1874 in Norway

• Monarch: Oscar II . • Prime Minister: Frederik Stang ==Events==

• The Grand Hotel in Oslo is founded. • The Norwegian Society of Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals, a union for graduate technical and scientific professionals, is founded. ==Births==

• 12 April – Kristian Edland, farmer and politician. • 8 May – Endre Johannes Cleven, settler in Canada (died 1916) • 2 July – Oluf Wesmann-Kjær, rifle shooter (died 1945) • 7 July – Eyvind Andersen, judge (died 1939). • 14 July – Torleiv Hannaas, philologist (died 1929) • 24 August – Einar Hanssen, judge. • 3 September – Carl Størmer, mathematician and physicist (died 1957) • 8 September – Torgrim Castberg, violinist (died 1928) • 26 September – Simon Johnson, Norwegian-American author (died 1970) • 2 December – Johannes Hanssen, bandmaster, composer and teacher (died 1967) • 13 December – Marius Ormestad, trade unionist and civil servant (died 1964). • 19 December – Axel Theodor Næss, judge (d. 1945). Full date unknown • Aagot Didriksen, actress (died 1968) • Knut Olai Thornæs, newspaper editor and politician (died 1935) ==Deaths==

• 20 February – Dominicus Nagell Lemvig Brun, military officer and politician (b.1790) • 1 March – Hans Jørgen Darre, clergyman (b.1803) • 5 June – Johan Henrik Andresen, merchant, factory owner and politician (born 1815). • 15 September – Christian Schou, brewer and merchant (born 1792). • 6 October – Thomas Tellefsen, pianist and composer (b.1823) Full date unknown • Jens Lauritz Arup, politician (b.1793) • Ole Ingebrigtsen Soelberg, politician (b.1798) • Carl Johan Severin Steen, politician (b.1825) ==See also==