1858 in Norway
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Events in the year 1858 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 14 April â The 1858 Christiania fire. Several city blocks were destroyed, 41 buildings burned down, and around 1,000 persons lost their homes.[2][3]
- The town of Horten is founded.
Births
January to June
- 7 January â Andreas Kaddeland, physician and politician
- 17 February â Hans Georg Jacob Stang, politician and Minister (died 1907)
- 7 March â Cecilie Thoresen Krog, womanâs rights pioneer (died 1911).[4]
- 11 March â Brita Bjørgum, writer, teacher and women's rights activist (died 1906).[5]
- 7 April â Haaken L. Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson (died 1930)
- 19 April â Oddmund Vik, politician (died 1930)
- 9 May â Hanna Hoffmann, sculptor and silversmith (born 1917)
- 10 May â Schak Bull, architect (died 1956)
- 27 June â Magne Johnsen Rongved, politician (died 1933)
July to December
- 19 August â Sjur Helgeland, fiddler and composer (died 1924).[6]
- 27 August â Per Winge, conductor, pianist and composer (died 1935)
- 24 September â Christian Meidell Kahrs, businessperson and politician
- 28 October â Nordal Wille, botanist (died 1924)
- 29 October â Christian Bendz Kielland, civil servant (died 1934)
- 19 November â Gina Oselio, opera singer (died 1937).[7]
- 26 December â Torolf Prytz, architect, goldsmith and politician (died 1938)
Full date unknown
- Christian Bjelland I, businessperson (died 1927)
- Gunder Anton Johannesen Jahren, politician and Minister (died 1933)
- Vetle Vislie, educationalist and writer (died 1933)
Deaths
- 10 June â Peter Hersleb Harboe Castberg, priest and politician (born 1794)
- 11 June â Hans Conrad Thoresen, priest and politician (born 1802)
