# 1888 in Norway

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Events in the year 1888 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Oscar II.
* Prime Minister – Johan Sverdrup

## Events

* In the Norwegian parliamentary election the Conservative Party of Norway wins the most seats

## Notable births

* 1 January – Kristian Albert Christiansen, politician (died 1966).
* 6 January – Thorry Kiær, industrialist (died 1968).
* 7 January – Thorstein Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
* 12 January – Jon Andrå, politician (died 1966)
* 16 January – Harald Pedersen, metallurgist (died 1945).
* 20 January – Tor Lund, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1972)
* 4 February – Gunnar Nordbye, United States federal judge (died 1977)
* 16 February – Ferdinand Bie, long jumper and Olympic gold medallist (died 1961)
* 16 February – Aldor Ingebrigtsen, politician (died 1952)
* 21 February – Knut Gysler, equestrian (died 1967).
* 4 March – Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (died 1931)
* 5 March – Ivar Skjånes, politician (died 1975)
* 9 March – John Bjørnstad, rowing coxswain (died 1968).
* 24 March – Olof Jacobsen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist
* 28 March – Harald Smedvik, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1956)
* 2 April – Nicolai Kiær, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1934)
* 4 April – Aanund Bjørnsson Berdal, engineer (died 1981).
* 10 April – Alfred Madsen, engineer, newspaper editor, trade unionist and politician (died 1962)
* 12 April – Ejnar Tønsager, rower (died 1967)
* 14 April – Rasmus Birkeland, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1972)
* 14 April – Edvard Christian Danielsen, military officer (died 1964).
* 10 May – Thore Michelsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1980)
* 13 May – Peder Nikolai Leier Jacobsen, politician (died 1967)
* 27 May – Ole Aarnæs, high jumper (died 1992)
* 3 July – Harald Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1968)
* 30 July – Wilhelm Keilhau, historian and economist (died 1954).
* 23 August – Ivar Asbjørn Følling, physician (died 1973)
* 1 September – Gabriel Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
* 29 September – Johannes Andersen, long distance runner (died 1967)
* 4 October – Oscar Mathisen, speed skater (died 1954)
* 15 October – Leif Erichsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1924)
* 16 October – Ivar Kristiansen Hognestad, politician (died 1973)
* 24 October – Anders Haugen, ski jumper (died 1984).
* 15 November – Harald Sverdrup, oceanographer and meteorologist (died 1957)
* 25 November – Amund Rydland, actor and theatre director (died 1967).

### Full date unknown

* Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst, politician and Minister (died 1958)
* Sverre Grette, judge (died 1959)
* Lars Høgvold, ski jumper (died 1961)
* Jørg Tofte Jebsen, physicist (died 1922)
* Per Mathias Jespersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
* Gustav Smedal, jurist and irredentist activist (died 1951)

## Notable deaths

* 9 January – Theodor Peterson, businessperson and politician (born 1839)
* 17 June – Hans Jensen, businessperson (born 1817)
* 22 June – Edmund Neupert, pianist and composer (born 1842)
* 1 July – Vilhelm Frimann Christie Bøgh, archivist (born 1817)
* 25 October – Theodor Kjerulf, geologist and poet (born 1825)

### Full date unknown

* Erik Eriksen, ice sea captain (born 1820)
* Nicolai Friis, politician (born 1815)
* Christen Knudsen, ship-owner (born 1813)
* Ole Richter, lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1829)
* Sjur Aasmundsen Sexe, mineralogist (born 1808)