1895 in Norway

Events in the year 1895 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Oscar II.
 * Prime Minister: Emil Stang, later Francis Hagerup (from 14 October)

Events

 * 14 October – Francis Hagerup succeeded Emil Stang as Prime Minister of Norway

Literature

 * Olaus Alvestad and Lars Eskeland found Voss Folk High School
 * The circle of poems Haugtussa by Arne Garborg is published.
 * The poetry collection Bersøglis- og andre Viser by Per Sivle is published.

January to March

 * 18 January – Nils Jakob Hunstad, sportsperson, businessesman, politician and military officer (died 1978).
 * 28 January – Johannes Pettersen Løkke, politician (died 1988)
 * 23 February – Toralv Kollin Markussen, politician (died 1973)
 * 25 February – Johan Bernhard Hjort, judge (died 1969)
 * 3 March – Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, economist and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
 * 3 March – Adolf Nilsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1927)
 * 22 March – Botten Soot, actress, singer, and dancer (died 1958).
 * 27 March – Ole Peder Arvesen, engineer and mathematician (died 1991).

April to June

 * 21 April – Gerd Grieg, actress (died 1988)
 * 13 May – Lars Sæter, politician (died 1988)
 * 30 May – Andreas Backer, journalist and organizational leader (died 1975).
 * 5 June – Ingvarda Røberg, politician (died 1990)

July to September

 * 12 July – Kirsten Flagstad, opera singer (died 1962)
 * 26 July – Ola Fritzner, military officer (died 1983).
 * 6 August – Paul Oskar Lindberget, politician (died 1983)
 * 18 August – Jon Mårdalen, cross country skier (died 1977)
 * 24 August – Lauritz Wigand-Larsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1951)
 * 3 September – Erik Ørvig, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1949)

October to December

 * 3 October – Johannes Olai Olsen, politician (died 1974)
 * 3 October – Sigvald Svendsen, politician (died 1956)
 * 20 October – Hans Reidar Holtermann, commander of Hegra Fortress (died 1966)
 * 26 October – Signy Arctander, statistician and economist (died 1971).
 * 12 November – Trygve Hoff, businessman, writer and editor (died 1982)
 * 15 November – Hagbart Haakonsen, cross country skier
 * 20 November – Fridtjof Paulsen, speed skater (died 1988)
 * 29 November – Leif Bjorholt Burull, politician (died 1971)
 * 13 December – Frieda Dalen, educator (died 1995).
 * 17 December – Nils Asheim, politician (died 1966)
 * 18 December – Einar Sverdrup, mining engineer and businessman (died 1942)
 * 19 December – Ingeborg Refling Hagen, author and teacher (died 1989)

Full date unknown

 * Kristian Hansson, jurist and civil servant (died 1959)
 * Oskar Omdal, Norwegian Navy pilot (died 1927)
 * Gunnar Schjelderup, businessperson (died 1972)
 * Leif Welding-Olsen, naval commander, first casualty in the war between Norway and Nazi Germany (died 1940)

Deaths

 * 6 March – Camilla Collett, writer and feminist (born 1813)
 * 29 April – Johan Christian Collett, politician (born 1817)
 * 19 August – Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland, military officer, cartographer and skiing pioneer (born 1815).
 * 28 August – Andreas Olsen Sæhlie, farmer, distillery owner and politician (b. 1832).
 * 17 December – Henrik Jæger, literary historian (born 1854).


 * 24 December – Oluf Andreas Aabel, priest and writer (born 1825)
 * 27 December – Eivind Astrup, explorer and writer (born 1871).

Full date unknown

 * Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, author and college professor in America (born 1848)
 * Knud Knudsen, linguist (born 1812)
 * Simon Pedersen Holmesland, politician (born 1823)