1886 in Norway

Events in the year 1886 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Oscar II.
 * Prime Minister: Johan Sverdrup

Events

 * The Norwegian Medical Association is established.

Arts and literature

 * Albertine, novel by Christian Krohg
 * Mannfolk, novel by Arne Garborg

Notable births

 * 2 January - Elise Ottesen-Jensen, sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator (died 1973)
 * 6 January - Hans Oskar Evju, politician (died 1967)
 * 11 January – Johannes Lid, botanist (died (1971)).
 * 23 January – Halvard Olsen, politician and trade unionist (died 1966).
 * 18 February – Trygve Bøyesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1963)
 * 20 February – Jørgen Andersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
 * 22 February – Nils Voss, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
 * 3 March – Tore Ørjasæter, poet (died 1968)
 * 4 March – Ola Solberg, newspaper editor and politician (died 1977)
 * 16 March – Sigurd Smebye, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1954)
 * 22 March – Arthur Amundsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1936)
 * 4 April – Jens Marcus Mottré, politician (died 1966)
 * 19 April – Olaf Sletten, shooter and Olympic silver medallist (died 1943)
 * 24 May – Nils Emaus Nilsen, politician (died 1976)
 * 12 June – Jacob Prytz, goldsmith and designer (died 1962).
 * 24 June – Ragnhild Hartmann Varmbo, politician (died 1982)
 * 20 July – Thor Larsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
 * 10 August – Svein Olsen Øraker, politician (died 1963)
 * 18 September – Paul Pedersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1948)
 * 3 November – Hans Næss, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
 * 3 November – Henrik Nielsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
 * 4 November – Theodor Dahl, journalist and fiction writer (d. 1946).
 * 14 November – Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen, Norwegian American physician and orthopaedic surgeon (died 1953)
 * 25 November – Jens Bull, jurist and diplomat (died 1956)
 * 1 December – Magnus Johansen, politician (died 1970)
 * 8 December – Ole Konrad Ribsskog, politician (died 1941)
 * 9 December – Marius Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1950)
 * 17 December – Einar Osland, politician (died 1955)

Full date unknown

 * Bjarne Eriksen, businessman (died 1976)
 * Thorstein John Ohnstad Fretheim, politician (died 1971)
 * Ingar Nielsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
 * Ferdinand Schjelderup, mountaineer, Supreme Court Justice and resistance member (died 1955)
 * Henny Skjønberg, actress and stage director (died 1973)
 * Olav Martinus Knutsen Steinnes, politician and Minister (died 1961)

Notable deaths

 * 3 January – Andreas Grimelund, bishop (born 1812)
 * 20 February – Ludwig Andreas Olsen, United States Navy sailor awarded two Medals of Honor (born 1845)
 * 2 April – Christian Halvorsen Svenkerud, politician (born 1798)
 * 27 May – Tellef Dahll Schweigaard, politician (born 1806)
 * 15 August –Jens Amundsen, ship-owner (born 1820)
 * 12 September – Johannes Henrik Berg, politician (born 1797)
 * 4 October – Thomas Johannessen Heftye, businessperson, politician and philanthropist (born 1822)
 * 4 November – Ole C. Johnson, soldier in the American Civil War (born 1838)
 * 28 December – Peder Sather, banker and philanthropist (born 1810)

Full date unknown

 * Søren Jørgensen Aandahl, politician (born 1802)