Events in the year 1874 in Norway.

Incumbents Monarch: Oscar II . Prime Minister: Frederik Stang

Events 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.

Births 12 April – Kristian Edland, farmer and politician. 8 May – Endre Johannes Cleven, settler in Canada (died 1916) 2 July – Oluf Wesmann-Kjær, rifle shooter (died 1945) 7 July – Eyvind Andersen, judge (died 1939). 14 July – Torleiv Hannaas, philologist (died 1929) 24 August – Einar Hanssen, judge. 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). 19 December – Axel Theodor Næss, judge (d. 1945).

Full date unknown Aagot Didriksen, actress (died 1968) Knut Olai Thornæs, newspaper editor and politician (died 1935)

Deaths 20 February – Dominicus Nagell Lemvig Brun, military officer and politician (b.1790) 1 March – Hans Jørgen Darre, clergyman (b.1803) 5 June – Johan Henrik Andresen, merchant, factory owner and politician (born 1815). 15 September – Christian Schou, brewer and merchant (born 1792). 6 October – Thomas Tellefsen, pianist and composer (b.1823)

Full date unknown Jens Lauritz Arup, politician (b.1793) Ole Ingebrigtsen Soelberg, politician (b.1798) Carl Johan Severin Steen, politician (b.1825)

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