1878 in Norway

Events in the year 1878 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Oscar II.

Events

 * A law is passed that requires teachers to speak the local dialect of their pupils and not the other way round.

Births

 * 13 January – Henrik Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1957)
 * 17 January – Olaf Husby, sport shooter
 * 18 January – Gudmund Sundby, engineer (died 1973).
 * 1 February – Thoralf Glad, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1969)
 * 7 February – Lul Krag, painter (died 1956)
 * 19 February – Kristofer Uppdal, poet and author (died 1961)
 * 14 April – Karl Johan Pettersen Vadøy, politician (died 1965)
 * 27 April – Christian Fredrik Monsen, politician (died 1954)
 * 27 May – Arne Kavli, painter (died 1970)
 * 18 July – Egill Reimers, architect, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1946)
 * 12 August – Østen Østensen, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist (died 1939)
 * 7 November – Knut Markhus, educator and politician (died 1963).
 * 28 November – Peder Kolstad, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 1932)

Full date unknown

 * Per Berg Lund, politician and Minister (died 1954)
 * Magnus Olsen, linguist and professor of Norse philology (died 1963)
 * Anton Frederik Winter Jakhelln Prytz, politician (died 1945)

Deaths

 * 25 April – Nils Christian Irgens, military officer, politician and Minister (born 1811)
 * 26 May - Gustav Adolph Lammers, priest, architect and artist (born 1802)
 * 8 September – Ulrik Frederik Lange, politician (born 1808)

Full date unknown

 * Jørgen Wright Cappelen, bookseller and publisher (born 1805)
 * Johan Widing Heiberg Landmark, jurist and politician (born 1802)
 * Peter Tidemand Malling, bookseller, printer and publisher (born 1807)