# 1884 in Norway

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Events in the year 1884 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Oscar II.
* Prime Minister: Christian August Selmer (impeached)
* Prime Minister: Christian Homann Schweigaard (April to June)
* Prime Minister: Johan Sverdrup

## Events

* Prime Minister Christian August Selmer is impeached and removed from office.
* 28 January – The Liberal Party is founded.
* 10 February – Jon Hol is imprisoned for his pamphlet Rifleringen.
* 3 April – April ministerium begins.
* 26 June – Christian Homann Schweigaard's ministerium ends.
* Norwegian Association for Women's Rights (Norsk Kvinnesaksforening) is founded.
* Women in Norway are allowed to study.

## Arts and literature

* The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen is written.

## Births
### January to June

* 8 January – Nils Andresson Lavik, politician (died 1966)
* 9 January – Sigge Johannessen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1974)
* 15 January – Anton Aure, bibliographer (died 1924).
* 24 January – Jens Lunde, politician (died 1974)
* 9 February – Conrad Carlsrud, gymnast, track and field athlete and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
* 13 February – Halfdan Bjølgerud, high jumper (died 1970)
* 21 February – Ole Iversen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1953)
* 29 February – Haakon Lie, forester and writer (died 1970).
* 27 March – Oscar Guttormsen, athlete (died 1964)
* 31 March – Arne Magnussen, politician
* 26 April – Sigurd Mathisen, speed skater and world champion (died 1919)
* 7 June – Birger Ljungberg, politician (died 1967)

### July to September

* 6 July – Thorleif Petersen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
* 10 July – Olav Nygard, poet (died 1924)
* 26 July – Trygve Pedersen, sailor and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1967)
* 31 July – Kristian Løken, military officer (died 1961)
* 23 August – Olaf Syvertsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1964)
* 31 August – Didrik Arup Seip, linguist and professor (died 1963)
* 6 September – Sven Elvestad, journalist and author (died 1934)
* 16 September – Kristian Fjerdingen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1975)

### October to December

* 17 October – Klara Semb, folklorist (died 1970).
* 18 October – Esther Edler, actress (died 1908).
* 25 October – Eivind Berggrav, Lutheran bishop (died 1959)
* 12 November – Leif Grøner, banker and politician (died 1971)
* 13 December – Otto Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1953)
* 18 December – Ole Aanderud Larsen, ship designer and businessperson (died 1964)
* 30 December – Eugen Ingebretsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1949)

### Full date unknown

* Gustav Berg-Jæger, journalist and Nazi collaborator (died 1957)
* Lars Christensen, shipowner and whaling magnate (died 1965)
* Sigurd Eriksen, painter (died 1976)
* Adolf Indrebø, politician (died 1942)
* Lars Knutsen, shipowner (died 1963)
* Arnold Rørholt, military officer (died 1961)

## Deaths

* 27 February – Jo Gjende, outdoorsman and freethinker (born 1794)
* 27 March – Marie Colban, writer (born 1814).
* 3 September – Christian Jensen, politician and Minister (born 1823)

### Full date unknown

* Adolph Frederik Munthe, politician and Minister (born 1817)
* Ole Hovelsen Mustad, businessperson and politician (born 1810)
* Frederik Stang, lawyer, public servant and politician, Norway's first Prime Minister (born 1808)