• Source: 1859 in Norway

      • Events in the year 1859 in Norway.


      Incumbents


      Monarch: Oscar I (until 8 July); then Charles IV.


      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.


      Arts and literature




      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

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      Michael Sevald Aamodt, politician (born 1784)


      See also




      References

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