1859 in Norway
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Events in the year 1859 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Oscar I (until 8 July);[1] then Charles IV.[2]
- First Minister: Hans Christian Petersen
Events
- 8 July â Charles XV succeeds his father Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (as Charles IV)
- Marchâ23 June â Parliamentary elections are held, resulting in 47 seats won by farmers, sheriffs, church singers, and teachers; 33 by civil servants; and 37 by individuals from other professions.[3]
Notable births
- 28 January â Ambrosia Tønnesen, sculptor (died 1948).[4]
- 5 April â Harald Smedal, politician and Minister (died 1911)
- 15 May â Olav Bjørkum, politician (died 1936)
- 23 June â Daniel Isaachsen, physicist (died 1940)
- 29 June â Ragnvald Bødtker, engineer (died 1946)
- 30 July â Christian Sparre, politician (died 1940)
- 4 August â Knut Hamsun, author, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (died 1952)
- 29 August â Thomas Vigner Christiansen Haaland, politician (died 1913)
- 7 October â Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup, businessperson (died 1931)
- 11 November â Belle Gunness, serial killer
- 15 November â Bjørn Bjørnson, actor and theatre director (died 1942)
- 15 November â Christopher Hornsrud, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 1960)
- 17 November â Fredrik Stang Lund, politician and Minister (died 1922)
- 23 December â Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician (died 1930)
- 27 December â Bernt Holtsmark, politician (died 1941)
- 27 December â Minda Ramm, novelist, translator and literary critic (died 1924).[5]
Notable deaths
- 14 February â Ole Rasmussen Apeness, district sheriff, soldier, and farmer (b. 1765)
- 26 May â Engebret Soot, canal engineer (born 1786)
- 7 June â Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen, businessperson (born 1801)
- 27 August â Catharine Hermine Kølle, adventurer and painter (born 1788)
- 29 October â Nils Landmark, jurist, farmer and politician (born 1775)
- 19 December â Niels Arntzen Sem, politician (born 1782)
- 23 December â Even Hammer Holmboe, politician (born 1792)
Full date unknown
- Michael Sevald Aamodt, politician (born 1784)
