Notable Births
- 2 January - Elise Ottesen-Jensen, sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator (died 1973)
- 6 January - Hans Oskar Evju, politician (died 1967)
- 11 January – Johannes Lid, botanist (died (1971)).
- 18 February - Trygve Bøyesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1963)
- 20 February - Jørgen Andersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
- 22 February - Nils Voss, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
- 3 March - Tore Ørjasæter, poet (died 1968)
- 16 March - Sigurd Smebye, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1954)
- 22 March - Arthur Amundsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1936)
- 4 April - Jens Marcus Mottré, politician (died 1966)
- 19 April - Olaf Sletten, shooter and Olympic silver medallist (died 1943)
- 24 May - Nils Emaus Nilsen, politician (died 1976)
- 24 June - Ragnhild Hartmann Varmbo, politician (died 1982)
- 20 July - Thor Larsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
- 10 August - Svein Olsen Øraker, politician (died 1963)
- 18 September - Paul Pedersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1948)
- 3 November - Hans Næss, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
- 3 November - Henrik Nielsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973)
- 14 November - Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen, Norwegian American physician and orthopaedic surgeon (died 1953)
- 25 November - Jens Bull, jurist and diplomat (died 1956)
- 1 December - Magnus Johansen, politician (died 1970)
- 8 December - Ole Konrad Ribsskog, politician (died 1941)
- 9 December - Marius Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1950)
- 17 December - Einar Osland, politician (died 1955)
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