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See also:	1879 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year1879 inNorway.

• Monarch:Oscar II .^[1]
• Prime Minister:Frederik Stang

• TheKverneland Group was established byOle Gabriel Kverneland.

• Henrik Ibsen (while living inItaly) publishesA Doll's House

• 26 January –Birger Braadland, politician (died1966)
• 6 February –Haavard Martinsen, chemist and industrial leader (died1967).^[2]
• 5 March –Rachel Grepp, journalist and politician (died1961)
• 24 March –Leiv Heggstad, educator, linguist and translator (died1954).^[3]
• 11 April –Øistein Schirmer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died1947)
• 29 April –Henrik Ameln, jurist and politician (died1961)
• 23 May –Kjeld Stub Irgens, sea captain and collaborator minister (died1963)
• 27 May –Per Reidarson, composer and music critic (died1954)
• 28 May –Lilly Heber, literary critic and historian (died1944).^[4]
• 30 May –Olaf Josef Johansen, politician.^[5]
• 27 June –Martin Tranmæl, socialist leader (died1967)

• 9 July –Karen Platou, politician (died1950)
• 31 July –Cally Monrad, singer and actress (died1950).^[6]
• 5 August –Ole Hallesby, Lutheran neo-orthodox pietist (died1961)
• 6 August –Kyrre Grepp, politician (died1922)
• 6 September
  • Knud Leonard Knudsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died1954)
  • Johan Nygaardsvold, politician andPrime Minister of Norway (died1952)
• 14 September –Andreas Brecke, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died1952)
• 29 September –Nils Bertelsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died1958)
• 30 September –Johan Falkberget, author (died1967)

• 1 October –Lauritz Sand, resistance fighter (died1956)
• 5 October –Halfdan Cleve, composer (died1951)
• 21 October –Torkell Vinje, politician (died1955)
• 20 November –Martin Stenersen, sport shooter (died1968)
• 27 November –Gil Andersen, American auto racer (died1930)
• 29 November –Nils Trædal, cleric, politician and Minister (died1948)
• 6 December –Rudolf Gundersen, speed skater (died1946)

• Anders Fjelstad, politician (died1955)

• 5 February –Halvor Schou, industrialist (born1823)
• 8 April –Christian Cornelius Paus, lawyer, civil servant and politician (born1800)
• 2 September –Johan Collett Falsen, jurist and politician (born1817)

• Jan Henrik Nitter Hansen, businessman and politician (born1801)
• Henrik Krohn, poet, magazine editor and proponent for Nynorsk language (born1826)

• 1879 in Norway
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• Years of the 19th century in Norway

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