1875 in Norway

← 1874 1873 1872 1875 in Norway → 1876 1877 1878
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	1875 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1875 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II

Events

• 31 December – Population Census: 1,813,424 inhabitants in Norway.
• The local newspaper Fædrelandsvennen was first published.
• The Norwegian krone was introduced, replacing the Norwegian speciedaler.
• The Metric system was introduced and replaced the old measurement units.

Births

• 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)
• 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).^[1]
• 15 June – Herman Smith-Johannsen, cross-country skier and supercentenarian (died 1987)
• 25 August – Agnes Mowinckel, actress and stage producer (died 1963).^[2]
• 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)

Deaths

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