1895 in Norway

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Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 4 Births 4.1 January to March 4.2 April to June 4.3 July to September 4.4 October to December 4.5 Full date unknown 5 Deaths 5.1 Full date unknown

[edit] Incumbents

• Prime Minister of Norway: Emil Stang, succeeded by
• Prime Minister of Norway: Francis Hagerup (from 14 October)

[edit] Events

• 14 October - Francis Hagerup succeeded Emil Stang as Prime Minister of Norway

[edit] Arts and literature

• Olaus Alvestad founds the Voss folk high school, with Lars Eskeland

[edit] Births

[edit] January to March

• 28 January - Johannes Pettersen Løkke, politician (d.1988)
• 23 February - Toralv Kollin Markussen, politician (d.1973)
• 25 February - Johan Bernhard Hjort, judge (d.1969)
• 3 March - Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, economist and Nobel Prize laureate (d.1973)
• 3 March - Adolf Nilsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (d.1927)

[edit] April to June

• 21 April - Gerd Grieg, actress (d.1988)
• 13 May - Lars Sæter, politician (d.1988)
• 5 June - Ingvarda Røberg, politician (d.1990)

[edit] July to September

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

[edit] October to December

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

[edit] Full date unknown

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

[edit] Deaths

• 6 March - Camilla Collett, writer and feminist (b.1813)
• 29 April - Johan Christian Collett, politician (b.1817)
• 24 December - Oluf Andreas Aabel, priest and writer (b.1825)

[edit] Full date unknown

• Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, author and college professor in America (b.1848)
• Knud Knudsen, linguist (b.1812)
• Simon Pedersen Holmesland, politician (b.1823)
• Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland, military officer, cartographer and skiing pioneer (b.1815)