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Events in the year 1886 in Norway.
*3 January –
Incumbents
*Monarch
A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...
: Oscar II
Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik; 21 January 1829 – 8 December 1907) was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907 and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905.
Oscar was the son of King Oscar I and Queen Josephine. He inherited the Swedish and Norweg ...
.
*Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
: Johan Sverdrup
Johan Sverdrup (30 July 1816 – 17 February 1892) was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party. He was the first prime minister of Norway after the introduction of parliamentarism and served as the 4th prime minister of Norway. Sverdrup was ...
Events
* TheNorwegian Medical Association The Norwegian Medical Association ( no, Den norske lægeforening (1886–2008), spelled ''Den norske legeforening'' since 2008) is the main Norwegian medical association and trade union, and was founded in 1886. It has 32 555 members (as of 2016) o ...
is established.
Arts and literature
*'' Albertine'', novel byChristian Krohg
Christian Krohg (13 August 1852 – 16 October 1925) was a Norwegian naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Krohg was inspired by the realism art movement and often chose motifs from everyday life. He was the director and s ...
*''Mannfolk
''Mannfolk'' is a novel from 1886 by Norwegian writer Arne Garborg.
The novel is set in Norway's capital Christiania, and is a fierce attack on the sexual education of the time. It describes the life of a number of down-and-out men who belong to ...
'', novel by Arne Garborg
Arne Garborg (born Aadne Eivindsson Garborg) (25 January 1851 – 14 January 1924) was a Norwegian writer.
Garborg championed the use of Landsmål (now known as Nynorsk, or New Norwegian), as a literary language; he translated the Odyssey into i ...
Notable births
*2 January -Elise Ottesen-Jensen
Elise Ottesen-Jensen, also known as Ottar, (2 January 1886 − 4 September 1973) was a Norwegian-Swedish sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator, whose main mission was to fight for women's rights to understand and control their own body a ...
, sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator (died 1973)
*6 January - Hans Oskar Evju, politician (died 1967)
*11 January – Johannes Lid
Johannes Lid (11 January 1886 – 29 September 1971) was a Norwegian botanist. He was born in Voss, and he married the illustrator Dagny Tande Lid in 1936. He is particularly known for his works on Scandinavian flora, and for his widely used ...
, botanist (died (1971)).
*23 January – Halvard Olsen
Halvard Olsen (23 January 1886 – 5 August 1966) was a Norwegian politician and trade Union leader.
Olsen was born in Kvæfjord. He chaired the Norwegian Union of Iron and Metal Workers from 1919, and then the Norwegian Confederation of Tra ...
, politician and trade unionist (died 1966).
*18 February – Trygve Bøyesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1963)
*20 February – Jørgen Andersen
Jørgen Marius Andersen (20 February 1886 – 30 May 1973) was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.
As a member of the Norwegian team, he won a bronze medal in the gymnastics team, S ...
, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
*22 February – Nils Voss, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
*3 March – Tore Ørjasæter
Tore Ørjasæter (3 March 1886 – 29 February 1968) was a Norwegian educator and poet.
, poet (died 1968)
*4 March – Biography
à ...Ola Solberg
Ola Solberg (4 March 1886 – 1977) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party.
He was born in Heradsbygd as a son of painter and smallholder Otto Solberg (1861–1928) and his wife Olava Oppegaard (1863–1942). He st ...
, newspaper editor and politician (died 1977)
*16 March – Sigurd Smebye, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1954)
*22 March – Arthur Amundsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1936)
*4 April – Jens Marcus Mottré, politician (died 1966)
*19 April – Olaf Sletten, shooter and Olympic silver medallist (died 1943)
*24 May – Nils Emaus Nilsen, politician (died 1976)
*12 June – Jacob Prytz
Jacob Prytz (12 June 1886 – 23 November 1962) was a Norwegian goldsmith and designer.
Personal life
Prytz was born in Kristiania on 12 June 1886, a son of architect, goldsmith and politician Torolf Prytz and Hilda Tostrup. He married Ingeri ...
, goldsmith and designer (died 1962).
*24 June – Ragnhild Hartmann Varmbo, politician (died 1982)
*20 July – Thor Larsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
*10 August – Svein Olsen Øraker
Svein Olsen Øraker (10 August 1886 in Vestre Slidre – 27 September 1963) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag counties in 193 ...
, politician (died 1963)
*18 September – Paul Pedersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1948)
*3 November – Hans Næss, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
*3 November – Henrik Nielsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
*4 November – Theodor Dahl, journalist and fiction writer (d. 1946
Events January
* January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
* January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
).
*14 November – Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen
Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen ( November 14, 1886 – May 1953) was a Norwegian-United States, American physician and orthopaedic surgeon.
Background
Smith-Petersen was among the most prominent and innovative of orthopaedic surgeons of the ...
