1879 in Norway

Events in the year 1879 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Oscar II.

Events

 * The Kverneland Group was established by Ole Gabriel Kverneland.

Arts and literature

 * Henrik Ibsen (while living in Italy) publishes A Doll's House

January to June

 * 26 January – Birger Braadland, politician (died 1966)
 * 5 March – Rachel Grepp, journalist and politician (died 1961)
 * 24 March – Leiv Heggstad, educator, linguist and translator (died 1954).
 * 11 April – Øistein Schirmer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1947)
 * 29 April – Henrik Ameln, jurist and politician (died 1961)
 * 23 May – Kjeld Stub Irgens, sea captain and collaborator minister (died 1963)
 * 27 May – Per Reidarson, composer and music critic (died 1954)
 * 28 May – Lilly Heber, literary critic and historian (died 1944).
 * 30 May – Olaf Josef Johansen, politician.
 * 27 June – Martin Tranmæl, socialist leader (died 1967)

July to September

 * 9 July – Karen Platou, politician (died 1950)
 * 5 August – Ole Hallesby, Lutheran neo-orthodox pietist (died 1961)
 * 6 August – Kyrre Grepp, politician (died 1922)
 * 6 September
 * Knud Leonard Knudsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1954)
 * Johan Nygaardsvold, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 1952)
 * 14 September – Andreas Brecke, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1952)
 * 29 September – Nils Bertelsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
 * 30 September – Johan Falkberget, author (died 1967)

October to December

 * 1 October – Lauritz Sand, resistance fighter (died 1956)
 * 5 October – Halfdan Cleve, composer (died 1951)
 * 21 October – Torkell Vinje, politician (died 1955)
 * 20 November – Martin Stenersen, sport shooter (died 1968)
 * 27 November – Gil Andersen, American auto racer (died 1930)
 * 29 November – Nils Trædal, cleric, politician and Minister (died 1948)
 * 6 December – Rudolf Gundersen, speed skater (died 1946)

Full date unknown

 * Anders Fjelstad, politician (died 1955)

Deaths

 * 5 February – Halvor Schou, industrialist (born 1823)
 * 8 April – Christian Cornelius Paus, lawyer, civil servant and politician (born 1800)
 * 2 September – Johan Collett Falsen, jurist and politician (born 1817)

Full date unknown

 * Jan Henrik Nitter Hansen, businessman and politician (born 1801)
 * Henrik Krohn, poet, magazine editor and proponent for Nynorsk language (born 1826)