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- 5 August - Niels Henrik AbelNiels Henrik AbelNiels Henrik Abel was a Norwegian mathematician who proved the impossibility of solving the quintic equation in radicals.-Early life:...
, mathematician (d.18291829 in Norway-Events:*17 May - Henrik Wergeland became a symbol of the fight for celebration of the constitution at May 17, which was later to become the Norwegian National Day...
) - 7 October - Magnus Brostrup LandstadMagnus Brostrup LandstadMagnus Brostrup Landstad was a Norwegian minister, psalmist and poet who published the first collection of authentic Norwegian traditional ballads in 1853...
, minister, psalmist and poet (d.18801880 in Norway-January to June:*20 March - Oscar Ludvig Larsen, politician*13 April - Alfred Vågnes, politician *29 April - Anders Krogvig, librarian, writer, literary consultant and critic *29 April - Jonas Lie, artist...
) - 10 October - Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink HolmboeLeonhard Christian Borchgrevink HolmboeLeonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe was a Norwegian priest and politician.-Personal life:He was born in Trondenes as the son of bailiff Jens Holmboe and his wife Anna Margrethe Irgens . He had several brothers and sisters...
, priest and politician (d.18871887 in Norway-Events:* 21 August - The Norwegian Labour Party was established.-January to March:*7 January - Ingvald Tøndel, politician *17 January - Ola Raknes, psychoanalyst and philologist...
) - 10 November - Karelius August ArntzenKarelius August ArntzenKarelius August Arntzen was a Norwegian politician.He was born in Copenhagen, where his father Andreas Arntzen took his jurist education. He moved to his father's home country Norway in 1821, and graduated as cand.jur. in 1827...
, politician (d.18761876 in Norway-January to June:*8 January - Nils Tveit, politician *23 March - Nils Erik Flakstad, businessperson and politician *22 April - Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America *9 May - Johan Arndt, politician...
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- Søren Jørgensen AandahlSøren Jørgensen AandahlSøren Jørgensen Aandahl was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1842, 1851, 1854 and 1857, representing the rural constituency of Romsdals Amt . He worked as a farmer....
, politician (d.18861886 in Norway-Events:* The Norwegian Medical Association is established.-Notable births:*2 January - Elise Ottesen-Jensen, sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator *6 January - Hans Oskar Evju, politician...
) - Christian Ludvig DiriksChristian Ludvig DiriksChristian Ludvig Diriks was Norwegian general auditor and a government minister. He served as Minister of Auditing for two brief periods in 1856 and 1857, and later as temporary Minister of Postal Affairs in 1861, also very briefly.-References:...
, politician and Minister (d.18731873 in Norway-Births:*5 March - Olav Bjaaland, ski champion and polar explorer *9 March - Yngvar Sonnichsen, Norwegian-American artist and painter *11 March - Arnold Holmboe, politician and Minister...
) - Johan Widing Heiberg LandmarkJohan Widing Heiberg Landmark-Personal life:He was born in Gloppen to Nils Landmark and Barbra Henriette Rantzau Heiberg. His uncle Andreas Landmark was notable as a politician, and his grandfather had migrated to Norway from Sweden....
, jurist and politician (d.18781878 in Norway-Events:* A law is passed that requires teachers to speak the dialect of their pupils and not the other way round.-Births:*13 January - Henrik Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist *17 January - Olaf Husby, sport shooter...
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- Jakob Edvard ColbjørnsenJakob Edvard ColbjørnsenJakob Edvard Colbjørnsen was chief justice of the Supreme Court of Denmark-Norway in the capital of Copenhagen....
, chief justice