, Norwegian American
Norwegian Americans ( nb, Norskamerikanere, nn, Norskamerikanarar) are Americans with ancestral roots in Norway. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the latter half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the ...
physician and orthopaedic surgeon (died 1953)
*25 November – Jens Bull
Jens Steenberg Bull (25 November 1886 – 1 June 1956) was a Norwegian jurist and diplomatist. He played his most important role during World War II, when he represented his country in Stockholm, Sweden.
Personal life
He was born in Christiani ...
, jurist and diplomat (died 1956)
*1 December – Magnus Johansen, politician (died 1970)
*8 December – Ole Konrad Ribsskog
Ole Konrad Ribsskog (8 December 1865 – 26 January 1941) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour and the Social Democratic Labour parties.
He was born in Flatanger as a son of farmers Johannes Olsen Ribsskog (1838–1910) an ...
, politician (died 1941)
*9 December – Marius Eriksen
Emil Marius Eriksen (9 December 1886 – 14 September 1950) was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Barbu, Norway and died in Oslo. He was the father of Marius Eriksen, Jr. and Stein Eriksen
St ...
, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1950)
*17 December – Einar Osland, politician (died 1955)
Full date unknown
* Bjarne Eriksen, businessman (died 1976) *Thorstein John Ohnstad Fretheim
Thorstein John Ohnstad Fretheim (10 May 1886 – 29 June 1971) was a Norwegian acting councillor of state in the NS government of Vidkun Quisling
Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (, ; 18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945) was a Norweg ...
, politician (died 1971)
* Ingar Nielsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
*Ferdinand Schjelderup
Ferdinand Schjelderup (8 March 1886 – 30 July 1955) was a Norwegian mountaineer, Supreme Court Justice and resistance member during the German occupation of Norway.
Personal life
He was born in Kristiania as the son of Thorleif Frederik Schj ...
, mountaineer, Supreme Court Justice and resistance member (died 1955)
*Henny Skjønberg
Henny Kristin Skjønberg (6 August 1886 – 5 January 1973) was a Norwegian actress and stage director.
Biography
Hennika Bucher Eide was born in Stavanger, Norway. She was the daughter of Henrik Eide (1831–1907) and Ingeborg Sofie Bucher (1 ...
, actress and stage director (died 1973)
*Olav Martinus Knutsen Steinnes
Olav Martinius Knutsen Steinnes (9 January 1886 – 26 June 1961) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party and Nasjonal Samling.
He was born at Steinnes in Ørsta as a son of farmers Knut Olai Olavsen Steinnes (1856–193 ...
, politician and Minister (died 1961)
Notable deaths
*3 January – Andreas Grimelund
Andreas Grimelund (26 January 1812 – 3 January 1896) was a Norwegian bishop.
The son of a farmer in Aker, he graduated as cand.theol. in 1835. He became residing chaplain in Nannestad in 1844 and Ullensaker in 1847. He was a teacher at the the ...
, bishop (born 1812)
*20 February – Ludwig Andreas Olsen
Ludwig Andreas Olsen (1845 – February 20, 1886), also known as Louis Williams, was a United States Navy sailor and one of only 19 people to ever be awarded two Medals of Honor. Both awards were for non-combat actions rescuing fello ...
, United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
sailor awarded two Medals of Honor
The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. Th ...
(born 1845)
*2 April – Christian Halvorsen Svenkerud
Christian Halvorsen Svenkerud (25 August 1798 – 2 April 1886) was a Norwegian politician.
He hailed from Solør.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1839, 1842, 1848 and 1851, representing the rural constituency of ''Hedemarkens Amt'' ...
, politician (born 1798)
*27 May – Tellef Dahll Schweigaard
Tellef Dahll Schweigaard (7 August 1806 – 27 May 1886) was a Norway, Norwegian politician.
Personal life
Schweigaard was born in Kragerø as the oldest son and second child of merchant Jørgen Fredrich Schweigaard (1771–1818) and his w ...
, politician (born 1806)
*15 August –, ship-owner (born 1820)
*12 September – Johannes Henrik Berg, politician (born 1797)
*4 October – Thomas Johannessen Heftye
Thomas Johannessen Heftye, also known as Tho Joh Heftye (29 October 1822 – 4 October 1886) was a Norwegian businessman, politician and philanthropist.
Personal life
He was born in Christiania as the son of merchant Johannes Thomassen Heftye ...
, businessperson, politician and philanthropist (born 1822)
*4 November – Ole C. Johnson, soldier in the American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...
(born 1838)
*28 December – Peder Sather
Peder Sather (September 25, 1810 – December 28, 1886) was a Norwegian-born American banker who is best known for his legacy to the University of California, Berkeley. His widow, Jane K. Sather, donated money in his memory for two of the sch ...
, banker and philanthropist (born 1810)
Full date unknown
* Søren Jørgensen Aandahl, politician (born 1802)See also
References
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