1881 In Norway
Events in the year 1881 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarchy of Norway, Monarch: Oscar II of Sweden, Oscar II . Events Arts and literature Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen's, ''Ghosts'', is released. Births January to June *3 January – Wilhelm Faye, military officer and war historian (died 1967 in Norway, 1967). *5 January – Jørgen Bru, sport shooter (died 1974 in Norway, 1974) *24 February – Per Askim, naval officer (died 1963). *27 February – Sigvard Sivertsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963 in Norway, 1963) *11 March – Wictor Esbensen, mariner and explorer (died 1942 in Norway, 1942) *17 March – Kristian Elster (born 1881), Kristian Elster, Jr, novelist, literary historian, theatre critic and biographer (born 1881). *20 March – Dorthea Dahl, writer in America (died 1958 in Norway, 1958) *26 March – Marta Marie Nielsen, schoolteacher and politician (d. 1948). *6 June – Anton Djupvik, politician (died 1951 in Norway, 1951) July to September ...
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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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