1854 in Norway

Events

• 26 August - A new conscription law was sanctioned, under which all Norwegian men regardless of condition and position had an obligation to serve in the armed forces.
• 1 September - The first Norwegian railway, Hovedbanen between Oslo and Eidsvoll, is opened. This also constitutes the establishment of the now state owned Norwegian State Railways.

Arts and literature

Births

• 9 February - Ole Georg Gjøsteen, educator and politician (d.1936)
• 25 March - Tycho Kielland, jurist and journalist (d.1904)
• 16 June - Herbjørn Gausta, artist (d.1924)
• 2 September - Hans Jæger, writer, philosopher and anarchist political activist (d.1910)
• 2 October - Mathias Larsen Blilie, politician
• 5 October - Haakon Ditlev Lowzow, military officer, politician and Minister (d.1915)
• 31 October - Otto Sverdrup, Arctic scientist and explorer (d.1930)

Full date unknown

• Bernhard Brænne, politician and Minister (d.1927)
• Knut Johannes Hougen, politician and Minister (d.1954)
• Nils Olaf Hovdenak, politician and Minister (d.1942)
• Ivar Kleiven, local historian and poet (d.1934)
• Fredrik Anton Martin Olsen Nalum, politician and Minister (d.1935)
• Christian Skredsvig, painter and writer (d.1924)
• Johan Turi, first Sami author to publish work (d.1936)

Deaths

• 27 January - Andreas Samuelsen Vibstad, politician (b.1783)
• 1 April - Peter Motzfeldt, politician and Minister (b.1777)
• 14 October - Aslak Hætta, Sami leader, executed (b.1824)
• 12 December - Georg Jacob Bull, jurist and politician (b.1785)

Full date unknown

• Samuel Mathiassen Føyn, ship-owner and politician (b.1786)
• Nicolai Niels Nielsen, priest and politician (b.1777)
• Johan Frederik Thorne, businessperson and politician (b.1801)