1893 in Norway

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19 May – a quick clay slide in Verdal destroyed 105 farms and killed 116 people.^[2]
The local newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad was established by Lars Oftedal.

27 February – Norwegian Skating Association (Norges Skøyteforbund) is founded.

5 April – Frithjof Andersen, wrestler and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1975).^[3]
26 April – Ole Øisang, newspaper editor and politician (died 1963)
29 April – Birger Brandtzæg, merchant and owner of a fishing station (died 1971).^[4]
4 May – Aasmund Kulien, politician (died 1988)
6 May – Ludvik Buland, trade unionist (died 1945)
19 May – Gudolf Blakstad, architect (died 1985)
30 June – Birger Var, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1970)

3 July – Ragnar Vik, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1941)
4 July – Frede Castberg, jurist (died 1977)
10 July – Niels Larsen Bruun, naval officer (died 1970)
11 July – Tancred Ibsen, officer, pilot, film director and screenwriter (died 1978)^[5]
18 August – Gustav Natvig-Pedersen, politician (died 1965)
19 August – Rolf Palmstrøm, military officer.^[6]
18 September – Reidar Rye Haugan, newspaper publisher in America (died 1972)

14 October – Sigurd Roll, diplomat and former sprinter (died 1944)
27 October – Reidar Dahl, jurist and sports official, president of the Football Association of Norway (died 1977).^[7]^[8]
7 November – Ivar Navelsaker, military officer (died 1966)
10 November – Karl Henry Karlsen, politician (died 1979)
18 November – Eivind Kristoffer Eriksen, politician (died 1949)
21 November – Torvald Haavardstad, politician (died 1965)
25 November – Hartvig Caspar Christie, politician (died 1959)
26 December – Halfdan Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
27 December – Asbjørn Solberg, politician (died 1977)

12 January – Diderik Iversen Tønseth, politician (born 1818)
12 October – Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland, military officer, politician, Minister and mountaineer (born 1814)
21 October – Jacob Jørgen Kastrup Sømme, businessperson, consul and politician (born 1817)
19 December – Axel Winge, politician (born 1827)
23 December – Gunnar Berg, painter (born 1863)

^ Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 2.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Verdalsraset". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
^ Gundersen, Ove. "Frithjof Andersen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1968). "Brandtzæg, Birger". Hvem er Hvem? (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug.
^ Svendsen, Trond Olav. "Tancred Ibsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Palmstrøm, Rolf". Hvem er Hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Dahl, Leiv Reidar". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 115. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Reidar Dahl". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 12 November 2013.

Norway during the union with Sweden (1814–1905)

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