1859 in Norway

Events

• 8 July - Charles XV succeeds his father Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (as Charles IV)

Arts and literature

Notable births

• 29 June - Ragnvald Bødtker, engineer (d.1946)
• 4 August - Knut Hamsun, author, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (d.1952)
• 29 August - Thomas Vigner Christiansen Haaland, politician (d.1913)
• 15 November - Bjørn Bjørnson, actor and theatre director (d.1942)
• 15 November - Christopher Hornsrud, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (d.1960)
• 17 November - Fredrik Stang Lund, politician and Minister (d.1922)

Full date unknown

• Olav Bjørkum, politician (d.1936)
• Bernt Holtsmark, politician (d.1941)
• Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician (d.1930)
• Daniel Isaachsen, physicist (d.1940)
• Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup, businessperson (d.1931)
• Harald Smedal, politician and Minister (d.1911)
• Christian Sparre, politician (d.1940)

Notable deaths

• 26 May - Engebret Soot, canal engineer (b.1786)
• 7 June - Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen, businessperson (b.1801)
• 29 October - Nils Landmark, jurist, farmer and politician (b.1775)
• 23 December - Even Hammer Holmboe, politician (b.1792)

Full date unknown

• Michael Sevald Aamodt, politician (b.1784)
• Catharine Hermine Kølle, adventurer and painter (b.1788)
• Niels Arntzen Sem, politician (b.1782)