# 1896 in Norway

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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.

## Popular culture
### Sports

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

### Literature
## Births
### 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)