1897 in Norway
Events in the year 1897 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- The 1897 Parliamentary election takes place.
Popular culture
Literature
- The play A Doll House was written by Henrik Ibsen.
Births
January to March
- 2 January – Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist
- 8 January – Theodore Theodorsen, Norwegian-American aerodynamicist
- 11 February – Jacob Christie Kielland, architect
- 17 February – Torgeir Andreas Berge, politician
- 11 March – Knut Toven, politician
- 16 March – Bernhard Berthelsen, politician
- 22 March – Ivar Heming Skre, Norwegian resistance member
April to June
- 17 April – Harald Sæverud, composer
- 21 April – Odd Lindbäck-Larsen, military officer and war historian.
- 30 April
- *Joronn Sitje, painter and illustrator.
- *Johan Henrik Wiers-Jenssen, newspaper columnist and theatre director
- 1 May – Lauritz Schmidt, sailor and Olympic silver medallist
- 10 May – Harald Stenerud, hammer and discus thrower
- 15 May – Anton Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist
- 17 May – Odd Hassel, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate
- 25 May – Rasmus Andreas Torset, politician
- 23 June
- *Trygve Knudsen, philologist, linguist and lexicographer
- *Einar Pettersen, sport wrestler.
July to September
- 5 July – Ole H. Løvlien, politician
- 18 July – Per Gulbrandsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist
- 22 July – Syvert Tobiassen Messel, politician
- 29 July – Emil Lie, sculptor.
- 13 August – Oliver Dahl-Goli, politician
- 20 August – Sigvald Asbjornsen, Norwegian-American sculptor
- 4 September – Emil Boyson, poet, author, and translator
- 5 September – Olav Benum, politician
October to December
- 4 October – Einar Diesen, newspaper editor.
- 14 October – Harald Strøm, speed skater and World Champion.
- 17 October – Oskar Olsen, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist
- 29 October – Ivar Bae, politician
- 31 October – Sigurd Moen, speed skater and Olympic bronze medallist
- 6 November – Sverre Riisnæs, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator
- 13 November – Ole Jørgensen, politician
- 14 November – Bjarne Guldager, sprinter
- 11 December – Astrid Tollefsen, poet.
- 24 December – Gunnar Nygaard, broadcasting pioneer.
- 26 December – Ingvald Svinsås-Lo, politician (died 1980
Full date unknown
- Einar Dønnum, Nazi collaborator, executed
- Gunnar Berg, a national director of the Boy Scouts of America
- John Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker
- Rolf Kiær, hydrographer
- Hilmar Reksten, shipping magnate
- Helge Thiis, architect and art critic
- Niels Werring, shipowner
- Hans Fredrik Wirstad, veterinarian
Deaths
- 9 March – Sondre Norheim, skier and pioneer of modern skiing
- 25 September – Hjalmar Heiberg, physician and a professor.
Full date unknown
- Hans Jensen Krog, politician
- Christian Tønsberg, bookseller, publisher and writer