1863 in Norway

Incumbents

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

Events

• 10 August – The murder of Knut Grøte in Christiania.

Births

January to June

• 21 January – Agnes Steineger, painter (died 1965).
• 12 February – Vilhelm Dybwad, barrister and writer (died 1950).
• 19 February – Axel Thue, mathematician (died 1922)
• 28 February – Lars Jonson Haukaness, Norwegian American impressionist artist (died 1929)
• 21 May – Gunnar Berg, painter (died 1893)
• 23 June – Christian Fredrik Michelet, politician and Minister (died 1927)
• 26 June – Martin Løken, politician

July to December

• 15 August – Even Ulving, painter (died 1952).
• 3 September – Hans Aanrud, author, poet and playwright (died 1953)
• 30 October – Torger Holtsmark, farmer and politician (died 1926)
• 18 November – Frederik Macody Lund, historian (died 1943)
• 20 November – Jonas Schanche Kielland, jurist and politician (died 1925)
• 24 November – Alfred Larsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1950)
• 28 November – Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe, businessperson, politician and Minister (died 1933)
• 12 December – Edvard Munch, painter and printmaker (died 1944)
• 31 December – Christian Albrecht Jakhelln, businessperson and politician (died 1945)

Full date unknown

• Adolf Agthe, architect (died 1941)
• Sigval Bergesen, ship-owner and politician (died 1956)
• Christian Theodor Holtfodt, politician (died 1930)
• Nils Riddervold Jensen, politician and Minister (died 1935)
• Elias C. Kiær, businessperson (died 1939)
• Paul Benjamin Vogt, politician and Minister (died 1947)

Deaths

• 17 February – Peter Severin Steenstrup, naval officer and businessperson (born 1807)
• 19 March – Christian Garup Meidell, military officer and politician (born 1780)
• 25 April – Paul Hansen Birch, military officer (born 1788)
• 25 May – Peter Andreas Munch, historian
• 6 July – Jens Matthias Pram Kaurin, professor of theology, biblical translator, and Lutheran priest (b. 1804).
• 5 August – Peter Feilberg, newspaper editor and politician (born 1800)
• 6 August – Jacob Kielland, businessperson, consul and politician (born 1788)
• 19 September – Hans Christian Heg, colonel and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War (born 1829)
• 18 December - Ulrik Frederik Anton de Schouboe, civil servant and politician (born 1782)

Full date unknown

• Gunleik Jonsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1828)
• Poul Christian Holst, politician and Minister (born 1776)
• Jacob Worm Skjelderup, politician and Minister (born 1804)

References

References

1. "Karl 4.". Norsk nettleksikon.
2. Lerberg, Ellen J. "Agnes Steineger". Kunnskapsforlaget.
3. "Vilhelm Dybwad". Norsk nettleksikon.
4. "Even Ulving". Norsk nettleksikon.
5. "Jens Kaurin". Norsk nettleksikon.