1898 in Norway
Events in the year 1898 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 12 January – The National Association for Women's Suffrage is founded by Gina Krog and Hagbard Emanuel Berner.
- 31 May – A/S Holmenkolbanen open the Holmenkollen Line to Besserud
- 1 June – HNoMS Storm is launched, one of the oldest ships still in front line service in the Second World War
Popular culture
Sports
- 28 February – Melhus IL sports club is founded in Melhus Municipality
- 14 September – Nordal Church in Norddalsfjord is consecrated
- 27 September – Snillfjord Church is consecrated by Johannes Skaar
- 30 December – Stryn TIL sports club is founded in Stryn Municipality
Music
- 26 June – Edvard Grieg holds Norway's first music festival in Bergen
- Olaus Alvestad publishes the songbook ''Norsk Songbok for Ungdomsskular og Ungdomslag''
Literature
- 24 January – Daily newspaper Bladet Tromsø is first printed in Tromsø
- August The longest running Northern Sami newspaper, Nuorttanaste, is first printed in Bodø
- The political newspapers Budstikka and Søndfjords Avis are founded
Notable births
- 12 January – Jacob Erstad, gymnast
- 19 January – Harald Økern, Nordic combined skier
- 25 January – Sveinung O. Flaaten, politician
- 1 February – Roald Larsen, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist
- 13 February – Albert Andreas Mørkved, politician
- 19 February – Arnold Carl Johansen, politician
- 2 March – Erling Aastad, long jumper and sprinter
- 2 March – Nils Thune, politician
- 8 March – Per Almaas, politician
- 8 March – Per Næsset, politician
- 25 March – Einar Landvik, Nordic skier
- 31 March – Tora Øyna, politician
- 7 April – Jacob Tullin Thams, skier
- 17 April – Birger Grønn, engineer and resistance member.
- 20 April – Johan Johannesen, track and field athlete
- 8 May – Erling Gjone, architect.
- 18 May – Einar Stang, painter and illustrator.
- 19 May – Bjart Ording, horse rider and Olympic silver medallist
- 14 June – Kristian Alfred Hammer, politician
- 19 June – Olav Dalgard, filmmaker and literature and art historian
- 24 June – Bjarne Støtvig, politician
- 25 June – Anders Lundgren, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
- 26 June – Ole Reistad, military officer and pentathlete
- 3 July – Kristian Rønneberg, politician
- 9 July – Johannes S. Andersen, resistance fighter
- 1 August – Sverre Steen, historian.
- 5 August – Reidar Magnus Aamo, politician
- 10 August – Ivar Kornelius Eikrem, politician
- 10 August – Rolf Hofmo, politician and sports official
- 23 August – Sigrid Boo, novelist
- 27 August – Carl Otto Løvenskiold, businessperson
- 15 September – Bjørn Hougen, archaeologist
- 19 September – Erik Rotheim, chemical engineer and inventor of the aerosol spray can
- 2 October – Trond Hegna, journalist and politician
- 18 October – John Ditlev-Simonsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist
- 22 October – Inge Lyse, engineer and resistance member
- 22 October – Bjørn Skjærpe, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
- 20 November – Einar Stavang, politician
- 29 November – Aagot Børseth, actor
- 2 December – Henry Jacobsen, politician
- 3 December – Asbjørn Halvorsen, international soccer player and general secretary of the Norwegian Football Association
- 4 December – Reimar Riefling, classical pianist, music teacher, and music critic
- 8 December –
- *Christopher Dahl, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
- *Aslak Nilsen, politician.
- 29 December – Randi Anda, politician
Full date unknown
- Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen, priest and politician
- Rolf Gammleng, violinist and organizational leader.
- Sonja Hagemann, literary historian and literary critic
- Odd Hølaas, journalist and writer
- Sverre Munck, businessperson
- Rolf Østbye, businessperson
- Sverre Petterssen, meteorologist
- Leif J. Sverdrup, civil engineer and military officer in America
Notable deaths
- 5 January – Valdemar Knudsen, sugar cane plantation pioneer in Hawaii
- 2 February – Johan Christian Johnsen, politician
- 7 September – Karl Hals, businessperson and politician
- 11 September – Nikoline Harbitz, author
Full date unknown
- Hans Rasmus Astrup, politician
- Axel Gudbrand Blytt, botanist
- Laura Gundersen, actor
- Nils Pedersen Igland, farmer and politician
- Holm Hansen Munthe, architect
- Johan Jørgen Schwartz, politician and businessperson