1853 in Norway
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Notable births
- 22 January - Francis HagerupFrancis HagerupGeorge Francis Hagerup was a Norwegian lawyer, diplomat and politician for the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 14 October 1895 to 17 February 1898 and from 22 October 1903 to 11 March 1905.Francis Hagerup grew up in Trondheim...
, lawyer, diplomat, politician and twice Prime Minister of NorwayPrime Minister of NorwayThe Prime Minister of Norway is the political leader of Norway and the Head of His Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Stortinget , to their political party, and ultimately the...
(d.19211921 in Norway-Events:* 6 May - A general strike begins in Norway.* 17 September - the Dovre Line was opened.* 18 September - Nidareid train disaster on the Trondhjem-Størenbanen railway line...
) - 28 March - Jacob Breda BullJacob Breda BullJacob Breda Bull was a Norwegian author.Bull is best known for the novel Vesleblakken and for other novels and stories about descriptions of folk life in the Østerdalen valley. He also wrote historical novels, contemporary novels and poetry.Bull was born in Rendalen, the son of the priest Matthias...
, author (d.19301930 in Norway-Events:* 12 November - Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.* Having established two years earlier, what is to become Norway's largest industrial park at Herøya outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro opens up its first plant in this location....
) - 14 October - Axel Christian Zetlitz KiellandAxel Christian Zetlitz KiellandAxel Christian Zetlitz Kielland was a Norwegian civil servant and diplomat.-Personal life:He was born in Stavanger to Jacob Kielland and Thora Margrethe , née Bendz. His grandfather was Jacob Kielland, his uncle Jens Zetlitz Kielland and his cousins Kitty Lange and Alexander Kielland...
, civil servant and diplomat (d.19241924 in Norway-Events:* The 1924 Parliamentary election takes place.* Kringkastningselskapet A/S was founded. This was the predecessor to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, established in 1933-Notable births:*5 January - Ottar Dahl, historian and historiographer...
) - 26 October - Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Sr.Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Sr.Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup was a Norwegian bishop.-Personal life:Schjelderup was born in Ullensaker, the son of Peter Vilhelm Schjelderup and Dorothea Marie Lysholm. He had two brothers and one sister....
, bishop (d.19131913 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Jens Bratlie-Events:* Female suffrage is enacted in Norway* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Sport:...
) - 3 November - Hans Nilsen HaugeHans Nilsen HaugeHans Nilsen Hauge was a Norwegian priest and politician for the Conservative Party. He was Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1903 to 1905.Knudsen was born in Nord-Audnedal,...
, priest, politician and Minister (d.19311931 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Peder Kolstad-Events:* 27 June – Norway occupied and claimed parts of the then-uninhabited eastern Greenland , claiming that it constituted terra nullius.* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the...
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- Johan Magnus HalvorsenJohan Magnus HalvorsenJohan Magnus Halvorsen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party splinter party Moderate Venstre . He was Minister of Finance from 1907 to 1908. Halvorsen was a merchant by profession.-References:...
, politician (d.19221922 in Norway-Events:* 8 January - The Social Democratic Youth League of Norway is founded.* 30 November - The establishment of Norwegian government-owned alcoholic beverage retailer "Vinmonopolet"....
) - Just Knud QvigstadJust Knud QvigstadJust Knud Qvigstad was a Norwegian philologist, linguist, ethnographer, historian and cultural historian. He was also a headmaster in Tromsø, and a politician for the Conservative Party who served as mayor of Tromsø and as Minister of Education and Church Affairs.-Personal life:He was born in...
, politician and Minister (d.19571957 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway - until his death on September 21, Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 16 March - The Kongsberg Silver Mines closes....
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Notable deaths
- 3 October - Hans Jacob Arnold JensenHans Jacob Arnold JensenHans Jacob Arnold Jensen was a Norwegian military officer and politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1818, representing the constituency of Fredriksstad. He served as a Captain at that time. He only sat through one parliamentary term.-References:...
, military officer and politician (b.17771777 in Norway-Births:*7 February - Severin Løvenskiold, nobleman and politician *18 February - Andreas Arntzen, politician *12 April - Caspar Peter Hagerup, civil servant...
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- Edvard HagerupEdvard HagerupEdvard Hagerup was a Norwegian solicitor and politician. He was born in Kristiansand, the son of a bishop Eiler Hagerup b. 1718 and Edvardine Magdalene Margarethe Christie ....
, solicitor and politician (b.17811781 in Norway-Full date unknown:*Palle Rømer Fleischer, politician and Minister *Edvard Hagerup, solicitor and politician...
) - Peter Andreas MunchPeter Andreas MunchPeter Andreas Munch , usually known as P. A. Munch, was a Norwegian historian, known for his work on the medieval history of Norway. Munch’s scholarship included Norwegian archaeology, geography, ethnography, linguistics, and jurisprudence...
, historian (b.18101810 in Norway-Births:*20 January - Gustav Christian Gjøs, politician *5 February - Ole Bull, violinist *17 April - Johan Reinert Reiersen, emigration activist and early Texas pioneer *25 September - Peder Sather, banker and philanthropist...
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