1897 in Norway

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See also:	1897 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1897 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II
• Prime Minister: Francis Hagerup

Events

• The 1897 Parliamentary election takes place.

Arts and literature

• The play A Doll House was written by Henrik Ibsen

Births

January to March

• 2 January - Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1978)
• 8 January - Theodore Theodorsen, Norwegian-American aerodynamicist (died 1978)
• 11 February - Jacob Christie Kielland, architect (died 1972)
• 17 February - Torgeir Andreas Berge, politician (died 1973)
• 11 March - Knut Toven, politician (died 1980)
• 16 March - Bernhard Berthelsen, politician (died 1964)

April to June

• 17 April - Harald Sæverud, composer (died 1992)
• 21 April - Odd Lindbäck-Larsen, military officer and war historian (died 1975)
• 30 April - Johan Henrik Wiers-Jenssen, newspaper columnist and theatre director (died 1951)
• 1 May - Lauritz Schmidt, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1970)
• 10 May - Harald Stenerud, hammer and discus thrower (died 1976)
• 15 May - Anton Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1968)
• 17 May - Odd Hassel, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (died 1981)
• 25 May - Rasmus Andreas Torset, politician (died 1965)
• 23 June - Trygve Knudsen, philologist, linguist and lexicographer (died 1968)

July to September

• 5 July - Ole H. Løvlien, politician (died 1970)
• 18 July - Per Gulbrandsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1963)
• 22 July - Syvert Tobiassen Messel, politician (died 1978)
• 13 August - Oliver Dahl-Goli, politician (died 1976)
• 20 August - Sigvald Asbjornsen, Norwegian-American sculptor (died 1954)
• 4 September - Emil Boyson, poet, author, and translator (died 1979)
• 5 September - Olav Benum, politician (died 1990)

October to December

• 14 October - Harald Strøm, speed skater and World Champion (died 1977)
• 17 October - Oskar Olsen, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1956)
• 29 October - Ivar Bae, politician (died 1967)
• 31 October - Sigurd Moen, speed skater and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1967)
• 6 November - Sverre Riisnæs, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator (died 1988)
• 13 November - Ole Jørgensen, politician (died 1966)
• 14 November - Bjarne Guldager, sprinter (died 1971)
• 24 December - Gunnar Nygaard, broadcasting pioneer (died 1997).^[1]
• 26 December - Ingvald Svinsås-Lo, politician (died 1980

Full date unknown

• Einar Dønnum, Nazi collaborator, executed (died 1947)
• Gunnar Berg, a national director of the Boy Scouts of America (died 1987)
• John Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1977)
• Rolf Kiær, hydrographer (died 1975)
• Hilmar Reksten, shipping magnate (died 1980)
• Helge Thiis, architect and art critic (died 1972)
• Astrid Tollefsen, poet (died 1973)
• Niels Werring, shipowner (died 1990)
• Hans Fredrik Wirstad, veterinarian (died 1983)

Deaths

• 9 March - Sondre Norheim, skier and pioneer of modern skiing (born 1825)

Full date unknown

• Hans Jensen Krog, politician (born 1808)
• Christian Tønsberg, bookseller, publisher and writer (born 1813)

References

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