1896 in Norway

Events in the year 1896 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Oscar II.
 * Prime Minister: Francis Hagerup

Events

 * The BAA's first organised eclipse expedition


 * 11 July – Noregs Ungdomslag (lit. "Norway's youth society") was founded.

Sports

 * 3 March – FC Lyn Oslo football club is founded.

January to March

 * 4 January
 * Jørgen Løvset, gynecologist and academic (died 1981)
 * Johanne Reutz Gjermoe, economist and politician (died 1989).
 * 2 February – Einar Ræder, long jumper (died 1976)
 * 5 February – Paul Tjøstolsen Sunde, politician (died 1958)
 * 9 February – Arthur Rydstrøm, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1986)
 * 10 February – Alf Aanning, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1948)
 * 17 February – Arthur Qvist, horse rider and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
 * 22 February – Ingvald Johannes Jaklin, politician (died 1966)

April to June

 * 9 April – Cato Andreas Sverdrup, politician (died 1948)
 * 20 April – Asbjørn Bodahl, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1962)
 * 21 April – Leif Høegh, shipowner (died 1974)
 * 22 April – Gunnar Jamvold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1984)
 * 22 May – Leiv Kreyberg, pathologist (died 1984).

July to September

 * 16 July – Trygve Lie, politician, the first elected United Nations Secretary-General (died 1968)
 * 19 July – Olaf Solumsmoen, newspaper editor and politician (died 1972)
 * 27 July – Ivar Andresen, opera singer (died 1940)
 * 27 July – Olav Svalastog, politician (died 1979)
 * 21 August – Gunnar Reiss-Andersen, poet and author (died 1964)
 * 25 August – Eilif Løvrak Holmesland, jurist and politician
 * 11 September – Isak Larsson Flatabø, politician (died 1969)
 * 20 September – Einar Gundersen, international soccer player (died 1962)
 * 22 September – Claudia Olsen, politician (died 1980)

October to December

 * 8 October – Jon Vislie, lawyer, executed as a reprisal (died 1945)
 * 25 October – Karl Marthinsen, commander of Statspolitiet and Sikkerhetspolitiet in Norway during the Nazi occupation (died 1945)
 * 26 October – Johs Haugerud, politician (died 1971)
 * 1 November – Mathias Torstensen, rower
 * 12 November – Lars Evensen, trade unionist and politician (died 1969)

Full date unknown

 * Gunnar Bråthen, politician and Minister (died 1980)
 * Mons Lid, politician and Minister (died 1967)
 * Asbjørn Øverås, educator (died 1966)
 * Alfred Trønsdal, politician (died 1953)

Deaths

 * 3 January – Andreas Grimelund, bishop (born 1812)
 * 16 February – Jens Andreas Friis, linguist and author (born 1821)
 * 23 September – Ivar Aasen, philologist, lexicographer, playwright and poet (born 1813)

Full date unknown

 * Ludvig Aubert, politician and Minister (born 1838)
 * Ludvig Maribo Benjamin Aubert, jurist and politician (born 1836)
 * Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland, bishop (born 1807)
 * Jess Julius Engelstad, engineer and railroad administrator (born 1822)
 * Baard Madsen Haugland, politician (born 1835)
 * Erik Jørgensen, master gunsmith (born 1848)
 * Lars Anton Nicolai Larsen-Naur, politician (born 1841)
 * Olav Paulssøn, bailiff, writer and politician (born 1822)