1877 in Norway

First performance of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House

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See also:	1877 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1877 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II . ^[1]

Events

• The Røros Line was opened.

Arts and literature

• 25 April - The local newspaper Agder Flekkefjords Tidende was first published.

Births

January to June

Marta Steinsvik, proponent for women's rights, first female to graduate from the Norwegian School of Theology

• 11 February – Aasa Helgesen, midwife and politician (died 1968). ^[2]
• 25 February – Bernt Tunold, painter (died 1946)
• 5 March – Klaus Sletten, organizational worker, editor and politician (died 1946)
• 23 March – Marta Steinsvik, author and translator (died 1950)
• 29 March – Nils Waltersen Aasen, arms inventor (died 1925)
• 12 April – Ragnvald A. Nestos, governor of the U.S. state of North Dakota (died 1942)
• 19 April – Ole Evinrude, inventor, known for the invention of the first outboard motor with practical commercial application (died 1934)
• 26 April – Alfred Næss, speed skater (died 1955)
• 5 May – Halfdan Egedius, painter and illustrator (died 1899)
• 6 May – Bjarne Solberg, physician and politician (died 1928)

July to December

Harald Halvorsen

• 18 July – Arne Sejersted, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1960)
• 17 August – Bernhoff Hansen, wrestler and Olympic gold medallist (died 1950)
• 28 August – Anna Schønheyder, painter and textile artist (died 1927). ^[3]
• 8 September – Rasmus Pettersen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1957)
• 8 September – Gunnar Ousland, writer, editor and politician for the Labour Party (died 1967)
• 13 September – Harald Halvorsen, politician (died 1943). ^[4]
• 16 September – Carsten Tank-Nielsen, admiral (died 1957). ^[5]
• 9 October – Isak Halvorsen, politician
• 12 October – Alf Hjort, electrical engineer in America (died 1944)
• 16 October – Bjørn Helland-Hansen, oceanographer (died 1957)
• 16 October – Per Savio, polar explorer and dog sled driver (died 1905). ^[6]
• 4 November – Benjamin Blessum, Norwegian-American painter, graphic artist, illustrator (died 1954)
• 29 November – Fredrik Barbe Wallem, art historian (died 1945). ^[7]

Full date unknown

• Ole Ludvig Bærøe, politician (died 1943)
• Halfdan Egedius, painter and illustrator (died 1899)
• Per Klingenberg Hestetun, politician (died 1928)
• Karl Hovelsen, Nordic skier (died 1955)
• Ivar Larsen Kirkeby-Garstad, politician and Minister (died 1951)
• Lars Oftedal, politician and Minister (died 1932)
• Nikolai Nissen Paus, surgeon (died 1956)
• Haakon Shetelig, archaeologist (died 1955)
• Gunnar Ousland, writer, editor and politician (died 1967)
• Erik Solem, judge (died 1949)

Deaths

Eskild Bruun

• 9 October – Eskild Bruun, barrister, judge and businessman (b. 1804). ^[8]
• 25 December – Hans Gerhard Colbjørnsen Meldahl, jurist and politician (born 1815)

Full date unknown

• Christian Peder Bianco Boeck, doctor, zoologist and mountaineer (born 1798)
• Hans Wille, priest and politician (born 1807)

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. Haugland, Ånund. "Aasa Helgesen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
3. Aaserud, Anne. "Anna Schønheyder". Norsk kunstnerleksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
4. "Biografier 1905–1945. Harald Halvorsen" (in Norwegian). Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
5. Leraand, Dag. "Carsten Tank-Nielsen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
6. Barr, Susan. "Per Savio". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
7. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Fredrik Barbe Wallem". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
8. Amundsen, O. Delphin (1947). Den kongelige norske Sankt Olavs Orden (in Norwegian). Oslo: Grøndahl. p. 34.