1876 in Norway
Events in the year 1876 in Norway.Incumbents
Births
January to June
- 8 January – Nils Tveit, politician
- 23 March – Nils Erik Flakstad, businessperson and politician
- 22 April – Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America
- 9 May – Johan Arndt, politician
- 18 May – Thorvald Astrup, architect
- 11 June – Christen Gran Bøgh, jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic
July to December
- 22 August – Christen Wiese, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
- 16 September – Albert Helgerud, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist
- 24 September – Jacob Thorkelson, elected official, naval officer and medical doctor in America
- 18 October – Erik Colban, diplomat
- 19 October – Oluf Christian Müller, politician
- 21 November – Olav Duun, novelist
- 8 December – Jan Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
Full date unknown
- Edvin Alten, judge
- Olaf Amundsen, politician and Minister
- Sverre Hassel, polar explorer
- Lars Olai Meling, politician and Minister
- Embrik Strand, arachnologist
- Ole Nikolai Ingebrigtsen Strømme, politician and Minister
Deaths
- 18 January – Asbjorn Kloster, social reformer and leader of the Norwegian temperance movement
- 25 February - Kristoffer Nilsen Svartbækken Grindalen, criminal, killer and thief
- 8 May – Christian Lassen, orientalist
Full date unknown
- Karelius August Arntzen, politician
- Eilev Jonsson Steintjønndalen, Hardanger fiddle maker
