1862 in Norway
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Events in the year 1862 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 23 June â Norway's second railway, Hamar-Grundsetbanen, is opened.
- 3 October â Kongsvingerbanen, Norway's third railway opens between Lillestrøm and Kongsvinger, is opened.
Arts and literature
- The poem Terje Vigen, written by Henrik Ibsen, is published.
Births
January to June
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- 22 February â Hulda Garborg, writer, novelist, playwright, poet, folk dancer and theatre instructor (died 1934)
- 14 March â Vilhelm Bjerknes, physicist and meteorologist (died 1951)
- 16 June â Olaf Frydenlund, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist (died 1947)
- 25 June â Thomas Wegner Larsen Haaland, politician
July to December
- 4 August â Albert Gran, Norwegian-American actor (born 1932)
- 15 August â Fernanda Nissen, journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, politician and feminist pioneer (died 1920)
- 21 September â Johan Castberg, jurist and politician (died 1926)
- 23 September â Bernt B. Haugan, Norwegian American minister, politician and temperance leader
- 24 September â Arnt Severin Ulstrup, physician and politician
- 14 November â Ludvig Larsen Kragtorp, physician and politician
- 11 December â Otto Valstad, educator, painter, book illustrator and children's writer (died 1950).[2]
Full date unknown
- Samuel Balto, explorer and adventurer (died 1922)
- Johan Olaf Bredal, politician and Minister (died 1948)
- Jørgen Brunchorst, politician and Minister (died 1917)
- Anna Bugge, feminist (died 1928)
- Ove Christian Charlot Klykken, politician
- Anders Sandvig, dentist and ethnologist (died 1950)
Deaths
- 30 September â Josephine Thrane, teacher and journalist (born 1820).[3]
Full date unknown
- Jacobine Gjertz, pianist, composer and writer (born 1819)[4]
- Jon Eriksson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1790)
- Knut Mevasstaul, rose painter (born 1785)
- Jørgen Herman Vogt, politician (born 1784)
