1874 in Norway

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Events in the year 1874 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II . ^[1]

Events

• The Grand Hotel in Oslo is founded.
• The Norwegian Society of Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals, a union for graduate technical and scientific professionals, is founded.

Births

• 12 April – Kristian Edland, farmer and politician. ^[2]
• 8 May – Endre Johannes Cleven, settler in Canada (died 1916)
• 2 July – Oluf Wesmann-Kjær, rifle shooter (died 1945)
• 14 July – Torleiv Hannaas, philologist (died 1929)
• 24 August – Einar Hanssen, judge. ^[3]
• 3 September – Carl Størmer, mathematician and physicist (died 1957)
• 8 September – Torgrim Castberg, violinist (died 1928)
• 26 September – Simon Johnson, Norwegian-American author (died 1970)
• 2 December – Johannes Hanssen, bandmaster, composer and teacher (died 1967)
• 13 December – Marius Ormestad, trade unionist and civil servant (died 1964). ^[4]
• 19 December – Axel Theodor Næss, judge (d. 1945). ^[5]

Full date unknown

• Aagot Didriksen, actress (died 1968)
• Knut Olai Thornæs, newspaper editor and politician (died 1935)

Deaths

• 20 February – Dominicus Nagell Lemvig Brun, military officer and politician (b.1790)
• 1 March – Hans Jørgen Darre, clergyman (b.1803)
• 15 September – Christian Schou, brewer and merchant (born 1792). ^[6]
• 6 October – Thomas Tellefsen, pianist and composer (b.1823)

Full date unknown

• Jens Lauritz Arup, politician (b.1793)
• Ole Ingebrigtsen Soelberg, politician (b.1798)
• Carl Johan Severin Steen, politician (b.1825)

References

1. Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 2.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
2. "Biografier 1905–1945. Kristian Edland" (in Norwegian). Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
3. Gram, Harald; Steenstrup, Bjørn, eds. (1948). "Hanssen, Einar". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 221. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
4. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Marius Ormestad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
5. Steenstrup, Hjalmar, ed. (1930). "Næss, Axel Theodor". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 317. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
6. Arntzen, Jon Gunnar. "Christian Schou". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 November 2020.