1854 in Norway

← 1853 1852 1851 1854 in Norway → 1855 1856 1857
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
See also:	1854 in Sweden List of years 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.

Births

• 9 February - Ole Georg Gjøsteen, educator and politician (died 1936)
• 25 March - Tycho Kielland, jurist and journalist (died 1904)
• 16 June - Herbjørn Gausta, artist (died 1924)
• 2 September - Hans Jæger, writer, philosopher and anarchist political activist (died 1910).^[1]

• 2 October - Mathias Larsen Blilie, politician
• 5 October - Haakon Ditlev Lowzow, military officer, politician and Minister (died 1915)
• 31 October - Otto Sverdrup, Arctic scientist and explorer (died 1930)

Full date unknown

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

Deaths

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

Full date unknown

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

References

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