1861 in Norway
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Events in the year 1861 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- The town of Gjøvik is founded.
Arts and literature
- Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860 (A remembrance of a journey in the summer 1860) was written by Aasmund Olavsson Vinje.
Births
- 1 January â Nicoline Hambro, politician and women's rights pioneer (died 1926).[2]
- 9 March â Monthei Eriksen Haug, politician
- 18 April â Christian Emil Stoud Platou, railroad director and politician (died 1923)
- 19 April â Amalie Andersen, actress (died 1924).[3]
- 23 July â Hans Bergersen Wergeland, politician
- 10 October â Fridtjof Nansen, explorer, scientist and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 (died 1930)
- 9 November â Fredrikke Mørck, liberal feminist, magazine editor (died 1934).[4]
- 21 December â Valentin Valentinsen, engineer and politician
Full date unknown
- Pauline Fjelde, Norwegian-American painter, needlework artist and weaver (died 1923)
- Ludvig Meyer, barrister, newspaper editor and politician (died 1938)
- Olaf Norli, bookseller and publisher (died 1959)
- Anton Thorkildsen Omholt, politician and Minister (died 1925)
- Edvard Sverdrup, theologian (died 1923)
Deaths
- 22 January â Peder Klykken, politician (born 1772)
- 6 June â David Vogt, politician (born 1793)
- 16 October â Broder Lysholm Krohg, military officer and civil servant (born 1777)[5]
