1895 in Norway
Events in the year 1895 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 14 October – Francis Hagerup succeeded Emil Stang as Prime Minister of Norway
Popular culture
Literature
- Olaus Alvestad and Lars Eskeland found Voss Folk High School
- The circle of poems Haugtussa by Arne Garborg is published.
- The poetry collection Bersøglis- og andre Viser by Per Sivle is published.
Births
January to March
- 18 January – Nils Jakob Hunstad, sportsperson, businessesman, politician and military officer.
- 28 January – Johannes Pettersen Løkke, politician
- 23 February – Toralv Kollin Markussen, politician
- 25 February – Johan Bernhard Hjort, judge
- 3 March – Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, economist and Nobel Prize laureate
- 3 March – Adolf Nilsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist
- 22 March – Botten Soot, actress, singer, and dancer.
- 27 March – Ole Peder Arvesen, engineer and mathematician.
April to June
- 21 April – Gerd Grieg, actress
- 29 April – Ronald Fangen, journalist and author.
- 13 May – Lars Sæter, politician
- 30 May – Andreas Backer, journalist and organizational leader.
- 5 June – Ingvarda Røberg, politician
July to September
- 12 July – Kirsten Flagstad, opera singer
- 26 July – Ola Fritzner, military officer.
- 2 August – Einar Wilhelms, footballer.
- 6 August – Paul Oskar Lindberget, politician
- 18 August – Jon Mårdalen, cross country skier
- 24 August – Lauritz Wigand-Larsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
- 3 September – Erik Ørvig, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
October to December
- 3 October – Johannes Olai Olsen, politician
- 3 October – Sigvald Svendsen, politician
- 20 October – Hans Reidar Holtermann, commander of Hegra Fortress
- 26 October – Signy Arctander, statistician and economist.
- 12 November – Trygve Hoff, businessman, writer and editor
- 15 November – Hagbart Haakonsen, cross country skier
- 20 November – Fridtjof Paulsen, speed skater
- 29 November – Leif Bjorholt Burull, politician
- 13 December – Frieda Dalen, educator.
- 17 December – Nils Asheim, politician
- 18 December – Einar Sverdrup, mining engineer and businessman
- 19 December – Ingeborg Refling Hagen, author and teacher
- 23 December – Gabriel Langfeldt, psychiatrist.
Full date unknown
- Kristian Hansson, jurist and civil servant
- Oskar Omdal, Norwegian Navy pilot
- Gunnar Schjelderup, businessperson
- Leif Welding-Olsen, naval commander, first casualty in the war between Norway and Nazi Germany
Deaths
- 26 February – Kathinka Kraft, memoirist.
- 6 March – Camilla Collett, writer and feminist
- 29 April – Johan Christian Collett, politician
- 19 August – Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland, military officer, cartographer and skiing pioneer.
- 28 August – Andreas Olsen Sæhlie, farmer, distillery owner and politician.
- 17 December – Henrik Jæger, literary historian.
- 24 December – Oluf Andreas Aabel, priest and writer
- 27 December – Eivind Astrup, explorer and writer.
Full date unknown
- Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, author and college professor in America
- Knud Knudsen, linguist
- Simon Pedersen Holmesland, politician