1876 in Norway

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

• 22 February - Sofie Johannesdotter was beheaded by axe for trifold murder, she was the last woman to be executed in Norway. • 25 February - Kristoffer Nilsen Svartbækken Grindalen was beheaded by axe for murder, it was witnessed by estimated 2,500 spectators, it was the last public execution in Norway. ==Births==

January to June • 8 January – Nils Tveit, politician (died 1949) • 31 January – Mette Bull, actress (died 1946) • 23 March – Nils Erik Flakstad, businessperson and politician (died 1939) • 22 April – Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America (died 1931) • 9 May – Johan Arndt, politician (died 1933) • 18 May – Thorvald Astrup, architect (died 1940) • 11 June – Christen Gran Bøgh, jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic (died 1955) July to December • 17 August – Henny Astrup, actress (died 1961) • 22 August – Christen Wiese, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1968) • 16 September – Albert Helgerud, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1954) • 24 September – Jacob Thorkelson, elected official, naval officer and medical doctor in America (died 1945) • 18 October – Erik Colban, diplomat (died 1956) • 19 October – Oluf Christian Müller, politician (died 1938) • 21 November – Olav Duun, novelist (died 1939) • 8 December – Jan Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1945) Full date unknown • Edvin Alten, judge (died 1967) • Olaf Amundsen, politician and Minister (died 1939) • Sverre Hassel, polar explorer (died 1928) • Lars Olai Meling, politician and Minister (died 1951) • Embrik Strand, arachnologist (died 1947) • Ole Nikolai Ingebrigtsen Strømme, politician and Minister (died 1936) ==Deaths==

• 18 January – Asbjorn Kloster, social reformer and leader of the Norwegian temperance movement (born 1823) • 22 February - Sofie Johannesdotter, serial killer (born 1839) • 25 February - Kristoffer Nilsen Svartbækken Grindalen, criminal, killer and thief (born 1804) • 8 May – Christian Lassen, orientalist (born 1800) • 20 July - Hans Riddervold, bishop and politician (born 1795) Full date unknown • Karelius August Arntzen, politician (born 1802) • Eilev Jonsson Steintjønndalen, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1821) ==See also==