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See also:	1888 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year1888 inNorway.

• Monarch –Oscar II.^[1]
• Prime Minister –Johan Sverdrup

• In theNorwegian parliamentary election theConservative Party of Norway wins the most seats

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• 1 January –Kristian Albert Christiansen, politician (died1966).^[2]
• 6 January –Thorry Kiær, industrialist (died1968).^[3]
• 7 January –Thorstein Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died1963)
• 12 January –Jon Andrå, politician (died1966)
• 16 January –Harald Pedersen, metallurgist (died1945).^[4]
• 20 January –Tor Lund, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died1972)
• 4 February –Gunnar Nordbye,United States federal judge (died1977)
• 16 February –Ferdinand Bie, long jumper and Olympic gold medallist (died1961)
• 16 February –Aldor Ingebrigtsen, politician (died1952)
• 21 February –Knut Gysler, equestrian (died1967).^[5]
• 4 March –Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (died1931)
• 5 March –Ivar Skjånes, politician (died1975)
• 9 March –John Bjørnstad, rowing coxswain (died1968).^[6]
• 24 March –Olof Jacobsen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist
• 28 March –Harald Smedvik, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died1956)
• 2 April –Nicolai Kiær, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died1934)
• 4 April –Aanund Bjørnsson Berdal, engineer (died1981).^[7]
• 10 April –Alfred Madsen, engineer, newspaper editor, trade unionist and politician (died1962)
• 12 April –Ejnar Tønsager, rower (died1967)
• 14 April –Rasmus Birkeland, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died1972)
• 14 April –Edvard Christian Danielsen, military officer (died1964).^[8]
• 10 May –Thore Michelsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died1980)
• 13 May –Peder Nikolai Leier Jacobsen, politician (died1967)
• 27 May –Ole Aarnæs, high jumper (died1992)
• 3 July –Harald Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died1968)
• 30 July –Wilhelm Keilhau, historian and economist (died1954).^[9]
• 23 August –Ivar Asbjørn Følling, physician (died1973)
• 1 September –Gabriel Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died1974)
• 29 September –Johannes Andersen, long distance runner (died1967)
• 4 October –Oscar Mathisen, speed skater (died1954)
• 15 October –Leif Erichsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died1924)
• 16 October –Ivar Kristiansen Hognestad, politician (died1973)
• 24 October –Anders Haugen, ski jumper (died1984).^[10]
• 15 November –Harald Sverdrup, oceanographer and meteorologist (died1957)
• 25 November –Amund Rydland, actor and theatre director (died1967).^[11]

• Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst, politician and Minister (died1958)
• Sverre Grette, judge (died1959)
• Lars Høgvold, ski jumper (died1961)
• Jørg Tofte Jebsen, physicist (died1922)
• Per Mathias Jespersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
• Gustav Smedal, jurist andirredentist activist (died1951)

• 9 January –Theodor Peterson, businessperson and politician (born1839)
• 17 June –Hans Jensen, businessperson (born1817)
• 22 June –Edmund Neupert, pianist and composer (born1842)
• 1 July –Vilhelm Frimann Christie Bøgh, archivist (born1817)
• 25 October –Theodor Kjerulf, geologist and poet (born1825)

• Erik Eriksen, ice sea captain (born1820)
• Nicolai Friis, politician (born1815)
• Christen Knudsen, ship-owner (born1813)
• Ole Richter, lawyer, politician andPrime Minister of Norway (born1829)
• Sjur Aasmundsen Sexe, mineralogist (born1808)

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