1859 in Norway

Events in the year 1859 in Norway.

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Centuries:
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Decades:
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
See also:1859 in Sweden
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Oscar I (until 8 July);[1] then Charles IV.[2]

Events
  • 8 July – Charles XV succeeds his father Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (as Charles IV)

Notable births
Knut Hamsun
Minda Ramm
  • 28 January – Ambrosia Tønnesen, sculptor (died 1948).[3]
  • 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)
  • 27 December – Minda Ramm, novelist, translator and literary critic (died 1924).[4]

Notable deaths
Ole Rasmussen Apeness
  • 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)

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. Langslet, Lars Roar; Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl 4.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  3. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Ambrosia Tønnesen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  4. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Minda Mathea Olava Ramm". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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