1897 in Norway

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See also:	1897 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1897 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II. ^[1]
• Prime Minister: Francis Hagerup

Events

• The 1897 Parliamentary election takes place.

Popular culture

Music

Main article: 1897 in Norwegian music

Literature

• The play A Doll House was written by Henrik Ibsen.

Births

January to March

• 2 January – Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1978)
• 8 January – Theodore Theodorsen, Norwegian-American aerodynamicist (died 1978)
• 11 February – Jacob Christie Kielland, architect (died 1972)
• 17 February – Torgeir Andreas Berge, politician (died 1973)
• 11 March – Knut Toven, politician (died 1980)
• 16 March – Bernhard Berthelsen, politician (died 1964)
• 22 March – Ivar Heming Skre, Norwegian resistance member ^[2]

April to June

Joronn Sitje (self portrait 1926)

Odd Hassel

• 17 April – Harald Sæverud, composer (died 1992)
• 21 April – Odd Lindbäck-Larsen, military officer and war historian (died 1975). ^[3]
• 30 April
  • Joronn Sitje, painter and illustrator (died 1982). ^[4]
  • Johan Henrik Wiers-Jenssen, newspaper columnist and theatre director (died 1951)
• 1 May – Lauritz Schmidt, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1970)
• 10 May – Harald Stenerud, hammer and discus thrower (died 1976)
• 15 May – Anton Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1968)
• 17 May – Odd Hassel, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (died 1981)
• 25 May – Rasmus Andreas Torset, politician (died 1965)
• 23 June
  • Trygve Knudsen, philologist, linguist and lexicographer (died 1968)
  • Einar Pettersen, sport wrestler (died 1966). ^[5]

July to September

• 5 July – Ole H. Løvlien, politician (died 1970)
• 18 July – Per Gulbrandsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1963)
• 22 July – Syvert Tobiassen Messel, politician (died 1978)
• 29 July – Emil Lie, sculptor (died 1976). ^[6]
• 13 August – Oliver Dahl-Goli, politician (died 1976)
• 20 August – Sigvald Asbjornsen, Norwegian-American sculptor (died 1954)
• 4 September – Emil Boyson, poet, author, and translator (died 1979)
• 5 September – Olav Benum, politician (died 1990)

October to December

• 4 October – Einar Diesen, newspaper editor (died 1994). ^[7]
• 14 October – Harald Strøm, speed skater and World Champion (died 1977)
• 17 October – Oskar Olsen, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1956)
• 29 October – Ivar Bae, politician (died 1967)
• 31 October – Sigurd Moen, speed skater and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1967)
• 6 November – Sverre Riisnæs, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator (died 1988)
• 13 November – Ole Jørgensen, politician (died 1966)
• 14 November – Bjarne Guldager, sprinter (died 1971)
• 11 December – Astrid Tollefsen, poet (died 1973). ^[8]
• 24 December – Gunnar Nygaard, broadcasting pioneer (died 1997). ^[9]
• 26 December – Ingvald Svinsås-Lo, politician (died 1980

Full date unknown

• Einar Dønnum, Nazi collaborator, executed (died 1947)
• Gunnar Berg, a national director of the Boy Scouts of America (died 1987)
• John Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1977)
• Rolf Kiær, hydrographer (died 1975)
• Hilmar Reksten, shipping magnate (died 1980)
• Helge Thiis, architect and art critic (died 1972)
• Niels Werring, shipowner (died 1990)
• Hans Fredrik Wirstad, veterinarian (died 1983)

Deaths

• 9 March – Sondre Norheim, skier and pioneer of modern skiing (born 1825)
• 25 September – Hjalmar Heiberg, physician and a professor (born 1837). ^[10]

Full date unknown

• Hans Jensen Krog, politician (born 1808)
• Christian Tønsberg, bookseller, publisher and writer (born 1813)

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. Ording, Arne; Johnson, Gudrun; Garder, Johan (1951). "Skre, Ivar Heming". Våre falne 1939-1945 (in Norwegian). Vol. 4. Oslo: The State of Norway. p. 154. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
3. Brakstad, Aksel Schreiner; Leraand, Dag. "Odd Lindbäck-Larsen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
4. Fremmelid, Anny Bo. "Joronn Sitje". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
5. Gundersen, Ove. "Einar Pettersen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
6. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Emil Lie". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
7. Solheim, John. "Einar Diesen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
8. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Astrid Tollefsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
9. Dahl, Hans Fredrik. "Gunnar Nygaard". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
10. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Hjalmar Heiberg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2019.