1880 in Norway

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See also:	1880 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1880 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II

Births

Olav Bergersen

January to June

• 2 February – Arnt Ferdinand Moss, accountant and politician.^[1]
• 20 March – Oscar Ludvig Larsen, politician
• 13 April – Alfred Vågnes, politician (died 1970)
• 29 April – Anders Krogvig, librarian, writer, literary consultant and critic (died 1924)
• 29 April – Jonas Lie, artist (died 1940 in America)
• 18 May – Thomas Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1953)
• 16 June – Joachim Holst-Jensen, film actor (died 1963)

July to December

• 2 July – Olav Bergersen, naval officer and politician (d. 1973).^[2][3]
• 1 August – Hans Nordvik, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1960)
• 30 August – Nikolai Astrup, painter (died 1928)
• 28 September – Jon Jørundson Mannsåker, priest and politician (died 1964)
• 8 December – Per Lysne, Rosemaling artist (died 1947)
• 30 December – Svend Evensen, judge.^[4]

Full date unknown

• Nils Christoffer Bøckman, military officer and businessperson (died 1973)
• Haakon Martin Five, politician and Minister (died 1944)
• Knut Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1920)
• Jens Holmboe, botanist (died 1943)

Deaths

Ole Bull

• 15 February - Carl Roosen, cartographer and military officer (born 1800)
• 9 July - Jens Landmark, military officer and politician (born 1811)
• 17 August - Ole Bull, violinist (born 1810
• 8 October - Magnus Brostrup Landstad, minister, psalmist and poet (born 1802)

Full date unknown

• Knut Eriksson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1851)

References

1. "Biografier 1905-1945. Arnt Ferdinand Moss" (in Norwegian). Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
2. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Bergersen, Olav". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 50. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
3. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Olav Bergersen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
4. Gram, Harald; Steenstrup, Bjørn, eds. (1948). "Evensen, Svend". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 143. Retrieved 20 September 2016.