1859 in Norway

Events in the year 1859 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar I (until 8 July); then Charles IV.
• First Minister: Hans Christian Petersen

Events

• 8 July – Charles XV succeeds his father Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (as Charles IV)
• March–23 June – 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.

Notable births

• 28 January – Ambrosia Tønnesen, sculptor (died 1948).
• 5 April – Harald Smedal, politician and Minister (died 1911)
• 15 May – Olav Bjørkum, politician (died 1936)
• 23 June – Daniel Isaachsen, physicist (died 1940)
• 29 June – Ragnvald Bødtker, engineer (died 1946)
• 30 July – Christian Sparre, politician (died 1940)
• 4 August – Knut Hamsun, author, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (died 1952)
• 29 August – Thomas Vigner Christiansen Haaland, politician (died 1913)
• 7 October – Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup, businessperson (died 1931)
• 11 November – Belle Gunness, serial killer
• 15 November – Bjørn Bjørnson, actor and theatre director (died 1942)
• 15 November – Christopher Hornsrud, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 1960)
• 17 November – Fredrik Stang Lund, politician and Minister (died 1922)
• 23 December – Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician (died 1930)
• 27 December – Bernt Holtsmark, politician (died 1941)
• 27 December – Minda Ramm, novelist, translator and literary critic (died 1924).

Notable deaths

• 14 February – Ole Rasmussen Apeness, district sheriff, soldier, and farmer (b. 1765)
• 26 May – Engebret Soot, canal engineer (born 1786)
• 7 June – Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen, businessperson (born 1801)
• 27 August – Catharine Hermine Kølle, adventurer and painter (born 1788)
• 29 October – Nils Landmark, jurist, farmer and politician (born 1775)
• 19 December – Niels Arntzen Sem, politician (born 1782)
• 23 December – Even Hammer Holmboe, politician (born 1792)

Full date unknown

• Michael Sevald Aamodt, politician (born 1784)

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