1881 in Norway

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See also:	1881 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1881 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II

Births

January to June

• 5 January - Jørgen Bru, sport shooter (died 1974)
• 27 February - Sigvard Sivertsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
• 11 March - Wictor Esbensen, mariner and explorer (died 1942)
• 20 March - Dorthea Dahl, writer in America (died 1958)
• 6 June - Anton Djupvik, politician (died 1951)

July to September

• 23 July - Thorleiv Røhn, military officer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
• 15 September - Wilhelm Blystad, track and field athlete (died 1954)
• 11 October - Leif Georg Ferdinand Bang, politician
• 25 October - Oskar Braaten, novelist and playwright (died 1939)
• 27 October - Edvard Larsen, triple jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1914)
• 29 October - Niels Christian Ditleff, diplomat (died 1956)
• 15 November - Andreas Hagelund, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1967)
• 4 December - Edvard Bull, Sr., historian and politician (died 1932)
• 17 December - Yngvar Bryn, track and field athlete and pairs figure skater (died 1947)
• 27 December - Sigvart Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist

Full date unknown

• Erik Glosimodt, architect (died 1921)
• Marie Hamsun, actor and writer (died 1969)
• Sigurd Halvorsen Johannessen, politician (died 1964)
• Per Larssen, politician and Minister (died 1947)
• Knut Liestøl, politician and Minister (died 1952)
• Kristian Prestrud, polar explorer (died 1927)
• Jakob Sverdrup, philologist and lexicographer (died 1938)

Deaths

• 7 January - Jens Zetlitz Kielland, consul and artist (born 1816)

Full date unknown

• Christopher Andreas Holmboe, philologist (born 1796)

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