1888 in Norway

Events in the year 1888 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * In the Norwegian parliamentary election the Conservative Party of Norway wins the most seats

Notable births



 * 1 January – Kristian Albert Christiansen, politician (died 1966).
 * 6 January – Thorry Kiær, industrialist (died 1968).
 * 7 January – Thorstein Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
 * 12 January – Jon Andrå, politician (died 1966)
 * 16 January – Harald Pedersen, metallurgist (died 1945).
 * 20 January – Tor Lund, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1972)
 * 4 February – Gunnar Nordbye, United States federal judge (died 1977)
 * 16 February – Ferdinand Bie, long jumper and Olympic gold medallist (died 1961)
 * 16 February – Aldor Ingebrigtsen, politician (died 1952)
 * 21 February – Knut Gysler, equestrian (died 1967).
 * 4 March – Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (died 1931)
 * 5 March – Ivar Skjånes, politician (died 1975)
 * 9 March – John Bjørnstad, rowing coxswain (died 1968).
 * 24 March – Olof Jacobsen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist
 * 28 March – Harald Smedvik, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1956)
 * 2 April – Nicolai Kiær, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1934)
 * 4 April – Aanund Bjørnsson Berdal, engineer (died 1981).
 * 10 April – Alfred Madsen, engineer, newspaper editor, trade unionist and politician (died 1962)
 * 12 April – Ejnar Tønsager, rower (died 1967)
 * 14 April – Rasmus Birkeland, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1972)
 * 14 April – Edvard Christian Danielsen, military officer (died 1964).
 * 10 May – Thore Michelsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1980)
 * 13 May – Peder Nikolai Leier Jacobsen, politician (died 1967)
 * 27 May – Ole Aarnæs, high jumper (died 1992)
 * 3 July – Harald Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1968)
 * 30 July – Wilhelm Keilhau, historian and economist (died 1954).
 * 23 August – Ivar Asbjørn Følling, physician (died 1973)
 * 1 September – Gabriel Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
 * 29 September – Johannes Andersen, long distance runner (died 1967)
 * 4 October – Oscar Mathisen, speed skater (died 1954)
 * 15 October – Leif Erichsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1924)
 * 16 October – Ivar Kristiansen Hognestad, politician (died 1973)
 * 24 October – Anders Haugen, ski jumper (died 1984).
 * 15 November – Harald Sverdrup, oceanographer and meteorologist (died 1957)
 * 25 November – Amund Rydland, actor and theatre director (died 1967).

Full date unknown

 * Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst, politician and Minister (died 1958)
 * Sverre Grette, judge (died 1959)
 * Lars Høgvold, ski jumper (died 1961)
 * Jørg Tofte Jebsen, physicist (died 1922)
 * Per Mathias Jespersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
 * Gustav Smedal, jurist and irredentist activist (died 1951)

Notable deaths

 * 9 January – Theodor Peterson, businessperson and politician (born 1839)
 * 17 June – Hans Jensen, businessperson (born 1817)
 * 22 June – Edmund Neupert, pianist and composer (born 1842)
 * 1 July – Vilhelm Frimann Christie Bøgh, archivist (born 1817)
 * 25 October – Theodor Kjerulf, geologist and poet (born 1825)

Full date unknown

 * Erik Eriksen, ice sea captain (born 1820)
 * Nicolai Friis, politician (born 1815)
 * Christen Knudsen, ship-owner (born 1813)
 * Ole Richter, lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1829)
 * Sjur Aasmundsen Sexe, mineralogist (born 1808)