1848 in Norway

Events

• Ålesund received city rights.

Arts and literature

Notable births

• 3 February - Jørgen Løvland, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (d.1922)
• 2 May - Hans Gabriel Nissen Buck, physician and politician (d.1924)
• 17 May - Erik Jørgensen, master gunsmith (d.1896)
• 27 May - Johan Bøgh, museum director and art historian (d.1933)
• 12 June - Nordahl Rolfsen, writer, educationalist and teacher, journalist, translator and speaker (d.1928)
• 20 June - Jens Carl Peter Brandt, businessperson and politician (d.1912)
• 19 September - Gunnar Knudsen, politician and twice Prime Minister of Norway (d.1928)
• 22 November - Lars Holst, journalist, newspaper editor and politician (d.1915)
• 16 December - Georg Sverdrup, theologian and educator (d.1907)
• 21 December - Viggo Ullmann, educator and politician (d.1910)

Full date unknown

• Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, author and college professor in America (d.1895)
• Holm Hansen Munthe, architect (d.1898)
• Kristian Mauritz Mustad, politician (d.1913)
• Henrik Nissen, architect (d.1915)
• Andreas Lauritz Thune, engineer and businessman (d.1920)

Notable deaths

• 24 December - Hans Nicolai Lange, priest and politician (b.1795)

Full date unknown

• Ole Hersted Schjøtt, clergyman and politician (b.1805)