1877 in Norway

First performance of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House

Events in the year 1877 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Oscar II.

Events

 * 25 April - The local newspaper Agder Flekkefjords Tidende was first published.
 * The Røros Line was opened.

January to June



 * 11 February – Aasa Helgesen, midwife and politician (died 1968).
 * 25 February – Bernt Tunold, painter (died 1946)
 * 5 March – Klaus Sletten, organizational worker, editor and politician (died 1946)
 * 23 March – Marta Steinsvik, author and translator (died 1950)
 * 29 March – Nils Waltersen Aasen, arms inventor (died 1925)
 * 12 April – Ragnvald A. Nestos, governor of the U.S. state of North Dakota (died 1942)
 * 19 April – Ole Evinrude, inventor, known for the invention of the first outboard motor with practical commercial application (died 1934)
 * 26 April – Alfred Næss, speed skater (died 1955)
 * 5 May – Halfdan Egedius, painter and illustrator (died 1899)
 * 6 May – Bjarne Solberg, physician and politician (died 1928)

July to December

 * 18 July – Arne Sejersted, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1960)
 * 17 August – Bernhoff Hansen, wrestler and Olympic gold medallist (died 1950)
 * 28 August – Anna Schønheyder, painter and textile artist (died 1927).
 * 8 September – Rasmus Pettersen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1957)
 * 8 September – Gunnar Ousland, writer, editor and politician for the Labour Party (died 1967)
 * 13 September – Harald Halvorsen, politician (died 1943).
 * 16 September – Carsten Tank-Nielsen, admiral (died 1957).
 * 9 October – Isak Halvorsen, politician
 * 12 October – Alf Hjort, electrical engineer in America (died 1944)
 * 16 October – Bjørn Helland-Hansen, oceanographer (died 1957)
 * 4 November – Benjamin Blessum, Norwegian-American painter, graphic artist, illustrator (died 1954)
 * 29 November – Fredrik Barbe Wallem, art historian (died 1945).

Full date unknown

 * Ole Ludvig Bærøe, politician (died 1943)
 * Halfdan Egedius, painter and illustrator (died 1899)
 * Per Klingenberg Hestetun, politician (died 1928)
 * Karl Hovelsen, Nordic skier (died 1955)
 * Ivar Larsen Kirkeby-Garstad, politician and Minister (died 1951)
 * Lars Oftedal, politician and Minister (died 1932)
 * Nikolai Nissen Paus, surgeon (died 1956)
 * Haakon Shetelig, archaeologist (died 1955)
 * Gunnar Ousland, writer, editor and politician (died 1967)
 * Erik Solem, judge (died 1949)

Deaths



 * 9 October – Eskild Bruun, barrister, judge and businessman (b. 1804).
 * 25 December – Hans Gerhard Colbjørnsen Meldahl, jurist and politician (born 1815)

Full date unknown

 * Christian Peder Bianco Boeck, doctor, zoologist and mountaineer (born 1798)
 * Hans Wille, priest and politician (born 1807)