1890 in Norway

← 1889 1888 1887 1890 in Norway → 1891 1892 1893
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See also:	1890 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1890 in Norway.

Arts and literature

Sult, by Knut Hamsun.

• Sult, novel by Knut Hamsun

Births

January to June

• 23 January – Leon Aurdal, painter (died 1949).^[1]
• 18 March – Gunnar Andersen, international soccer player and ski jumper (died 1968)
• 26 April – Arne Gjedrem, politician (died 1978)
• 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)
• 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).^[2][3]
• 23 October – Anders Johanneson Bøyum, politician (died 1962)
• 23 November – Frithjof Olstad, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1956)
• 14 December – Sigurd Hoel, author and publishing consultant (died 1960)

Full date unknown

• John Aae, politician (died 1968)
• Peder Furubotn, cabinetmaker and politician (died 1975)
• 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)

References

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