1890 in Norway

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See also:	1890 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1890 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II. ^[1]
• Prime Minister –

Events

• Almost half of the town of Hammerfest burns down.

Arts and literature

Sult , by Knut Hamsun.

• Sult , novel by Knut Hamsun is published.

Births

January to June

• 10 January – Kirsten Utheim Toverud, pediatrician (died 1949). ^[2]
• 16 January – Henry Reinholt, footballer (died 1980). ^[3]
• 23 January – Leon Aurdal, painter (died 1949). ^[4]
• 13 February – Georg Tysland, engineer and metallurgist ^[5]
• 18 March – Gunnar Andersen, international soccer player and ski jumper (died 1968)
• 4 April – Per Kvist, writer, actor (died 1947). ^[6]
• 26 April – Arne Gjedrem, politician (died 1978)
• 26 April – Thoralf Klouman, satirical illustrator and actor (died 1940). ^[7]
• 11 May – Helge Løvland, decathlete and Olympic gold medallist (died 1984)
• 14 May – Olaf Johannessen, rifle shooter (died 1977)
• 14 May – Harald Houge Torp, politician (died 1972)
• 7 June – Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, aviation pioneer, polar explorer and businessman (died 1965)

July to September

• 10 July – Marie Ingeborg Skau, politician (died 1966)
• 25 July – Torleiv Corneliussen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1975)
• 31 July – Håkon Tønsager, rower (died 1975)
• 19 August – Konrad Knudsen, painter, journalist and politician (died 1959)
• 29 August – Peder Furubotn, cabinetmaker and politician (died 1975). ^[8]
• 3 September – Per Fokstad, teacher, politician and intellectual (died 1973)
• 17 September – Sverre Grøner, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1972)

October to December

• 1 October – Halfdan Haneborg Hansen, military officer, Milorg pioneer and businessman (died 1974). ^[9]
• 23 October – Anders Johanneson Bøyum, politician (died 1962)
• 26 October – John Aae, politician (died 1968)
• 23 November – Frithjof Olstad, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1956)
• 14 December – Sigurd Hoel, author and publishing consultant (died 1960)

Full date unknown

• Harald Langhelle, newspaper editor and politician (died 1942)
• Ragnar Skancke, politician and Minister (died 1948)
• Bjørn Talén, opera singer (died 1945)

Deaths

Full date unknown

• Ole Andreas Bachke, politician and Minister (born 1830)
• Paul Peter Vilhelm Breder, politician (born 1816)
• Svend Adolph Solberg, politician (born 1831)
• Jacob Tostrup, goldsmith and jeweller (born 1806)
• Clara Ursin, actress and singer (born 1828)

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. Frølich, Agnes H. "Kirsten Utheim Toverud". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
3. "Henry Reinholt". olympedia.org. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
4. Thue, Oscar. "Leon Aurdal". Norsk kunstnerleksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
5. "Georg Tysland". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
6. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Per Kvist". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
7. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Thoralf Klouman". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
8. Tvedt, Knut Are. "Peder Furubotn". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
9. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Haneborg Hansen, Halfdan Olaf". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 208. Retrieved 4 September 2016.