1888 in Norway

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See also:	1888 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1888 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Oscar II
• Prime Minister - Johan Sverdrup

Events

• In the Norwegian parliamentary election the Conservative Party of Norway wins the most seats

Notable births

• 7 January - Thorstein Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
• 12 January - Jon Andrå, politician (died 1966)
• 20 January - Tor Lund, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1972)
• 4 February - Gunnar Nordbye, United States federal judge (died 1977)
• 16 February - Ferdinand Bie, long jumper and Olympic gold medallist (died 1961)
• 16 February - Aldor Ingebrigtsen, politician (died 1952)
• 4 March - Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (died 1931)
• 5 March - Ivar Skjånes, politician (died 1975)
• 24 March - Olof Jacobsen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist
• 28 March - Harald Smedvik, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1956)
• 2 April - Nicolai Kiær, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1934)
• 4 April - Aanund Bjørnsson Berdal, engineer (died 1981).^[1]
• 10 April - Alfred Madsen, engineer, newspaper editor, trade unionist and politician (died 1962)
• 12 April - Ejnar Tønsager, rower (died 1967)
• 14 April - Rasmus Birkeland, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1972)
• 14 April - Edvard Christian Danielsen, military officer (died 1964).^[2]
• 10 May - Thore Michelsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1980)
• 13 May - Peder Nikolai Leier Jacobsen, politician (died 1967)
• 27 May - Ole Aarnæs, high jumper (died 1992)
• 3 July - Harald Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1968)
• 23 August - Ivar Asbjørn Følling, physician (died 1973)
• 1 September - Gabriel Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
• 29 September - Johannes Andersen, long distance runner (died 1967)
• 4 October - Oscar Mathisen, speed skater (died 1954)
• 15 October - Leif Erichsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1924)
• 16 October - Ivar Kristiansen Hognestad, politician (died 1973)
• 24 October - Anders Haugen, ski jumper (died 1984)
• 15 November - Harald Sverdrup, oceanographer and meteorologist (died 1957)

Full date unknown

• Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst, politician and Minister (died 1958)
• Sverre Grette, judge (died 1959)
• Lars Høgvold, ski jumper (died 1961)
• Jørg Tofte Jebsen, physicist (died 1922)
• Per Mathias Jespersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
• Gustav Smedal, jurist and irredentist activist (died 1951)

Notable deaths

Ole Richter

• 9 January - Theodor Peterson, businessperson and politician (born 1839)
• 17 June - Hans Jensen, businessperson (born 1817)
• 22 June – Edmund Neupert, pianist and composer (born 1842)
• 1 July - Vilhelm Frimann Christie Bøgh, archivist (born 1817)
• 25 October - Theodor Kjerulf, geologist and poet (born 1825)

Full date unknown

• Erik Eriksen, ice sea captain (born 1820)
• Nicolai Friis, politician (born 1815)
• Christen Knudsen, ship-owner (born 1813)
• Ole Richter, lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1829)
• Sjur Aasmundsen Sexe, mineralogist (born 1808)

References

1. Magnus, Jens Christian. "Aanund Bjørnsson Berdal". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
2. Johnson, Jon Anton. "Edvard Christian Danielsen". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 June 2013.