1863 in Norway
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Events in the year 1863 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 10 August â The murder of Knut Grøte in Christiania.
Births
January to June
- 21 January â Agnes Steineger, painter (died 1965).[2]
- 12 February â Vilhelm Dybwad, barrister and writer (died 1950).[3]
- 19 February â Axel Thue, mathematician (died 1922)
- 28 February â Lars Jonson Haukaness, Norwegian American impressionist artist (died 1929)
- 21 May â Gunnar Berg, painter (died 1893)
- 23 June â Christian Fredrik Michelet, politician and Minister (died 1927)
- 26 June â Martin Løken, politician
July to December
- 15 August â Even Ulving, painter (died 1952).[4]
- 3 September â Hans Aanrud, author, poet and playwright (died 1953)
- 30 October â Torger Holtsmark, farmer and politician (died 1926)
- 18 November â Frederik Macody Lund, historian (died 1943)
- 20 November â Jonas Schanche Kielland, jurist and politician (died 1925)
- 24 November â Alfred Larsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1950)
- 28 November â Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe, businessperson, politician and Minister (died 1933)
- 12 December â Edvard Munch, painter and printmaker (died 1944)
- 31 December â Christian Albrecht Jakhelln, businessperson and politician (died 1945)
Full date unknown
- Adolf Agthe, architect (died 1941)
- Sigval Bergesen, ship-owner and politician (died 1956)
- Christian Theodor Holtfodt, politician (died 1930)
- Nils Riddervold Jensen, politician and Minister (died 1935)
- Elias C. Kiær, businessperson (died 1939)
- Paul Benjamin Vogt, politician and Minister (died 1947)
Deaths
- 17 February â Peter Severin Steenstrup, naval officer and businessperson (born 1807)
- 19 March â Christian Garup Meidell, military officer and politician (born 1780)
- 25 April â Paul Hansen Birch, military officer (born 1788)
- 25 May â Peter Andreas Munch, historian
- 6 July â Jens Matthias Pram Kaurin, professor of theology, biblical translator, and Lutheran priest (b. 1804).[5]
- 5 August â Peter Feilberg, newspaper editor and politician (born 1800)
- 6 August â Jacob Kielland, businessperson, consul and politician (born 1788)
- 19 September â Hans Christian Heg, colonel and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War (born 1829)
- 18 December - Ulrik Frederik Anton de Schouboe, civil servant and politician (born 1782)
Full date unknown
- Gunleik Jonsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1828)
- Poul Christian Holst, politician and Minister (born 1776)
- Jacob Worm Skjelderup, politician and Minister (born 1804)
