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1859 in Norway

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Centuries:
  
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Decades:
  
1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s

Events

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

  • 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)
  • References

    1859 in Norway Wikipedia