1884 in Norway

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See also:	1884 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1884 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II
• Prime Minister: Christian August Selmer (impeached)
• Prime Minister: Christian Homann Schweigaard (April to June)
• Prime Minister: Johan Sverdrup

Events

• Prime Minister Christian August Selmer is impeached and removed from office.
• 28 January - The Liberal Party is founded.
• 10 February - Jon Hol is imprisoned for his pamphlet Rifleringen.^[1]
• 3 April - April ministerium begins.
• 26 June - Christian Homann Schweigaard's ministerium ends.
• Norwegian Association for Women's Rights (Norsk Kvinnesaksforening) is founded.
• Women in Norway are allowed to study.

Arts and literature

• The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen is written.

Births

January to June

• 8 January - Nils Andresson Lavik, politician (died 1966)
• 9 January - Sigge Johannessen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1974)
• 24 January - Jens Lunde, politician (died 1974)
• 9 February - Conrad Carlsrud, gymnast, track and field athlete and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
• 13 February - Halfdan Bjølgerud, high jumper (died 1970)
• 21 February - Ole Iversen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1953)
• 29 February – Haakon Lie, forester and writer (died 1970).^[2]
• 27 March - Oscar Guttormsen, athlete (died 1964)
• 31 March - Arne Magnussen, politician
• 26 April - Sigurd Mathisen, speed skater and world champion (died 1919)

July to September

• 6 July - Thorleif Petersen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
• 10 July - Olav Nygard, poet (died 1924)
• 26 July - Trygve Pedersen, sailor and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1967)
• 31 July - Kristian Løken, military officer (died 1961)
• 23 August - Olaf Syvertsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1964)
• 31 August - Didrik Arup Seip, linguist and professor (died 1963)
• 6 September - Sven Elvestad, journalist and author (died 1934)
• 16 September - Kristian Fjerdingen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1975)

October to December

• 25 October - Eivind Berggrav, Lutheran bishop (died 1959)
• 12 November - Leif Grøner, banker and politician (died 1971)
• 13 December - Otto Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1953)
• 18 December - Ole Aanderud Larsen, ship designer and businessperson (died 1964)
• 30 December - Eugen Ingebretsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1949)

Full date unknown

• Gustav Berg-Jæger, journalist and Nazi collaborator (died 1957)
• Lars Christensen, shipowner and whaling magnate (died 1965)
• Sigurd Eriksen, painter (died 1976)
• Adolf Indrebø, politician (died 1942)
• Lars Knutsen, shipowner (died 1963)
• Birger Ljungberg, politician and Minister (died 1967)
• Arnold Rørholt, military officer (died 1961)

Deaths

• 27 February - Jo Gjende, outdoorsman and freethinker (born 1794)
• 3 September - Christian Jensen, politician and Minister (born 1823)

Full date unknown

• Adolph Frederik Munthe, politician and Minister (born 1817)
• Ole Hovelsen Mustad, businessperson and politician (born 1810)
• Frederik Stang, lawyer, public servant and politician, Norway's first Prime Minister (born 1808)

References

1. Meyer, Håkon (1934). "Hol, Jon". In Jansen, Einar. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) 6 (1 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 192–194.
2. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1968). "Lie, Haakon". Hvem er Hvem? (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug.