1878 in Norway

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See also:	1878 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1878 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II

Events

• A law is passed that requires teachers to speak the dialect of their pupils and not the other way round.

Births

• 13 January - Henrik Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1957)
• 17 January - Olaf Husby, sport shooter
• 18 January - Gudmund Sundby, engineer (died 1973).^[1]
• 1 February - Thoralf Glad, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1969)
• 7 February - Lul Krag, painter (died 1956)
• 14 April - Karl Johan Pettersen Vadøy, politician (died 1965)
• 27 April - Christian Fredrik Monsen, politician (died 1954)
• 27 May - Arne Kavli, painter (died 1970)
• 18 July - Egill Reimers, architect, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1946)
• 12 August - Østen Østensen, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist (died 1939)
• 28 November - Peder Kolstad, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 1932)

Full date unknown

• Per Berg Lund, politician and Minister (died 1954)
• Magnus Olsen, linguist and professor of Norse philology (died 1963)
• Anton Frederik Winter Jakhelln Prytz, politician (died 1945)
• Kristofer Uppdal, poet and author (died 1961)

Deaths

• 25 April - Nils Christian Irgens, military officer, politician and Minister (born 1811)
• 8 September - Ulrik Frederik Lange, politician (born 1808)

Full date unknown

• Jørgen Wright Cappelen, bookseller and publisher (born 1805)
• Johan Widing Heiberg Landmark, jurist and politician (born 1802)
• Peter Tidemand Malling, bookseller, printer and publisher (born 1807)

References

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