# 1897 in Norway

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Events in the year 1897 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Oscar II.
* Prime Minister: Francis Hagerup

## Events

* The 1897 Parliamentary election takes place.

## Popular culture
### Literature

* The play A Doll House was written by Henrik Ibsen.

## Births
### January to March

* 2 January – Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1978)
* 8 January – Theodore Theodorsen, Norwegian-American aerodynamicist (died 1978)
* 11 February – Jacob Christie Kielland, architect (died 1972)
* 17 February – Torgeir Andreas Berge, politician (died 1973)
* 11 March – Knut Toven, politician (died 1980)
* 16 March – Bernhard Berthelsen, politician (died 1964)
* 22 March – Ivar Heming Skre, Norwegian resistance member

### April to June

* 17 April – Harald Sæverud, composer (died 1992)
* 21 April – Odd Lindbäck-Larsen, military officer and war historian (died 1975).
* 30 April
** Joronn Sitje, painter and illustrator (died 1982).
** Johan Henrik Wiers-Jenssen, newspaper columnist and theatre director (died 1951)
* 1 May – Lauritz Schmidt, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1970)
* 10 May – Harald Stenerud, hammer and discus thrower (died 1976)
* 15 May – Anton Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1968)
* 17 May – Odd Hassel, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (died 1981)
* 25 May – Rasmus Andreas Torset, politician (died 1965)
* 23 June
** Trygve Knudsen, philologist, linguist and lexicographer (died 1968)
** Einar Pettersen, sport wrestler (died 1966).

### July to September

* 5 July – Ole H. Løvlien, politician (died 1970)
* 18 July – Per Gulbrandsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1963)
* 22 July – Syvert Tobiassen Messel, politician (died 1978)
* 29 July – Emil Lie, sculptor (died 1976).
* 13 August – Oliver Dahl-Goli, politician (died 1976)
* 20 August – Sigvald Asbjornsen, Norwegian-American sculptor (died 1954)
* 4 September – Emil Boyson, poet, author, and translator (died 1979)
* 5 September – Olav Benum, politician (died 1990)

### October to December

* 4 October – Einar Diesen, newspaper editor (died 1994).
* 14 October – Harald Strøm, speed skater and World Champion (died 1977).
* 17 October – Oskar Olsen, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1956)
* 29 October – Ivar Bae, politician (died 1967)
* 31 October – Sigurd Moen, speed skater and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1967)
* 6 November – Sverre Riisnæs, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator (died 1988)
* 13 November – Ole Jørgensen, politician (died 1966)
* 14 November – Bjarne Guldager, sprinter (died 1971)
* 11 December – Astrid Tollefsen, poet (died 1973).
* 24 December – Gunnar Nygaard, broadcasting pioneer (died 1997).
* 26 December – Ingvald Svinsås-Lo, politician (died 1980

### Full date unknown

* Einar Dønnum, Nazi collaborator, executed (died 1947)
* Gunnar Berg, a national director of the Boy Scouts of America (died 1987)
* John Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1977)
* Rolf Kiær, hydrographer (died 1975)
* Hilmar Reksten, shipping magnate (died 1980)
* Helge Thiis, architect and art critic (died 1972)
* Niels Werring, shipowner (died 1990)
* Hans Fredrik Wirstad, veterinarian (died 1983)

## Deaths

* 9 March – Sondre Norheim, skier and pioneer of modern skiing (born 1825)
* 25 September – Hjalmar Heiberg, physician and a professor (born 1837).

### Full date unknown

* Hans Jensen Krog, politician (born 1808)
* Christian Tønsberg, bookseller, publisher and writer (born 1813)