1874 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1874 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Oscar II .^[1]

Births

• 12 April – Kristian Edland, farmer and politician.^[2]
• 8 May – Endre Johannes Cleven, settler in Canada (died 1916)
• 2 July – Oluf Wesmann-Kjær, rifle shooter (died 1945)
• 14 July – Torleiv Hannaas, philologist (died 1929)
• 24 August – Einar Hanssen, judge.^[3]
• 3 September – Carl Størmer, mathematician and physicist (died 1957)
• 8 September – Torgrim Castberg, violinist (died 1928)
• 26 September – Simon Johnson, Norwegian-American author (died 1970)
• 2 December – Johannes Hanssen, bandmaster, composer and teacher (died 1967)
• 19 December – Axel Theodor Næss, judge (d. 1945).^[4]

Full date unknown

• Aagot Didriksen, actress (died 1968)
• Knut Olai Thornæs, newspaper editor and politician (died 1935)

Deaths

• 20 February – Dominicus Nagell Lemvig Brun, military officer and politician (b.1790)
• 1 March – Hans Jørgen Darre, clergyman (b.1803)
• 15 September – Christian Schou, brewer and merchant (born 1792).^[5]
• 6 October – Thomas Tellefsen, pianist and composer (b.1823)

Full date unknown

• Jens Lauritz Arup, politician (b.1793)
• Ole Ingebrigtsen Soelberg, politician (b.1798)
• Carl Johan Severin Steen, politician (b.1825)

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Oscar 2. . Terje . Bratberg . Magnus A. . Mardal . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 4 January 2024.
2. Web site: Biografier 1905–1945. Kristian Edland . Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste . no . 21 November 2016 . 21 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161121232647/http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=10640 . dead .
3. Encyclopedia: 1948. Hanssen, Einar . Hvem er hvem?. Gram . Harald . Harald Gram . Steenstrup . Bjørn . Aschehoug. Oslo . 221. no. 22 September 2016.
4. Encyclopedia: 1930. Næss, Axel Theodor . . Hjalmar Steenstrup . Steenstrup . Hjalmar . Aschehoug. Oslo . 317. no. 21 September 2016.
5. Encyclopedia: Christian Schou . Jon Gunnar . Arntzen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 17 November 2020.