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See also:	1896 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year1896 in Norway.

• Monarch:Oscar II.^[1]
• Prime Minister:Francis Hagerup

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• The BAA's first organised eclipse expedition

• 11 July –Noregs Ungdomslag (lit. "Norway's youth society") was founded.

• 3 March –FC Lyn Oslo football club is founded.

• 4 January
  • Jørgen Løvset, gynecologist and academic (died 1981)
  • Johanne Reutz Gjermoe, economist and politician (died 1989).^[2]
• 2 February –Einar Ræder, long jumper (died 1976)
• 5 February –Paul Tjøstolsen Sunde, politician (died 1958)
• 9 February –Arthur Rydstrøm, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1986)
• 10 February –Alf Aanning, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1948)
• 17 February –Arthur Qvist, horse rider and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
• 22 February –Ingvald Johannes Jaklin, politician (died 1966)

• 9 April –Cato Andreas Sverdrup, politician (died 1948)
• 20 April –Asbjørn Bodahl, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1962)
• 21 April –Leif Høegh, shipowner (died 1974)
• 22 April –Gunnar Jamvold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1984)
• 22 May –Leiv Kreyberg, pathologist (died 1984).^[3]

• 16 July –Trygve Lie, politician, the first electedUnited Nations Secretary-General (died 1968)
• 19 July –Olaf Solumsmoen, newspaper editor and politician (died 1972)
• 27 July –Ivar Andresen, opera singer (died 1940)
• 27 July –Olav Svalastog, politician (died 1979)
• 21 August –Gunnar Reiss-Andersen, poet and author (died 1964)
• 25 August –Eilif Løvrak Holmesland, jurist and politician
• 11 September –Isak Larsson Flatabø, politician (died 1969)
• 20 September –Einar Gundersen, international soccer player (died 1962)
• 22 September –Claudia Olsen, politician (died 1980)

• 8 October –Jon Vislie, lawyer, executed as a reprisal (died 1945)
• 25 October –Karl Marthinsen, commander of Statspolitiet and Sikkerhetspolitiet in Norway during the Nazi occupation (died 1945)
• 26 October –Johs Haugerud, politician (died 1971)
• 1 November –Mathias Torstensen, rower
• 12 November –Lars Evensen, trade unionist and politician (died 1969)

• Gunnar Bråthen, politician and Minister (died 1980)
• Mons Lid, politician and Minister (died 1967)
• Asbjørn Øverås, educator (died 1966)
• Alfred Trønsdal, politician (died 1953)

• 3 January –Andreas Grimelund, bishop (born 1812)
• 16 February –Jens Andreas Friis, linguist and author (born 1821)
• 23 September –Ivar Aasen, philologist, lexicographer, playwright and poet (born 1813)

• Ludvig Aubert, politician and Minister (born 1838)
• Ludvig Maribo Benjamin Aubert, jurist and politician (born 1836)
• Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland, bishop (born 1807)
• Jess Julius Engelstad, engineer and railroad administrator (born 1822)
• Baard Madsen Haugland, politician (born 1835)
• Erik Jørgensen, master gunsmith (born 1848)
• Lars Anton Nicolai Larsen-Naur, politician (born 1841)
• Olav Paulssøn, bailiff, writer and politician (born 1822)

• 1896 in Norway
• 1890s in Norway
• Years of the 19th century in Norway

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