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1862 in Norway

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1862 in Norway

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Events in the year 1862 in Norway.

Incumbents

  • Monarch: Charles IV.
  • First Minister: Frederik Stang

Events

  • 23 June – Norway's second railway, Hamar-Grundsetbanen, is opened.
  • 3 October – Kongsvingerbanen, Norway's third railway opens between Lillestrøm and Kongsvinger, is opened.

Arts and literature

  • The poem Terje Vigen, written by Henrik Ibsen, is published.

Births

January to June

[[Hulda Garborg
  • 22 February – Hulda Garborg, writer, novelist, playwright, poet, folk dancer and theatre instructor (died 1934)
  • 14 March – Vilhelm Bjerknes, physicist and meteorologist (died 1951)
  • 16 June – Olaf Frydenlund, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist (died 1947)
  • 25 June – Thomas Wegner Larsen Haaland, politician

July to December

  • 4 August – Albert Gran, Norwegian-American actor (born 1932)
  • 15 August – Fernanda Nissen, journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, politician and feminist pioneer (died 1920)
  • 21 September – Johan Castberg, jurist and politician (died 1926)
  • 23 September – Bernt B. Haugan, Norwegian American minister, politician and temperance leader
  • 24 September – Arnt Severin Ulstrup, physician and politician
  • 14 November – Ludvig Larsen Kragtorp, physician and politician
  • 11 December – Otto Valstad, educator, painter, book illustrator and children's writer (died 1950).

Full date unknown

  • Samuel Balto, explorer and adventurer (died 1922)
  • Johan Olaf Bredal, politician and Minister (died 1948)
  • Jørgen Brunchorst, politician and Minister (died 1917)
  • Anna Bugge, feminist (died 1928)
  • Ove Christian Charlot Klykken, politician
  • Anders Sandvig, dentist and ethnologist (died 1950)

Deaths

  • 30 September – Josephine Thrane, teacher and journalist (born 1820).

Full date unknown

  • Jacobine Gjertz, pianist, composer and writer (born 1819)
  • Jon Eriksson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1790)
  • Knut Mevasstaul, rose painter (born 1785)
  • Jørgen Herman Vogt, politician (born 1784)

References

References

  1. "Karl 4.". Norsk nettleksikon.
  2. Klungsøyr, Anne Berit. "Otto Valstad". Norsk nettleksikon.
  3. Jensen, Lill-Ann. "Josephine Thrane". Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. "Jacobine Gjertz".
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