1870 In Norway
Events in the year 1870 in Norway. Incumbents *List of Norwegian monarchs, Monarch: Charles XV of Sweden, Charles IV. Events Arts and literature Births *23 January – Ole Sæther, Olympic rifle shooter (died 1946 in Norway, 1946) *17 April – Haaken Hasberg Gran, botanist (died 1955 in Norway, 1955) *19 May – Nils Nilsen Ronning, Norwegian-American author and editor (died 1962) * 4 July – Barbra Ring, writer (died 1955 in Norway, 1955). *14 September – Einar Borch, landowner and politician (died 1952 in Norway, 1952). *22 October – Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, three-times Prime Minister of Norway (died 1943 in Norway, 1943) *26 November – Elise Sem, barrister (died 1950 in Norway, 1950) *29 November – Eivind Heiberg, engineer and railway director (died 1939 in Norway, 1939) *7 December – Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen, engineer and politician (died 1945 in Norway, 1945) Full date unknown *Theodor Bull, businessperson and genealogist (died 1958 in Norway, 1958) *Helm ...
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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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