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Events in the year 1881 in Norway.
Incumbents
* Monarch: Oscar II .Events
Arts and literature
Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen's, ''Ghosts'', is released.Births
January to June
*3 January –Wilhelm Faye
Wilhelm Nicolay Faye (3 January 1881 – 22 December 1967) was a Norwegian military officer, lecturer, war historian and local politician.
Career
Faye was born in Fet on 3 January 1881 to Gabriel Antonio Faye and Fernanda Augusta Landmark. He a ...
, military officer and war historian (died 1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
).
*5 January – Jørgen Bru
Jørgen Anders Bru (5 January 1881 – 17 December 1974) was a Norwegian sport shooter who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an inter ...
, sport shooter (died 1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
)
*24 February – Per Askim, naval officer (died 1963).
*27 February – Sigvard Sivertsen
Sigvard I. Sivertsen (27 February 1881 – 27 December 1963) was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
As a member of the Norwegian team, he won a silver medal in the gymnastics team ...
, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
)
*11 March – Wictor Esbensen
Viktor Esbensen (11 March 1881 – 29 January 1942) was a Norwegian mariner known for exploring the Antarctic region together with his father-in-law Carl Anton Larsen, looking to make a living from whaling. He was killed when his ship was sunk i ...
, mariner and explorer (died 1942
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
)
*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
*23 July – Thorleiv Røhn, military officer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
)
*27 August – Elise Hambro, educator (died 1966 in Norway, 1966).
*15 September – Wilhelm Blystad, track and field athlete (died 1954 in Norway, 1954)
*11 October – Leif Georg Ferdinand Bang, politician
*25 October – Oskar Braaten, novelist and playwright (died 1939 in Norway, 1939)
*27 October – Edvard Larsen, triple jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1914 in Norway, 1914)
*29 October – Niels Christian Ditleff, diplomat (died 1956 in Norway, 1956)
*15 November – Andreas Hagelund, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
)
*4 December – Edvard Bull, Sr., historian and politician (died 1932 in Norway, 1932)
*17 December – Yngvar Bryn, track and field athlete and pairs figure skater (died 1947 in Norway, 1947)
*27 December – Sigvart Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist
Full date unknown
*Erik Glosimodt, architect (died 1921 in Norway, 1921) *Marie Hamsun, actor and writer (died 1969 in Norway, 1969) *Sigurd Halvorsen Johannessen, politician (died 1964 in Norway, 1964) *Per Larssen, politician and Minister (died 1947 in Norway, 1947) *Knut Liestøl, politician and Minister (died 1952 in Norway, 1952) *Kristian Prestrud, polar explorer (died 1927 in Norway, 1927) *Jakob Sverdrup (philologist), Jakob Sverdrup, philologist and lexicographer (died 1938 in Norway, 1938)Deaths
*7 January – Jens Zetlitz Kielland, consul and artist (born 1816 in Norway, 1816) *11 April – Kristian Elster (born 1841), Kristian Elster, Sr, novelist, journalist, literary critic and theatre critic (born 1841).Full date unknown
*Jens Henrik Beer, businessperson, farmer and politician (born 1799) *Jens Gran, politician (born 1794) *Christopher Andreas Holmboe, philologist (born 1796 in Norway, 1796) *Peter Daniel B. W. Kildal, politician (born 1816) *Thomas Konow, naval officer and politician (born 1796 in Norway, 1796) *Ludvig Vibe, philologist and educator (born 1803)See also
References
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