1854 in Norway

Events in the year 1854 in Norway.

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Decades:
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See also:1854 in Sweden
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Oscar I.[1]

Events
  • 26 August – A new conscription law was sanctioned, under which all Norwegian men regardless of condition and position had an obligation to serve in the armed forces.
  • 1 September – The first Norwegian railway, Hovedbanen between Oslo and Eidsvoll, is opened. This also constitutes the establishment of the now state owned Norwegian State Railways.

Arts and literature

Births
  • 4 January – Henrik Jæger, literary historian (died 1895).[2]
  • 9 February – Ole Georg Gjøsteen, educator and politician (died 1936)
  • 14 March – Ole Olsen Malm, physician, veterinarian, civil servant and politician (died 1917).[3]
  • 25 March – Tycho Kielland, jurist and journalist (died 1904)
  • 16 June – Herbjørn Gausta, artist (died 1924)
  • 2 September – Hans Jæger, writer, philosopher and anarchist political activist (died 1910).[4]
  • 2 October – Mathias Larsen Blilie, politician
  • 5 October – Haakon Ditlev Lowzow, military officer, politician and Minister (died 1915)
  • 16 October – Einar Sundt, businessman, writer and publisher (died 1917).[5]
  • 31 October – Otto Sverdrup, Arctic scientist and explorer (died 1930)

Full date unknown
  • Bernhard Brænne, politician and Minister (died 1927)
  • Knut Johannes Hougen, politician and Minister (died 1954)
  • Nils Olaf Hovdenak, politician and Minister (died 1942)
  • Ivar Kleiven, local historian and poet (died 1934)
  • Fredrik Anton Martin Olsen Nalum, politician and Minister (died 1935)
  • Christian Skredsvig, painter and writer (died 1924)
  • Johan Turi, first Sami author to publish work (died 1936)

Deaths
  • 27 January – Andreas Samuelsen Vibstad, politician (born 1783)
  • 1 April – Peter Motzfeldt, politician and Minister (born 1777)
  • 29 July - Jørgen von Cappelen Knudtzon, businessman and patron of the arts (born 1784)
  • 14 October – Aslak Hætta, Sami leader, executed (born 1824)
  • 12 December – Georg Jacob Bull, jurist and politician (born 1785)
  • 21 December - Oluf Borch de Schouboe, politician and Minister (born 1777)

Full date unknown
  • Samuel Mathiassen Føyn, ship-owner and politician (born 1786)
  • Nicolai Niels Nielsen, priest and politician (born 1777)
  • Johan Frederik Thorne, businessperson and politician (born 1801)

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. Aarnes, Sigurd Aa. "Henrik Jæger". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  3. Velle, Weiert. "Ole Olsen Malm". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  4. Jensen, Lill-Ann. "Hans Jæger". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  5. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Einar Sundt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
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