1853 in Norway

Events in the year 1853 in Norway.

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Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
See also:1853 in Sweden
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Oscar I.[1]

Events
  • 24 August – The Royal Norwegian Navy Museum is founded.
  • The present Lista Lighthouse was built.

Arts and literature

Notable births
  • 22 January – Francis Hagerup, lawyer, diplomat, politician, and twice Prime Minister of Norway (died 1921)
  • 28 March – Jacob Breda Bull, author (died 1930)
  • 20 September – Dikken Zwilgmeyer, writer (died 1913).[2]
  • 14 October – Axel Christian Zetlitz Kielland, civil servant and diplomat (died 1924)
  • 26 October – Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Sr., bishop (died 1913)
  • 3 November – Hans Nilsen Hauge, priest, politician and Minister (died 1931)

Full date unknown
  • Johan Magnus Halvorsen, politician (died 1922)
  • Just Knud Qvigstad, politician and Minister (died 1957)

Notable deaths
  • 1 January – Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern, government minister (born 1779).[3]
  • 23 June - Herman Garmann (born 1787), businessman and merchant.[4]
  • 3 July - Johan Gørbitz, painter (born 1782)
  • 3 October – Hans Jacob Arnold Jensen, military officer and politician (born 1777)

Full date unknown
  • Edvard Hagerup, solicitor and politician (born 1781)
  • Peter Andreas Munch, historian (born 1810)

See also

References
  1. Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 1.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Dikken Zwilgmeyer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  3. Bratberg, Terje. "Valentin Sibbern". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  4. "Herman Christopher Garmann". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
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