1859 in Norway
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Events
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- 8 July - Charles XV succeeds his father Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (as Charles IV)
Arts and literature
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Notable births
- 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)
- 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)
Notable deaths
- 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)
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- Michael Sevald Aamodt, politician (born 1784)
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Norway during the union with Sweden (1814–1905)
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