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HOW IT WORKS
1899 in Norway
Summary
Events in the year
1899 in Norway
.
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1898
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Centuries:
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Decades:
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1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
See also:
1899 in Sweden
List of years in Norway
Incumbents
edit
Monarch
–
Oscar II
.
[1]
Prime Minister
–
Johannes Steen
Events
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1 April – The
Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
is established.
[2]
27 June – The
paperclip
is patented by
Johan Vaaler
, a Norwegian inventor.
[3]
13 October – The Røvær accident: A storm kills 30 people at sea near
Haugesund
.
14 October – The Titran accident: A storm kills 141 fishermen at sea near
Frøya, Trøndelag
.
Grans Brewery
is founded.
Popular culture
edit
Sports
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5 March – The sports club
Korsvoll IL
is founded.
10 August –
Viking FK
football club is founded.
The sports club
Kongsberg IF
is founded.
The gymnastics club
Volda TI
is founded.
Music
edit
Theatre
edit
25 August – First performance at the theatre academy
Sekondteatret
1 September – First performance at the newly constructed
National Theatre
in
Kristiania
Literature
edit
The newspaper
Rogalands Avis
established
The newspaper
Finnmarken
established
Notable births
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Lillebil Ibsen
Helge Ingstad
25 January –
Peder Holt
, politician (died 1963)
25 January –
Rolf Jacobsen
, boxer (died 1960)
3 February –
Olaf Aarvold
, priest and politician (died 1991)
12 February –
Johan Grøttumsbråten
, skier and multiple Olympic gold medallist (died 1983)
15 February –
Mikal Grøvan
, politician (died 1956)
14 March –
Kjell Tellander
, politician (died 1968)
17 March –
Søren Berg Sørensen Moen
, politician (died 1946)
26 March –
Ragnvald Mikal Andersen
, politician (died 1995)
8 April –
Arthur Sundt
, politician (died 1971)
27 April –
Erling Johannes Norvik
, politician (died 1964)
1 July –
Haakon Olsen Wika
, politician (died 1981)
17 July –
Johannes Overå
, fisheries administrator (died 1989).
[4]
23 July –
Johan Trandem
, shot putter and discus thrower (died 1996)
25 July –
Olav Svendsen
, jurist.
[5]
6 August –
Lillebil Ibsen
, dancer and actress (died 1989)
6 August –
Torstein Børte
, politician (died 1985)
6 August –
Finn Nagell
, military officer, Milorg pioneer, economist and businessperson (died 1977).
[6]
[7]
8 August –
Olav Sundal
, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1978)
17 August –
Torolv Kandahl
, politician (died 1982)
23 August –
Terje Wold
, judge, politician and Minister (died 1972)
25 August –
Karl Aas
, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1943)
27 August –
Per Hagen
, politician (died 1983)
13 September –
Magnus Bjorndal
,
Norwegian American
engineer (died 1971)
22 September –
Emil Løvlien
, forest worker, trade unionist and politician (died 1973).
[8]
30 September –
Henry Larsen
, Arctic explorer in
Canada
(died 1964)
7 October –
Øystein Ore
, mathematician (died 1968)
23 October –
Bernt Balchen
, polar and aviation pioneer in America (died 1973)
24 October –
Einar Hareide
, politician (died 1983)
1 November –
Anne Grimdalen
, sculptor (died 1961)
7 November –
Bjarne Fjærtoft
, politician (died 1981)
12 November –
Sverre Hansen
, long jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1991)
24 November –
Petter Jamvold
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1961)
27 November –
Knut Hergel
, actor and theatre director (died 1982)
18 December –
Peter Wessel Zapffe
, author and philosopher (died 1990)
30 December –
Helge Ingstad
, explorer (died 2001)
Full date unknown
edit
Nils Hønsvald
, politician and Minister (died 1971)
Jonas Lie
, politician and Minister, collaborator (died 1945)
Egil Offenberg
, politician and Minister (died 1975)
Jakob Martin Pettersen
, politician and Minister (died 1970)
Knut Robberstad
, jurist and philologist (died 1981)
Arne Torkildsen
, neurosurgeon (died 1968)
Notable deaths
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Sophus Lie
2 February –
Halfdan Egedius
, painter and illustrator (born 1877)
18 February –
Sophus Lie
, mathematician (born 1842)
5 June –
Magnus Feilberg
, bookseller and publisher (born 1817)
11 June –
Jakob Sverdrup
, bishop and politician (born 1845)
4 September –
Jacob Dybwad
, bookseller and publisher (born
1823
).
[9]
8 December –
Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg
, newspaper founder and editor and politician (born 1827)
Full date unknown
edit
Olav Jakobsen Høyem
, teacher, telegrapher, supervisor of banknote printing and linguist (born 1830)
Lauritz Jenssen
, businessperson and politician (born 1837)
Oluf Rygh
, archeologist, philologist and historian (born 1833)
Christian Homann Schweigaard
, politician and Prime Minister (born 1838)
See also
edit
Portals:
Norway
History
Lists
References
edit
^
Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 2.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.).
Store norske leksikon
(in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon
. Retrieved
4 January
2024
.
^
Godal, Anne Marit
(ed.). "Landsorganisasjonen i Norge".
Store norske leksikon
(in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon
. Retrieved
2 June
2016
.
^
"Inventors: Paperclip". Archived from the original on 12 November 2022
. Retrieved
16 April
2009
.
^
Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Overå, Johannes".
Hvem er hvem?
(in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 437
. Retrieved
2 June
2016
.
^
Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1968). "Svendsen, Olav".
Hvem er Hvem?
(in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug.
^
Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Nagell, Finn".
Hvem er hvem?
(in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 403
. Retrieved
9 October
2014
.
^
Nøkleby, Berit
(1995). "Nagell, Finn". In
Dahl
;
Hjeltnes
;
Nøkleby
;
Ringdal
;
Sørensen
(eds.).
Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45
(in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 283.
ISBN
82-02-14138-9
.
^
Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Emil Løvlien".
Store norske leksikon
(in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon
. Retrieved
4 March
2024
.
^
Tveterås, Egil. "Jacob Dybwad". In
Helle, Knut
(ed.).
Norsk biografisk leksikon
(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget
. Retrieved
2 June
2016
.