1898 in Norway

Events in the year 1898 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Oscar II.
 * Prime Minister: Francis Hagerup (until 17 February), then Johannes Steen

Events

 * 12 January – The National Association for Women's Suffrage is founded by Gina Krog and Hagbard Emanuel Berner.
 * 28 February – Melhus IL sports club is founded in Melhus
 * 31 May – A/S Holmenkolbanen open the Holmenkollen Line to Besserud
 * 1 June – HNoMS Storm is launched, one of the oldest ships still in front line service in the Second World War
 * 14 September – Nordal Church in Norddalsfjord is consecrated
 * 27 September – Snillfjord Church is consecrated by Johannes Skaar
 * 30 December – Stryn TIL sports club is founded in Stryn

Music

 * 26 June – Edvard Grieg holds Norway's first music festival in Bergen
 * Olaus Alvestad publishes the songbook Norsk Songbok for Ungdomsskular og Ungdomslag

Literature

 * 24 January – Daily newspaper Bladet Tromsø is first printed in Tromsø
 * August The longest running Northern Sami newspaper, Nuorttanaste, is first printed in Bodø
 * The political newspapers Budstikka and Søndfjords Avis are founded

Notable births

 * 12 January – Jacob Erstad, gymnast (died 1963)
 * 19 January – Harald Økern, Nordic combined skier (died 1977)
 * 25 January – Sveinung O. Flaaten, politician (died 1962)
 * 1 February – Roald Larsen, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1959)
 * 13 February – Albert Andreas Mørkved, politician (died 1990)
 * 19 February – Arnold Carl Johansen, politician (died 1957)
 * 2 March – Erling Aastad, long jumper and sprinter (died 1963)
 * 2 March – Nils Thune, politician (died 1988)
 * 8 March – Per Almaas, politician (died 1991)
 * 8 March – Per Næsset, politician (died 1970)
 * 25 March – Einar Landvik, Nordic skier (died 1993)
 * 31 March – Tora Øyna, politician (died 1991)
 * 7 April – Jacob Tullin Thams, skier (died 1954)
 * 17 April – Birger Grønn, engineer and resistance member (died 1988).
 * 20 April – Johan Johannesen, track and field athlete (died 1979)
 * 8 May – Erling Gjone, architect (died 1990).
 * 18 May – Einar Stang, painter and illustrator (died 1984).
 * 19 May – Bjart Ording, horse rider and Olympic silver medallist (died 1975)
 * 14 June – Kristian Alfred Hammer, politician (died 1965)
 * 19 June – Olav Dalgard, filmmaker and literature and art historian (died 1980)
 * 24 June – Bjarne Støtvig, politician (died 1982)
 * 25 June – Anders Lundgren, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1964)
 * 26 June – Ole Reistad, military officer and pentathlete (died 1949)
 * 3 July – Kristian Rønneberg, politician (died 1982)
 * 9 July – Johannes S. Andersen, resistance fighter (died 1968)
 * 1 August – Sverre Steen, historian (died 1983).
 * 5 August – Reidar Magnus Aamo, politician (died 1972)
 * 10 August – Ivar Kornelius Eikrem, politician (died 1994)
 * 10 August – Rolf Hofmo, politician and sports official (died 1966)
 * 23 August – Sigrid Boo, novelist (died 1953)
 * 27 August – Carl Otto Løvenskiold, businessperson (died 1969)
 * 15 September – Bjørn Hougen, archaeologist (died 1976)
 * 19 September – Erik Rotheim, chemical engineer and inventor of the aerosol spray can (died 1938)
 * 2 October – Trond Hegna, journalist and politician (died 1992)
 * 18 October – John Ditlev-Simonsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1967)
 * 22 October – Inge Lyse, engineer and resistance member (died 1990)
 * 22 October – Bjørn Skjærpe, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
 * 20 November – Einar Stavang, politician (died 1992)
 * 29 November – Aagot Børseth, actor (died 1993)
 * 2 December – Henry Jacobsen, politician (died 1964)
 * 3 December – Asbjørn Halvorsen, international soccer player and general secretary of the Norwegian Football Association (died 1955)
 * 4 December – Reimar Riefling, classical pianist, music teacher, and music critic (died 1981)
 * 8 December –
 * Christopher Dahl, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1966)
 * Aslak Nilsen, politician (died 1952).
 * 29 December – Randi Anda, politician (died 1999)

Full date unknown

 * Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen, priest and politician (died 1983)
 * Rolf Gammleng, violinist and organizational leader (died 1984).
 * Sonja Hagemann, literary historian and literary critic (died 1983)
 * Odd Hølaas, journalist and writer (died 1968)
 * Sverre Munck, businessperson (died 1970)
 * Rolf Østbye, businessperson (died 1979)
 * Sverre Petterssen, meteorologist (died 1974)
 * Leif J. Sverdrup, civil engineer and military officer in America (died 1976)

Notable deaths

 * 5 January – Valdemar Knudsen, sugar cane plantation pioneer in Hawaii (born 1819)
 * 2 February – Johan Christian Johnsen, politician (born 1815)
 * 7 September – Karl Hals, businessperson and politician (born 1822)

Full date unknown

 * Hans Rasmus Astrup, politician (born 1831)
 * Axel Gudbrand Blytt, botanist (born 1843)
 * Laura Gundersen, actor (born 1832)
 * Nils Pedersen Igland, farmer and politician (born 1833)
 * Holm Hansen Munthe, architect (born 1848)
 * Johan Jørgen Schwartz, politician and businessperson (born 1824)