1862 in Norway

Events in the year 1862 in Norway.

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Centuries:
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  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
See also:1862 in Sweden
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Charles IV.[1]

Events
  • 23 June – Norway's second railway, Hamar-Grundsetbanen, is opened.
  • 3 October – Kongsvingerbanen, Norway's third railway opens between Lillestrøm and Kongsvinger, is opened.

Arts and literature
  • The poem Terje Vigen, written by Henrik Ibsen, is published.

Births

January to June
  • 22 February – Hulda Garborg, writer, novelist, playwright, poet, folk dancer and theatre instructor (died 1934)
  • 14 March – Vilhelm Bjerknes, physicist and meteorologist (died 1951)
  • 16 June – Olaf Frydenlund, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist (died 1947)
  • 25 June – Thomas Wegner Larsen Haaland, politician

July to December
  • 4 August – Albert Gran, Norwegian-American actor (born 1932)
  • 15 August – Fernanda Nissen, journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, politician and feminist pioneer (died 1920)
  • 21 September – Johan Castberg, jurist and politician (died 1926)
  • 23 September – Bernt B. Haugan, Norwegian American minister, politician and temperance leader
  • 24 September – Arnt Severin Ulstrup, physician and politician
  • 14 November – Ludvig Larsen Kragtorp, physician and politician

Full date unknown
  • Samuel Balto, explorer and adventurer (died 1922)
  • Johan Olaf Bredal, politician and Minister (died 1948)
  • Jørgen Brunchorst, politician and Minister (died 1917)
  • Anna Bugge, feminist (died 1928)
  • Ove Christian Charlot Klykken, politician
  • Anders Sandvig, dentist and ethnologist (died 1950)

Deaths
  • 30 September – Josephine Thrane, teacher and journalist (born 1820).[2]

Full date unknown
  • Jon Eriksson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1790)
  • Knut Mevasstaul, rose painter (born 1785)
  • Jørgen Herman Vogt, politician (born 1784)

See also

References
  1. Langslet, Lars Roar; Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl 4.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  2. Jensen, Lill-Ann. "Josephine Thrane". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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