1861 in Norway
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Births
- 9 March - Monthei Eriksen Haug, politician
- 18 April - Christian Emil Stoud Platou, railroad director and politician (died 1923)
- 23 July - Hans Bergersen Wergeland, politician
- 10 October - Fridtjof Nansen, explorer, scientist and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 (died 1930)
- 21 December - Valentin Valentinsen, engineer and politician
Full date unknown
- Pauline Fjelde, Norwegian-American painter, needlework artist and weaver. (died 1923)
- Ludvig Meyer, barrister, newspaper editor and politician (died 1938)
- Olaf Norli, bookseller and publisher (died 1959)
- Anton Thorkildsen Omholt, politician and Minister (died 1925)
- Edvard Sverdrup, theologian (died 1923)
Deaths
- 22 January - Peder Klykken, politician (born 1772)
- 6 June - David Vogt, politician (born 1793)
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