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See also:	1893 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1893 in Norway.

• Monarch – Oscar II.^[1]
• Prime Minister –

• 19 May – a quick clay slide in Verdal Municipality destroyed 105 farms and killed 116 people.^[2]
• The local newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad was established by Lars Oftedal.

• The Norwegian Authors' Union (Den norske Forfatterforening) is established.
• Edvard Munch begins to paint The Scream.

• 27 February – Norwegian Skating Association (Norges Skøyteforbund) is founded.

• 6 January – Olaf Bjerke, trade unionist and politician (died 1957)
• 16 January – Alfred Engelsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1966)
• 21 January – Tolv Aamland, politician (died 1983)
• 26 January – Sigurd Pedersen, politician (died 1968)
• 30 January – Ingolf Davidsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1946)
• 25 February – Arne Langset, politician (died 1971)
• 14 March – Torstein Kvamme, politician (died 1985)
• 22 March – Rasmus Sørnes, inventor, clockmaker and radio technician (died 1967)
• 23 March – Reidar Tønsberg, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1956)
• 27 March – Einar Jansen, historian, genealogist and archivist (died 1960)
• 27 March – Johan Sæterhaug, boxer (died 1968)
• 30 March – Elise Fliflet, politician (died 1991)

• 5 April – Frithjof Andersen, wrestler and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1975).^[3]
• 26 April – Ole Øisang, newspaper editor and politician (died 1963)
• 29 April – Birger Brandtzæg, merchant and owner of a fishing station (died 1971).^[4]
• 4 May – Aasmund Kulien, politician (died 1988)
• 6 May – Ludvik Buland, trade unionist (died 1945)
• 19 May – Gudolf Blakstad, architect (died 1985)
• 30 June – Birger Var, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1970)

• 3 July – Ragnar Vik, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1941)
• 4 July – Frede Castberg, jurist (died 1977)
• 10 July – Niels Larsen Bruun, naval officer (died 1970)
• 11 July – Tancred Ibsen, officer, pilot, film director and screenwriter (died 1978)^[5]
• 18 August – Gustav Natvig-Pedersen, politician (died 1965)
• 19 August – Rolf Palmstrøm, military officer.^[6]
• 18 September – Reidar Rye Haugan, newspaper publisher in America (died 1972)

• 14 October – Sigurd Roll, diplomat and former sprinter (died 1944)
• 27 October – Reidar Dahl, jurist and sports official, president of the Football Association of Norway (died 1977).^[7][8]
• 7 November – Ivar Navelsaker, military officer (died 1966)
• 10 November – Karl Henry Karlsen, politician (died 1979)
• 18 November – Eivind Kristoffer Eriksen, politician (died 1949)
• 21 November – Torvald Haavardstad, politician (died 1965)
• 25 November – Hartvig Caspar Christie, politician (died 1959)
• 26 December – Halfdan Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
• 27 December – Asbjørn Solberg, politician (died 1977)

• Sigval Bergesen the Younger, shipping magnate and industrialist (died 1980)
• Anton Johnson Brandt, veterinarian (died 1951)
• Einar Frogner, politician and Minister (died 1955)
• Hans Severin Jelstrup, astronomer (died 1964)
• Mikkel Ødelien, soil researcher (died 1984)
• Øystein Olsen Ravner, politician (died 1975)

• 12 January – Diderik Iversen Tønseth, politician (born 1818)
• 12 October – Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland, military officer, politician, Minister and mountaineer (born 1814)
• 21 October – Jacob Jørgen Kastrup Sømme, businessperson, consul and politician (born 1817)
• 19 December – Axel Winge, politician (born 1827)
• 23 December – Gunnar Berg, painter (born 1863)

• Ludvig Daae, politician (born 1829)
• Carl Peter Parelius Essendrop, bishop, politician and Minister (born 1818)
• Simon Karenius Høegh, bank treasurer, merchant and politician (born 1810)
• Olaf Isaachsen, painter (born 1835)