1887 in Norway

Events in the year 1887 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 21 August – The Norwegian Labour Party was established.



Arts and literature

 * Albertine i politilægens venteværelse, painting by Christian Krohg
 * A Country Cobbler, naturalist painting by Harriet backer
 * Sjur Gabriel (Hellemyrsfolket), Naturalist book written by Amalie Skram
 * To Venner (hellemyrsfolket), written by Amalie skram
 * Om Albertine, pamphlet written by Amalie Skram

January to March

 * 7 January – Ingvald Tøndel, politician (died 1952)
 * 15 January – Charles Mackenzie Bruff, forensic chemist (died 1955)
 * 17 January – Ola Raknes, psychoanalyst and philologist (died 1975)
 * 30 January – Lauritz Bergendahl, Nordic skier (died 1964)
 * 15 February – Sigurd Jørgensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1929)
 * 16 February – Kristian Fjeld, politician and Minister (died 1976)
 * 11 March – Henry Olsen, track and field athlete (died 1978)
 * 15 March – Johanne Samueline Pedersen, politician (died 1961)
 * 20 March – Hans Eidnes, politician (died 1962)
 * 26 March – Yngvar Fredriksen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)

April to June

 * 2 April – Øyvind Alfred Stensrud, politician (died 1956)
 * 4 April – Peder Morset, teacher and resistance member (died 1943)
 * 10 April – Alf Lie, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1969)
 * 24 April – Lars Slagsvold, veterinarian (died 1959)
 * 28 April – Thomas Aas, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1961)
 * 3 May – Harald Halvorsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medalist (died 1965)
 * 7 May – Olav Berntsen Oksvik, politician and Minister (died 1958)
 * 13 May – Sverre Kornelius Eilertsen Støstad, politician and Minister (died 1959)
 * 14 May – Petter Martinsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1972)
 * 18 May – Eugen Lunde, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
 * 23 May – Thoralf Skolem, mathematician (died 1963)
 * 12 June – Laurits Grønland, politician (died 1957)
 * 22 June – Oscar Olstad, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1977)
 * 25 June – Axel Henry Hansen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1980)

July to September

 * 3 July – Carl Klæth, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1966)
 * 18 July – Vidkun Quisling, army officer, politician and Minister-President of Norway, executed (died 1945)
 * 27 July – Kristoffer Skåne Grytnes, politician (died 1965)
 * 11 August – Adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (died 1954)
 * 12 August – Erling Falk, businessman and politician (died 1940)
 * 19 August – Otto Monsen, track and field athlete (died 1979)
 * 20 August – Engebret Skogen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1968)
 * 25 August – Fartein Valen, composer and musical theorist (died 1952)
 * 11 September – Oscar Larsen, middle distance runner (died 1975)
 * 16 September – Knut Fixdal, road engineer and civil servant (died 1969)
 * 18 September – Harald Gram, jurist, politician and genealogist (died 1961)
 * 22 September – Thoralf Hagen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1979)

October to December

 * 1 October – Anders Moen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1966)
 * 4 October – Francis Bull, literary historian, professor, essayist and magazine editor (died 1974)
 * 20 October – Arne Halse, athlete and Olympic silver medallist (died 1975)
 * 26 October – Arnfinn Heje, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
 * 28 October – Friedrich Georg Nissen, civil servant (died 1969)
 * 22 November – Knut Knutsson Steintjønndalen, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1969)
 * 23 November – Andreas Knudsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1982)
 * 7 December – Knut Olaf Andreasson Strand, politician (died 1980)
 * 10 December – Olga Bjoner, politician and organizational leader (died 1969).
 * 24 December – Axel Revold, painter (died 1962).

Deaths

 * 11 March – Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, composer and organist (born 1812)
 * 16 July – Jørgen Tandberg Ebbesen, politician (born 1812)
 * 7 August – Harald Kolbeinson Guddal, politician (born 1798)
 * 24 September – Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe, priest and politician (born 1802)