1876 in Norway

Events in the year 1876 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Oscar II.

Events

 * 22 February - Sofie Johannesdotter was beheaded by axe for trifold murder, she was the last woman to be executed in Norway.
 * 25 February - Kristoffer Nilsen Svartbækken Grindalen was beheaded by axe for murder, it was witnessed by estimated 2,500 spectators, it was the last public execution in Norway.

January to June

 * 8 January – Nils Tveit, politician (died 1949)
 * 23 March – Nils Erik Flakstad, businessperson and politician (died 1939)
 * 22 April – Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America (died 1931)
 * 9 May – Johan Arndt, politician (died 1933)
 * 18 May – Thorvald Astrup, architect (died 1940)
 * 11 June – Christen Gran Bøgh, jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic (died 1955)

July to December

 * 22 August – Christen Wiese, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1968)
 * 16 September – Albert Helgerud, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1954)
 * 24 September – Jacob Thorkelson, elected official, naval officer and medical doctor in America (died 1945)
 * 18 October – Erik Colban, diplomat (died 1956)
 * 19 October – Oluf Christian Müller, politician (died 1938)
 * 21 November – Olav Duun, novelist (died 1939)
 * 8 December – Jan Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1945)

Full date unknown

 * Edvin Alten, judge (died 1967)
 * Olaf Amundsen, politician and Minister (died 1939)
 * Sverre Hassel, polar explorer (died 1928)
 * Lars Olai Meling, politician and Minister (died 1951)
 * Embrik Strand, arachnologist (died 1947)
 * Ole Nikolai Ingebrigtsen Strømme, politician and Minister (died 1936)

Deaths

 * 18 January – Asbjorn Kloster, social reformer and leader of the Norwegian temperance movement (born 1823)
 * 22 February - Sofie Johannesdotter, serial killer (born 1839)
 * 25 February - Kristoffer Nilsen Svartbækken Grindalen, criminal, killer and thief (born 1804)
 * 8 May – Christian Lassen, orientalist (born 1800)
 * 20 July - Hans Riddervold, bishop and politician (born 1795)

Full date unknown

 * Karelius August Arntzen, politician (born 1802)
 * Eilev Jonsson Steintjønndalen, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1821)