1866 in Norway

Incumbents

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

Events

• 5 March – The official inauguration of the Parliament of Norway Building ().
• 12–13 July – The town of Drammen is destroyed by fire, with the flames visible from Christiana (now Oslo) 36 km (22 mi) away.Tingle, Joseph Child (25 August 1866). "A Town in Ashes". All the Year Round. XVI (383). London: 150–153.
• Murray, John (1869). The Knapsack Guide to Norway. London: J. Murray. p. 103.
• The town of Kopervik is founded.

Arts and literature

• Erika Nissen, pianist, makes her concert debut in Berlin

Births

January to June

• 5 January – Johan Gjøstein, educator, newspaper editor and politician (died 1935).
• 21 January – Olaus Alvestad, educator and newspaper editor (died 1903)
• 22 January – Sigurd Høst, educator (died 1939).
• 15 March – Johan Vaaler, inventor (died 1910)
• 25 April – Aasulv Olsen Bryggesaa, politician and Minister (died 1922)
• 29 April – Kristian Prestgard, editor of Decorah-Posten (died 1946)
• 10 May – Thorolf Holmboe, painter (died 1935)
• 24 June – Peter Karl Holmesland, jurist and politician (died 1933)

July to December

• 10 July – Sigurd Eldegard, actor and playwright (died 1950).
• 29 July – Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland, architect (died 1926)
• 12 August – Johan Opsahl, politician
• 2 September – August Herman Halvorsen, politician (died 1929)
• 13 September – Ole Østmo, rifle shooter and Olympic medallist (died 1923)
• 28 October – Peter Collett Solberg, businessperson and politician (died 1934)
• 1 November – Betzy Kjelsberg, politician and feminist (died 1950)
• 29 November – Johan Friele, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1927)
• 2 December – Ingvald Anker Andersen, politician

Full date unknown

• Simon Christian Hammer, writer and journalist (died 1932)
• Jenova Martin, suffragist and writer (died 1937)
• Sigbjørn Obstfelder, writer (died 1900)

Deaths

• 20 March – Rikard Nordraak, composer (born 1842)
• 26 April - Nils Vibe Stockfleth, missionary (born 1787)
• 24 November – Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow, bishop (born 1786)

Full date unknown

• Nicolai Benjamin Cappelen, jurist and politician (born 1795)
• Louise Brun, actor (born 1831)
• Conradine Birgitte Dunker, socialite and writer (born 1780)
• Ole Paulssøn Haagenstad, politician (born 1775)
• Jørgen Fredrik Spørck, military officer and politician (born 1787)

References

References

1. "Karl 4.". Norsk nettleksikon.
2. "Johan Gjøstein". Norsk nettleksikon.
3. "Sigurd Høst". Norsk nettleksikon.
4. Fidjestøl, Alfred. "Sigurd Eldegard". Norsk nettleksikon.
5. "Biographical Sketch of Jenova Martin".