1890 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1890 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II.^[1]
• Prime Minister –

Arts and literature

• Sult, novel by Knut Hamsun is published.

Births

January to June

• 10 January – Kirsten Utheim Toverud, pediatrician (died 1949).^[2]
• 16 January – Henry Reinholt, footballer (died 1980).^[3]
• 23 January  - Leon Aurdal, painter (died 1949).^[4]
• 13 February  - Georg Tysland, engineer and metallurgist^[5]
• 18 March  - Gunnar Andersen, international soccer player and ski jumper (died 1968)
• 26 April  - Arne Gjedrem, politician (died 1978)
• 11 May  - Helge Løvland, decathlete and Olympic gold medallist (died 1984)
• 14 May  - Olaf Johannessen, rifle shooter (died 1977)
• 14 May  - Harald Houge Torp, politician (died 1972)
• 7 June  - Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, aviation pioneer, polar explorer and businessman (died 1965)

July to September

• 10 July  - Marie Ingeborg Skau, politician (died 1966)
• 25 July  - Torleiv Corneliussen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1975)
• 31 July  - Håkon Tønsager, rower (died 1975)
• 19 August  - Konrad Knudsen, painter, journalist and politician (died 1959)
• 29 August – Peder Furubotn, cabinetmaker and politician (died 1975).^[6]
• 3 September  - Per Fokstad, teacher, politician and intellectual (died 1973)
• 17 September  - Sverre Grøner, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1972)

October to December

• 1 October  - Halfdan Haneborg Hansen, military officer, Milorg pioneer and businessman (died 1974).^[7]
• 23 October  - Anders Johanneson Bøyum, politician (died 1962)
• 26 October  - John Aae, politician (died 1968)
• 23 November  - Frithjof Olstad, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1956)
• 14 December  - Sigurd Hoel, author and publishing consultant (died 1960)

Full date unknown

• Harald Langhelle, newspaper editor and politician (died 1942)
• Ragnar Skancke, politician and Minister (died 1948)
• Bjørn Talén, opera singer (died 1945)

Deaths

Full date unknown

• Ole Andreas Bachke, politician and Minister (born 1830)
• Paul Peter Vilhelm Breder, politician (born 1816)
• Svend Adolph Solberg, politician (born 1831)
• Jacob Tostrup, goldsmith and jeweller (born 1806)
• Clara Ursin, actress and singer (born 1828)

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Oscar 2. . Terje . Bratberg . Magnus A. . Mardal . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 4 January 2024.
2. Encyclopedia: Kirsten Utheim Toverud . . Agnes H . Frølich . Helle . Knut . Knut Helle . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 2 September 2020 .
3. Web site: Henry Reinholt . olympedia.org . 18 November 2020.
4. Encyclopedia: Leon Aurdal . Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Oscar . Thue . Norwegian . 2 July 2016.
5. Web site: Georg Tysland . Store norske leksikon . December 15, 2016 .
6. Encyclopedia: Peder Furubotn . Knut Are . Tvedt . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 4 February 2023.
7. Encyclopedia: 1973. Haneborg Hansen, Halfdan Olaf. Hvem er hvem?. Steenstrup, Bjørn. Aschehoug. Oslo . 208. Norwegian. 4 September 2016.