1857 in Norway
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Events in the year 1857 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 6 June â Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway
- The town of Steinkjer is founded.
- The town of Skudeneshavn is founded.
Births
- 4 January â John N. Kildahl, Norwegian-American Lutheran church minister, author and educator (died 1920)
- 15 March â Christian Michelsen, shipping magnate, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 1925)
- 6 April â Per Sivle, poet, novelist, newspaper editor (died 1904).[2]
- 13 April â Fanny Ingvoldstad, painter (died 1935).[3]
- 27 April â Theodor Kittelsen, artist (died 1914)
- 8 May â Agnes Mathilde Wergeland, Norwegian-American historian and poet (died 1914)
- 2 June â Urban Jacob Rasmus Børresen, rear admiral (died 1943)
- 28 July â Andreas Thidemand Carlsen Ruud, politician
- 19 August â Haldor Børve, architect (died 1933).[4]
- 21 October- Frederick William Cappelen, Norwegian American architect and civil engineer (died 1921)
- 10 November â Aad J. Vinje, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (died 1929)
- 18 November â Gunnar Heiberg, playwright (died 1929)
Full date unknown
- Waldemar Hansteen, architect (died 1921)
- Johan Peter Jacobson, politician
Deaths
- 16 April â Ferdinand Carl Maria Wedel-Jarlsberg, commanding general of the Norwegian Army (born 1781)
- 11 June â Jens Rynning, priest (born 1778)
- 14 October â Johan Christian Dahl, painter (born 1788)
- 28 October â Hother Erich Werner Bøttger, politician (born 1801)
Full date unknown
- Diderik Bøgvad, politician (born 1792)
