1881 in Norway

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Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen's, Ghosts, is released.

3 January – Wilhelm Faye, military officer and war historian (died 1967).^[2]^[3]
5 January – Jørgen Bru, sport shooter (died 1974)
24 February – Per Askim, naval officer (died 1963).^[4]
27 February – Sigvard Sivertsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
11 March – Wictor Esbensen, mariner and explorer (died 1942)
17 March – Kristian Elster, Jr, novelist, literary historian, theatre critic and biographer (born 1881).^[5]
20 March – Dorthea Dahl, writer in America (died 1958)
26 March – Marta Marie Nielsen, schoolteacher and politician (d. 1948).^[6]
6 June – Anton Djupvik, politician (died 1951)

23 July – Thorleiv Røhn, military officer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1963)
27 August – Elise Hambro, educator (died 1966).^[7]
15 September – Wilhelm Blystad, track and field athlete (died 1954)
11 October – Leif Georg Ferdinand Bang, politician
25 October – Oskar Braaten, novelist and playwright (died 1939)
27 October – Edvard Larsen, triple jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1914)
29 October – Niels Christian Ditleff, diplomat (died 1956)
15 November – Andreas Hagelund, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1967)
4 December – Edvard Bull, Sr., historian and politician (died 1932)
17 December – Yngvar Bryn, track and field athlete and pairs figure skater (died 1947)
27 December – Sigvart Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist

7 January – Jens Zetlitz Kielland, consul and artist (born 1816)
11 April – Kristian Elster, Sr, novelist, journalist, literary critic and theatre critic (born 1841).^[8]

^ Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 2.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ Gram, Harald; Steenstrup, Bjørn, eds. (1948). "Faye, Wilhelm Nicolay". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1968). "Fortegnelse over personer som siste gang er omtalt i utgaven 1964 med angivelse av deres dødsdatum". Hvem er Hvem? (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 620.
^ Kristiansen, Tom. "Per Askim". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
^ Hannevik, Arne. "Kristian d.y. Elster". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
^ "Biografier 1905–1945. Marta Marie Nielsen" (in Norwegian). Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Elise Hambro". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
^ Dahl, Willy. "Kristian Elster". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 October 2015.

Norway during the union with Sweden (1814–1905)

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