1886 in Norway

Events in the year 1886 in Norway.

Incumbents

Events

Undated

Arendal crash: Arendals Privatbank goes bankrupt. Co-owner Axel Nicolai Herlofson is exposed for large-scale fraud, ending Arendal’s prominence as a shipping town.
The Norwegian Medical Association is established.
Albertine, a novel by Christian Krohg, is first published.
Mannfolk, a novel by Arne Garborg, is first published.
Hjalmar Løken becomes the editor of Dagsposten, a Trondheim-based Liberal newspaper, serving until 1890.

February

24 February - At Raukleiv’s first Siljordsskirendet, Johannes Nordgården falls at a 27 m world record, and Olaf Bergland later sets the official record at 25.5 m.

June

1-30 June - Numerous Norwegian emigrants arrived in North American ports aboard transatlantic steamships, including New York, Quebec, Boston, Philadelphia, and Halifax.

Notable births

2 January - Elise Ottesen-Jensen, sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator
6 January - Hans Oskar Evju, politician
11 January – Johannes Lid, botanist.
23 January – Halvard Olsen, politician and trade unionist.
18 February – Trygve Bøyesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
20 February – Jørgen Andersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
22 February – Nils Voss, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist
3 March – Tore Ørjasæter, poet
4 March – Ola Solberg, newspaper editor and politician
16 March – Sigurd Smebye, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist
22 March – Arthur Amundsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
4 April – Jens Marcus Mottré, politician
19 April – Olaf Sletten, shooter and Olympic silver medallist
24 May – Nils Emaus Nilsen, politician
12 June – Jacob Prytz, goldsmith and designer.
24 June – Ragnhild Hartmann Varmbo, politician
20 July – Thor Larsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
10 August – Svein Olsen Øraker, politician
18 September – Paul Pedersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
3 November – Hans Næss, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
3 November – Henrik Nielsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
4 November – Theodor Dahl, journalist and fiction writer.
14 November – Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen, Norwegian American physician and orthopaedic surgeon
25 November – Jens Bull, jurist and diplomat.
1 December – Magnus Johansen, politician
8 December – Ole Konrad Ribsskog, politician
9 December – Marius Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist
17 December – Einar Osland, politician

Full date unknown

Bjarne Eriksen, businessman
Thorstein John Ohnstad Fretheim, politician
Ingar Nielsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
Ferdinand Schjelderup, mountaineer, Supreme Court Justice and resistance member
Henny Skjønberg, actress and stage director
Olav Martinus Knutsen Steinnes, politician and Minister

Notable deaths

3 January – Andreas Grimelund, bishop
20 February – Ludwig Andreas Olsen, United States Navy sailor awarded two Medals of Honor
2 April – Christian Halvorsen Svenkerud, politician
27 May – Tellef Dahll Schweigaard, politician
15 August –, ship-owner
12 September – Johannes Henrik Berg, politician
4 October – Thomas Johannessen Heftye, businessperson, politician and philanthropist
4 November – Ole C. Johnson, soldier in the American Civil War
28 December – Peder Sather, banker and philanthropist

Full date unknown

Søren Jørgensen Aandahl, politician