1884 in Norway

Events in the year 1884 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Oscar II.
 * Prime Minister: Christian August Selmer (impeached)
 * Prime Minister: Christian Homann Schweigaard (April to June)
 * Prime Minister: Johan Sverdrup

Events

 * Prime Minister Christian August Selmer is impeached and removed from office.
 * 28 January – The Liberal Party is founded.
 * 10 February – Jon Hol is imprisoned for his pamphlet Rifleringen.
 * 3 April – April ministerium begins.
 * 26 June – Christian Homann Schweigaard's ministerium ends.
 * Norwegian Association for Women's Rights (Norsk Kvinnesaksforening) is founded.
 * Women in Norway are allowed to study.

Arts and literature

 * The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen is written.

January to June



 * 8 January – Nils Andresson Lavik, politician (died 1966)
 * 9 January – Sigge Johannessen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1974)
 * 15 January – Anton Aure, bibliographer (died 1924).
 * 24 January – Jens Lunde, politician (died 1974)
 * 9 February – Conrad Carlsrud, gymnast, track and field athlete and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
 * 13 February – Halfdan Bjølgerud, high jumper (died 1970)
 * 21 February – Ole Iversen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1953)
 * 29 February – Haakon Lie, forester and writer (died 1970).
 * 27 March – Oscar Guttormsen, athlete (died 1964)
 * 31 March – Arne Magnussen, politician
 * 26 April – Sigurd Mathisen, speed skater and world champion (died 1919)
 * 7 June – Birger Ljungberg, politician (died 1967)

July to September

 * 6 July – Thorleif Petersen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
 * 10 July – Olav Nygard, poet (died 1924)
 * 26 July – Trygve Pedersen, sailor and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1967)
 * 31 July – Kristian Løken, military officer (died 1961)
 * 23 August – Olaf Syvertsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1964)
 * 31 August – Didrik Arup Seip, linguist and professor (died 1963)
 * 6 September – Sven Elvestad, journalist and author (died 1934)
 * 16 September – Kristian Fjerdingen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1975)

October to December



 * 17 October – Klara Semb, folklorist (died 1970).
 * 25 October – Eivind Berggrav, Lutheran bishop (died 1959)
 * 12 November – Leif Grøner, banker and politician (died 1971)
 * 13 December – Otto Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1953)
 * 18 December – Ole Aanderud Larsen, ship designer and businessperson (died 1964)
 * 30 December – Eugen Ingebretsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1949)

Full date unknown

 * Gustav Berg-Jæger, journalist and Nazi collaborator (died 1957)
 * Lars Christensen, shipowner and whaling magnate (died 1965)
 * Sigurd Eriksen, painter (died 1976)
 * Adolf Indrebø, politician (died 1942)
 * Lars Knutsen, shipowner (died 1963)
 * Arnold Rørholt, military officer (died 1961)

Deaths

 * 27 February – Jo Gjende, outdoorsman and freethinker (born 1794)
 * 27 March – Marie Colban, writer (born 1814).
 * 3 September – Christian Jensen, politician and Minister (born 1823)

Full date unknown

 * Adolph Frederik Munthe, politician and Minister (born 1817)
 * Ole Hovelsen Mustad, businessperson and politician (born 1810)
 * Frederik Stang, lawyer, public servant and politician, Norway's first Prime Minister (born 1808)