1896 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II
• Prime Minister: Francis Hagerup

  Events

• 11 July – Noregs Ungdomslag was founded.

  Popular culture

Sports

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

  Music

Theathre

Literature

Births

January to March

• 4 January
• *Jørgen Løvset, gynecologist and academic
• *Johanne Reutz Gjermoe, economist and politician.
• 2 February – Einar Ræder, long jumper
• 5 February – Paul Tjøstolsen Sunde, politician
• 9 February – Arthur Rydstrøm, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
• 10 February – Alf Aanning, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
• 17 February – Arthur Qvist, horse rider and Olympic silver medallist
• 22 February – Ingvald Johannes Jaklin, politician

  April to June

• 9 April – Cato Andreas Sverdrup, politician
• 20 April – Asbjørn Bodahl, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
• 21 April – Leif Høegh, shipowner
• 22 April – Gunnar Jamvold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
• 22 May – Leiv Kreyberg, pathologist.

  July to September

• 16 July – Trygve Lie, politician, the first elected United Nations Secretary-General
• 19 July – Olaf Solumsmoen, newspaper editor and politician
• 27 July – Ivar Andresen, opera singer
• 27 July – Olav Svalastog, politician
• 21 August – Gunnar Reiss-Andersen, poet and author
• 25 August – Eilif Løvrak Holmesland, jurist and politician
• 11 September – Isak Larsson Flatabø, politician
• 20 September – Einar Gundersen, international soccer player
• 22 September – Claudia Olsen, politician

  October to December

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

  Full date unknown

• Gunnar Bråthen, politician and Minister
• Mons Lid, politician and Minister
• Asbjørn Øverås, educator
• Alfred Trønsdal, politician

  Deaths

• 3 January – Andreas Grimelund, bishop
• 16 February – Jens Andreas Friis, linguist and author
• 23 September – Ivar Aasen, philologist, lexicographer, playwright and poet

  Full date unknown

• Ludvig Aubert, politician and Minister
• Ludvig Maribo Benjamin Aubert, jurist and politician
• Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland, bishop
• Jess Julius Engelstad, engineer and railroad administrator
• Baard Madsen Haugland, politician
• Erik Jørgensen, master gunsmith
• Lars Anton Nicolai Larsen-Naur, politician
• Olav Paulssøn, bailiff, writer and politician