1897 in Norway

Events in the year 1897 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * The 1897 Parliamentary election takes place.

Literature

 * The play A Doll House was written by Henrik Ibsen.

January to March

 * 2 January – Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1978)
 * 8 January – Theodore Theodorsen, Norwegian-American aerodynamicist (died 1978)
 * 11 February – Jacob Christie Kielland, architect (died 1972)
 * 17 February – Torgeir Andreas Berge, politician (died 1973)
 * 11 March – Knut Toven, politician (died 1980)
 * 16 March – Bernhard Berthelsen, politician (died 1964)
 * 22 March – Ivar Heming Skre, Norwegian resistance member

April to June

 * 17 April – Harald Sæverud, composer (died 1992)
 * 21 April – Odd Lindbäck-Larsen, military officer and war historian (died 1975)
 * 30 April
 * Joronn Sitje, painter and illustrator (died 1982).
 * Johan Henrik Wiers-Jenssen, newspaper columnist and theatre director (died 1951)
 * 1 May – Lauritz Schmidt, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1970)
 * 10 May – Harald Stenerud, hammer and discus thrower (died 1976)
 * 15 May – Anton Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1968)
 * 17 May – Odd Hassel, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (died 1981)
 * 25 May – Rasmus Andreas Torset, politician (died 1965)
 * 23 June – Trygve Knudsen, philologist, linguist and lexicographer (died 1968)

July to September

 * 5 July – Ole H. Løvlien, politician (died 1970)
 * 18 July – Per Gulbrandsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1963)
 * 22 July – Syvert Tobiassen Messel, politician (died 1978)
 * 13 August – Oliver Dahl-Goli, politician (died 1976)
 * 20 August – Sigvald Asbjornsen, Norwegian-American sculptor (died 1954)
 * 4 September – Emil Boyson, poet, author, and translator (died 1979)
 * 5 September – Olav Benum, politician (died 1990)

October to December

 * 4 October – Einar Diesen, newspaper editor (died 1994).
 * 14 October – Harald Strøm, speed skater and World Champion (died 1977)
 * 17 October – Oskar Olsen, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1956)
 * 29 October – Ivar Bae, politician (died 1967)
 * 31 October – Sigurd Moen, speed skater and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1967)
 * 6 November – Sverre Riisnæs, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator (died 1988)
 * 13 November – Ole Jørgensen, politician (died 1966)
 * 14 November – Bjarne Guldager, sprinter (died 1971)
 * 11 December – Astrid Tollefsen, poet (died 1973).
 * 24 December – Gunnar Nygaard, broadcasting pioneer (died 1997).
 * 26 December – Ingvald Svinsås-Lo, politician (died 1980

Full date unknown

 * Einar Dønnum, Nazi collaborator, executed (died 1947)
 * Gunnar Berg, a national director of the Boy Scouts of America (died 1987)
 * John Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1977)
 * Rolf Kiær, hydrographer (died 1975)
 * Hilmar Reksten, shipping magnate (died 1980)
 * Helge Thiis, architect and art critic (died 1972)
 * Niels Werring, shipowner (died 1990)
 * Hans Fredrik Wirstad, veterinarian (died 1983)

Deaths

 * 9 March – Sondre Norheim, skier and pioneer of modern skiing (born 1825)
 * 25 September – Hjalmar Heiberg, physician and a professor (born 1837).

Full date unknown

 * Hans Jensen Krog, politician (born 1808)
 * Christian Tønsberg, bookseller, publisher and writer (born 1813)