portrayed by
Christian Krohg. • 27 January –
Eilert Falch-Lund, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1960) • 6 February –
Mads Gram, physician (died 1929) • 28 March –
Ragnhild Jølsen, author (died 1908) • 4 April –
Olav Hoprekstad, educator and writer (died
1965). • 9 April –
Kristian Laake, Commanding General of the Norwegian Army 1931–1940 (died 1950) • 22 April –
Gustav Adolf Lammers Heiberg, barrister and politician (died 1948) • 31 May –
Helga Eng, psychologist and educationalist (died 1966). • 15 June –
Herman Smith-Johannsen, cross-country skier and supercentenarian (died 1987) • 25 August –
Agnes Mowinckel, actress and stage producer (died 1963). • 12 November –
Kristian Geelmuyden, politician (died 1969) • 16 November –
Johan Wollebæk, jurist and diplomat (died 1940) • 17 November –
Birger Eriksen, military officer (died 1958) • 21 December –
Halvor Møgster, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1950)
Full date unknown •
Torger Baardseth, bookseller and publisher (died 1947) •
Jacob Gundersen, freestyle wrestler and Olympic silver medallist (died 1968) •
Olav Gunnarsson Helland,
Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1946) •
Olaf Lange, painter and graphic designer (died 1965) •
Niels Thorshaug, veterinarian (died 1942) •
Jacob Vidnes, trade unionist, newspaper editor and politician (died 1940) •
Emanuel Vigeland, artist (died 1948) ==Deaths==