1896 in Norway
Events in the year 1896 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- The BAA's first organised eclipse expedition
- 11 July – Noregs Ungdomslag was founded.
Popular culture
Sports
- 3 March – FC Lyn Oslo football club is founded.
Births
January to March
- 4 January
- *Jørgen Løvset, gynecologist and academic
- *Johanne Reutz Gjermoe, economist and politician.
- 2 February – Einar Ræder, long jumper
- 5 February – Paul Tjøstolsen Sunde, politician
- 9 February – Arthur Rydstrøm, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
- 10 February – Alf Aanning, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
- 17 February – Arthur Qvist, horse rider and Olympic silver medallist
- 22 February – Ingvald Johannes Jaklin, politician
April to June
- 9 April – Cato Andreas Sverdrup, politician
- 20 April – Asbjørn Bodahl, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
- 21 April – Leif Høegh, shipowner
- 22 April – Gunnar Jamvold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
- 22 May – Leiv Kreyberg, pathologist.
July to September
- 16 July – Trygve Lie, politician, the first elected United Nations Secretary-General
- 19 July – Olaf Solumsmoen, newspaper editor and politician
- 27 July – Ivar Andresen, opera singer
- 27 July – Olav Svalastog, politician
- 21 August – Gunnar Reiss-Andersen, poet and author
- 25 August – Eilif Løvrak Holmesland, jurist and politician
- 11 September – Isak Larsson Flatabø, politician
- 20 September – Einar Gundersen, international soccer player
- 22 September – Claudia Olsen, politician
October to December
- 8 October – Jon Vislie, lawyer, executed as a reprisal
- 25 October – Karl Marthinsen, commander of Statspolitiet and Sikkerhetspolitiet in Norway during the Nazi occupation
- 26 October – Johs Haugerud, politician
- 1 November – Mathias Torstensen, rower
- 12 November – Lars Evensen, trade unionist and politician
Full date unknown
- Gunnar Bråthen, politician and Minister
- Mons Lid, politician and Minister
- Asbjørn Øverås, educator
- Alfred Trønsdal, politician
Deaths
- 3 January – Andreas Grimelund, bishop
- 16 February – Jens Andreas Friis, linguist and author
- 23 September – Ivar Aasen, philologist, lexicographer, playwright and poet
Full date unknown
- Ludvig Aubert, politician and Minister
- Ludvig Maribo Benjamin Aubert, jurist and politician
- Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland, bishop
- Jess Julius Engelstad, engineer and railroad administrator
- Baard Madsen Haugland, politician
- Erik Jørgensen, master gunsmith
- Lars Anton Nicolai Larsen-Naur, politician
- Olav Paulssøn, bailiff, writer and politician