1874 in Norway

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s;
See also:	1874 in Sweden; List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1874 in Norway.

Incumbents

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.

12 April – Kristian Edland, farmer and politician.^[2]
8 May – Endre Johannes Cleven, settler in Canada (died 1916)
2 July – Oluf Wesmann-Kjær, rifle shooter (died 1945)
14 July – Torleiv Hannaas, philologist (died 1929)
24 August – Einar Hanssen, judge.^[3]
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).^[4]
19 December – Axel Theodor Næss, judge (d. 1945).^[5]

20 February – Dominicus Nagell Lemvig Brun, military officer and politician (b.1790)
1 March – Hans Jørgen Darre, clergyman (b.1803)
15 September – Christian Schou, brewer and merchant (born 1792).^[6]
6 October – Thomas Tellefsen, pianist and composer (b.1823)

^ Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 2.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ "Biografier 1905–1945. Kristian Edland" (in Norwegian). Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
^ Gram, Harald; Steenstrup, Bjørn, eds. (1948). "Hanssen, Einar". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 221. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Marius Ormestad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
^ Steenstrup, Hjalmar, ed. (1930). "Næss, Axel Theodor". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 317. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^ Arntzen, Jon Gunnar. "Christian Schou". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 November 2020.