1859 in Norway
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Events in the year 1859 in Norway.
Events
- 8 July – Charles XV succeeds his father Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (as Charles IV)
Arts and literature
Notable births
- 5 April – Harald Smedal, politician and Minister (died 1911)
- 15 May – Olav Bjørkum, politician (died 1936)
- 23 June – Daniel Isaachsen, physicist (died 1940)
- 29 June – Ragnvald Bødtker, engineer (died 1946)
- 30 July – Christian Sparre, politician (died 1940)
- 4 August – Knut Hamsun, author, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (died 1952)
- 29 August – Thomas Vigner Christiansen Haaland, politician (died 1913)
- 7 October – Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup, businessperson (died 1931)
- 11 November – Belle Gunness, serial killer
- 15 November – Bjørn Bjørnson, actor and theatre director (died 1942)
- 15 November – Christopher Hornsrud, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 1960)
- 17 November – Fredrik Stang Lund, politician and Minister (died 1922)
- 23 December – Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician (died 1930)
- 27 December – Bernt Holtsmark, politician (died 1941)
Notable deaths
- 14 February – Ole Rasmussen Apeness, district sheriff, soldier, and farmer (b. 1765)
- 26 May – Engebret Soot, canal engineer (born 1786)
- 7 June – Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen, businessperson (born 1801)
- 27 August – Catharine Hermine Kølle, adventurer and painter (born 1788)
- 29 October – Nils Landmark, jurist, farmer and politician (born 1775)
- 19 December – Niels Arntzen Sem, politician (born 1782)
- 23 December – Even Hammer Holmboe, politician (born 1792)
Full date unknown
- Michael Sevald Aamodt, politician (born 1784)
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See also
Norway during the union with Sweden (1814–1905) | ||
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