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See also:	1896 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1896 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

Events

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

April to June

• 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]

July to September

• 16 July – Trygve Lie, politician, the first elected United 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)

October to December

• 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)

Full date unknown

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

Deaths

• 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)

Full date unknown

• 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)