# 1886 in Norway

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Events in the year 1886 in Norway.

## Incumbents

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

## Events

* The Norwegian Medical Association is established.

## Arts and literature

* Albertine, novel by Christian Krohg, is first published.
* Mannfolk, novel by Arne Garborg, is first published.

## Notable births

* 2 January - Elise Ottesen-Jensen, sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator (died 1973)
* 6 January - Hans Oskar Evju, politician (died 1967)
* 11 January – Johannes Lid, botanist (died (1971)).
* 23 January – Halvard Olsen, politician and trade unionist (died 1966).
* 18 February – Trygve Bøyesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1963)
* 20 February – Jørgen Andersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
* 22 February – Nils Voss, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
* 3 March – Tore Ørjasæter, poet (died 1968)
* 4 March – Ola Solberg, newspaper editor and politician (died 1977)
* 16 March – Sigurd Smebye, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1954)
* 22 March – Arthur Amundsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1936)
* 4 April – Jens Marcus Mottré, politician (died 1966)
* 19 April – Olaf Sletten, shooter and Olympic silver medallist (died 1943)
* 24 May – Nils Emaus Nilsen, politician (died 1976)
* 12 June – Jacob Prytz, goldsmith and designer (died 1962).
* 24 June – Ragnhild Hartmann Varmbo, politician (died 1982)
* 20 July – Thor Larsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
* 10 August – Svein Olsen Øraker, politician (died 1963)
* 18 September – Paul Pedersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1948)
* 3 November – Hans Næss, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
* 3 November – Henrik Nielsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
* 4 November – Theodor Dahl, journalist and fiction writer (d. 1946).
* 14 November – Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen, Norwegian American physician and orthopaedic surgeon (died 1953)
* 25 November – Jens Bull, jurist and diplomat (died 1956).
* 1 December – Magnus Johansen, politician (died 1970)
* 8 December – Ole Konrad Ribsskog, politician (died 1941)
* 9 December – Marius Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1950)
* 17 December – Einar Osland, politician (died 1955)

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* Bjarne Eriksen, businessman (died 1976)
* Thorstein John Ohnstad Fretheim, politician (died 1971)
* Ingar Nielsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
* Ferdinand Schjelderup, mountaineer, Supreme Court Justice and resistance member (died 1955)
* Henny Skjønberg, actress and stage director (died 1973)
* Olav Martinus Knutsen Steinnes, politician and Minister (died 1961)

## Notable deaths

* 3 January – Andreas Grimelund, bishop (born 1812)
* 20 February – Ludwig Andreas Olsen, United States Navy sailor awarded two Medals of Honor (born 1845)
* 2 April – Christian Halvorsen Svenkerud, politician (born 1798)
* 27 May – Tellef Dahll Schweigaard, politician (born 1806)
* 15 August –Jens Amundsen [no], ship-owner (born 1820)
* 12 September – Johannes Henrik Berg, politician (born 1797)
* 4 October – Thomas Johannessen Heftye, businessperson, politician and philanthropist (born 1822)
* 4 November – Ole C. Johnson, soldier in the American Civil War (born 1838)
* 28 December – Peder Sather, banker and philanthropist (born 1810)

### Full date unknown

* Søren Jørgensen Aandahl, politician (born 1802)