1873 In Norway
Events in the year 1873 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Oscar II Events * The office of Governor-general of Norway is abolished. Arts and literature Births *5 March – Olav Bjaaland, ski champion and polar explorer (died 1961) *9 March – Yngvar Sonnichsen, Norwegian-American artist and painter (died 1938) *11 March – Arnold Holmboe, politician and Minister (died 1956) *3 May – Nini Roll Anker, novelist and playwright (died 1942) *23 May – Ragnhild Kåta, first deafblind person in Norway to receive proper schooling (died 1947) *26 May – Olaf Gulbransson, artist, painter and designer (died 1958) *7 July – Halvdan Koht, historian, biographer, politician and Minister (died 1965) *22 July – Martinus Lørdahl, businessperson, multi sports competitor and sports administrator (died 1933). *11 September – Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, botanist (died 1943) *10 October – Johan Martin Jakobsen Strand, farmer and politician (died 1935) *16 October – Einar Liberg ...
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Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ...
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