1884 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II
• Prime Minister: Christian August Selmer
• Prime Minister: Christian Homann Schweigaard
• Prime Minister: Johan Sverdrup

  Events

• Prime Minister Christian August Selmer is impeached and removed from office.
• 28 January – The Liberal Party is founded.
• 10 February – Jon Hol is imprisoned for his pamphlet Rifleringen.
• 3 April – April ministerium begins.
• 26 June – Christian Homann Schweigaard's ministerium ends.
• Norwegian Association for Women's Rights is founded.
• Women in Norway are allowed to study.

  Arts and literature

• The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen is written.

  Births

January to June

• 8 January – Nils Andresson Lavik, politician
• 9 January – Sigge Johannessen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
• 15 January – Anton Aure, bibliographer.
• 24 January – Jens Lunde, politician
• 9 February – Conrad Carlsrud, gymnast, track and field athlete and Olympic silver medallist
• 13 February – Halfdan Bjølgerud, high jumper
• 21 February – Ole Iversen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
• 29 February – Haakon Lie, forester and writer.
• 27 March – Oscar Guttormsen, athlete
• 31 March – Arne Magnussen, politician
• 26 April – Sigurd Mathisen, speed skater and world champion

  July to September

• 6 July – Thorleif Petersen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist
• 10 July – Olav Nygard, poet
• 26 July – Trygve Pedersen, sailor and Olympic bronze medallist
• 31 July – Kristian Løken, military officer
• 23 August – Olaf Syvertsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
• 31 August – Didrik Arup Seip, linguist and professor
• 6 September – Sven Elvestad, journalist and author
• 16 September – Kristian Fjerdingen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist

  October to December

• 25 October – Eivind Berggrav, Lutheran bishop
• 12 November – Leif Grøner, banker and politician
• 13 December – Otto Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist
• 18 December – Ole Aanderud Larsen, ship designer and businessperson
• 30 December – Eugen Ingebretsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist

  Full date unknown

• Gustav Berg-Jæger, journalist and Nazi collaborator
• Lars Christensen, shipowner and whaling magnate
• Sigurd Eriksen, painter
• Adolf Indrebø, politician
• Lars Knutsen, shipowner
• Birger Ljungberg, politician and Minister
• Arnold Rørholt, military officer

  Deaths

• 27 February – Jo Gjende, outdoorsman and freethinker
• 3 September – Christian Jensen, politician and Minister

  Full date unknown

• Adolph Frederik Munthe, politician and Minister
• Ole Hovelsen Mustad, businessperson and politician
• Frederik Stang, lawyer, public servant and politician, Norway's first Prime Minister