# 1895 in Norway

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Events in the year 1895 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Oscar II.
* Prime Minister: Emil Stang, later Francis Hagerup (from 14 October)

## Events

* 14 October – Francis Hagerup succeeded Emil Stang as Prime Minister of Norway

## Popular culture
### Literature

* Olaus Alvestad and Lars Eskeland found Voss Folk High School
* The circle of poems Haugtussa by Arne Garborg is published.
* The poetry collection Bersøglis- og andre Viser by Per Sivle is published.

## Births
### January to March

* 18 January – Nils Jakob Hunstad, sportsperson, businessesman, politician and military officer (died 1978).
* 28 January – Johannes Pettersen Løkke, politician (died 1988)
* 23 February – Toralv Kollin Markussen, politician (died 1973)
* 25 February – Johan Bernhard Hjort, judge (died 1969)
* 3 March – Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, economist and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
* 3 March – Adolf Nilsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1927)
* 22 March – Botten Soot, actress, singer, and dancer (died 1958).
* 27 March – Ole Peder Arvesen, engineer and mathematician (died 1991).

### April to June

* 21 April – Gerd Grieg, actress (died 1988)
* 29 April – Ronald Fangen, journalist and author (died 1946).
* 13 May – Lars Sæter, politician (died 1988)
* 30 May – Andreas Backer, journalist and organizational leader (died 1975).
* 5 June – Ingvarda Røberg, politician (died 1990)

### July to September

* 12 July – Kirsten Flagstad, opera singer (died 1962)
* 26 July – Ola Fritzner, military officer (died 1983).
* 2 August – Einar Wilhelms, footballer (died 1978).
* 6 August – Paul Oskar Lindberget, politician (died 1983)
* 18 August – Jon Mårdalen, cross country skier (died 1977)
* 24 August – Lauritz Wigand-Larsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1951)
* 3 September – Erik Ørvig, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1949)

### October to December

* 3 October – Johannes Olai Olsen, politician (died 1974)
* 3 October – Sigvald Svendsen, politician (died 1956)
* 20 October – Hans Reidar Holtermann, commander of Hegra Fortress (died 1966)
* 26 October – Signy Arctander, statistician and economist (died 1971).
* 12 November – Trygve Hoff, businessman, writer and editor (died 1982)
* 15 November – Hagbart Haakonsen, cross country skier
* 20 November – Fridtjof Paulsen, speed skater (died 1988)
* 29 November – Leif Bjorholt Burull, politician (died 1971)
* 13 December – Frieda Dalen, educator (died 1995).
* 17 December – Nils Asheim, politician (died 1966)
* 18 December – Einar Sverdrup, mining engineer and businessman (died 1942)
* 19 December – Ingeborg Refling Hagen, author and teacher (died 1989)
* 23 December – Gabriel Langfeldt, psychiatrist (died 1983).

### Full date unknown

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

## Deaths

* 6 March – Camilla Collett, writer and feminist (born 1813)
* 29 April – Johan Christian Collett, politician (born 1817)
* 19 August – Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland, military officer, cartographer and skiing pioneer (born 1815).
* 28 August – Andreas Olsen Sæhlie, farmer, distillery owner and politician (b. 1832).
* 17 December – Henrik Jæger, literary historian (born 1854).
* 24 December – Oluf Andreas Aabel, priest and writer (born 1825)
* 27 December – Eivind Astrup, explorer and writer (born 1871).

### Full date unknown

* Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, author and college professor in America (born 1848)
* Knud Knudsen, linguist (born 1812)
* Simon Pedersen Holmesland, politician (born 1823)