1878 in Norway

Events in the year 1878 in Norway.

← 1877 1876 1875 1878 in Norway → 1879 1880 1881
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	1878 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II .

Events

• A law is passed that requires teachers to speak the local dialect of their pupils and not the other way round.

Births

Kristofer Uppdal

• 13 January – Henrik Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1957)
• 17 January – Olaf Husby, sport shooter
• 18 January – Gudmund Sundby, engineer (died 1973).
• 1 February – Thoralf Glad, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1969)
• 7 February – Lul Krag, painter (died 1956)
• 19 February – Kristofer Uppdal, poet and author (died 1961)
• 14 April – Karl Johan Pettersen Vadøy, politician (died 1965)
• 27 April – Christian Fredrik Monsen, politician (died 1954)
• 27 May – Arne Kavli, painter (died 1970)
• 18 July – Egill Reimers, architect, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1946)
• 12 August – Østen Østensen, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist (died 1939)
• 7 November – Knut Markhus, educator and politician (died 1963).
• 28 November – Peder Kolstad, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 1932)

Full date unknown

• Per Berg Lund, politician and Minister (died 1954)
• Magnus Olsen, linguist and professor of Norse philology (died 1963)
• Anton Frederik Winter Jakhelln Prytz, politician (died 1945)

Deaths

• 25 April – Nils Christian Irgens, military officer, politician and Minister (born 1811)
• 26 May - Gustav Adolph Lammers, priest, architect and artist (born 1802)
• 8 September – Ulrik Frederik Lange, politician (born 1808)

Full date unknown

• Jørgen Wright Cappelen, bookseller and publisher (born 1805)
• Johan Widing Heiberg Landmark, jurist and politician (born 1802)
• Peter Tidemand Malling, bookseller, printer and publisher (born 1807)