwriter (d.1978)
• 18 August - Gustav Natvig-Pedersen, politician (d.1965)
• 18 September - Reidar Rye Haugan, newspaper publisher in America (d.1972)

October to December

• 14 October - Sigurd Roll, diplomat and former sprinter (d.1944)
• 10 November - Karl Henry Karlsen, politician (d.1979)
• 18 November - Eivind Kristoffer Eriksen, politician (d.1949)
• 21 November - Torvald Haavardstad, politician (d.1965)
• 25 November - Hartvig Caspar Christie, politician (d.1959)
• 26 December - Halfdan Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1974)
• 27 December - Asbjørn Solberg, politician (d.1977)

Full date unknown

• Sigval Bergesen the Younger, shipping magnate and industrialist (d.1980)
• Anton Johnson Brandt, veterinarian (d.1951)
• Einar Frogner, politician and Minister (d.1955)
• Hans Severin Jelstrup, astronomer (d.1964)
• Mikkel Ødelien, soil researcher (d.1984)
• Øystein Olsen Ravner, politician (d.1975)

Deaths

• 12 January - Diderik Iversen Tønseth, politician (b.1818)
• 12 October - Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland, military officer, politician, Minister and mountaineer (b.1814)
• 21 October - Jacob Jørgen Kastrup Sømme, businessperson, consul and politician (b.1817)
• 19 December - Axel Winge, politician (b.1827)
• 23 December - Gunnar Berg, painter (b.1863)

Full date unknown

• Ludvig Daae, politician (b.1829)
• Carl Peter Parelius Essendrop, bishop, politician and Minister (b.1818)
• Simon Karenius Høegh, bank treasurer, merchant and politician (b.1810)
• Olaf Isaachsen, painter (b.1835)