1854 in Norway
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Events
- 26 August - A new conscription law was sanctioned, under which all Norwegian men regardless of condition and position had an obligation to serve in the armed forces.
- 1 September - The first Norwegian railway, Hovedbanen between OsloOsloOslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
and EidsvollEidsvollis a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sundet.-Name:...
, is opened. This also constitutes the establishment of the now state owned Norwegian State Railways.
Births
- 9 February - Ole Georg GjøsteenOle Georg GjøsteenOle Georg Gjøsteen was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party.-Personal life:He was born in Stord, and was the older brother of politician and educationalist Johan David Haslund Gjøstein....
, educator and politician (d.19361936 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold -Events:* 13 September – A rockfall slide occures in the village of Loen in the Sogn og Fjordane county, killing 74 people....
) - 25 March - Tycho KiellandTycho KiellandTycho Kielland was a Norwegian jurist and journalist.He was born in Stavanger to Jens Zetlitz Kielland and his wife Christine , née Lange. His grandfather was Jacob Kielland, and an uncle was also named Jacob Kielland...
, jurist and journalist (d.19041904 in Norway-Events:* 23 January – Ålesund Fire: a major fire break out during the night in the town of Ålesund. The fire destroyed almost the whole city centre, built mostly of wood like the majority of Norwegian towns in that era...
) - 16 June - Herbjørn GaustaHerbjørn GaustaHerbjørn Gausta also Herbjorn Gausta was an American artist who is best known for his landscapes, portraits and scenes from rural settings...
, artist (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...
) - 2 September - Hans JægerHans JægerHans Henrik Jæger was a Norwegian writer, philosopher and anarchist political activist who was part of the Oslo based bohemian group Kristianiabohêmen. He was prosecuted for his book Fra Kristiania-bohêmen and convicted to 60 days' imprisonment in a supreme court ruling in 1886...
, writer, philosopher and anarchist political activist (d.19101910 in Norway-Events:* Norwegian Institute of Technology is established in Trondheim.* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Notable births:*10 January - Kitty Petrine Fredriksen, politician...
) - 2 October - Mathias Larsen BlilieMathias Larsen BlilieMathias Larsen Blilie was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and the Liberal Left Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1907, representing the Liberal Party and the constituency of Toten...
, politician - 5 October - Haakon Ditlev LowzowHaakon Ditlev LowzowHaakon Ditlev Lowzow was a Norwegian military officer and politician for the Liberal Party. He is best known as the Norwegian Minister of Defence from 1908 to 1909.-Personal life:...
, military officer, politician and Minister (d.19151915 in Norway-Events:* The 1915 Parliamentary election takes place.-Notable births:*16 January - Aase Bjerkholt, politician*19 January - Håkon Kyllingmark, politician and Minister *25 January - Sverre L...
) - 31 October - Otto SverdrupOtto SverdrupOtto Neumann Knoph Sverdrup was a Norwegian sailor and Arctic explorer.-Early and personal life:...
, ArcticArcticThe Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost...
scientist and explorer (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....
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- Bernhard BrænneBernhard BrænneBernhard Cornelius Brænne was a Norwegian factory owner, and a politician for the Conservative Party. He was appointed Minister of Labour in the cabinet of Wollert Konow on 2 February 1910, but then replaced Sofus Arctander as Minister of Trade on 11 June the same year...
, politician and Minister (d.19271927 in Norway-Events:* Norsk Hydro forms a companionship with the German company IG Farben in order to gain access to the newly developed Haber-Bosch process for manufacturing artificial fertilizer...
) - Knut Johannes HougenKnut Johannes HougenKnut Johannes Hougen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was Appointed Minister of Education and Church Affairs in 1909, and Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1909-1910. Hougen was also a representative for the city of Kristiansand in the Norwegian Parliament in the period...
, politician and Minister (d.19541954 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 28 March – Bear Island accident: A Royal Norwegian Air Force seaplane crashed on the Bear Island. The plane had a crew of 8 men and one passenger...
) - Nils Olaf HovdenakNils Olaf HovdenakNils Olaf Hovdenak was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was Minister of Labour 1912-1913. Hovdenak was an engineer by profession.-References:...
, politician and Minister (d.19421942 in Norway-Incumbents:*Government in Exile ** Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway** Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold *German Military Governor** Reichskommissar in Norway - Josef Terboven*German Puppet Government in Oslo...
) - Ivar KleivenIvar KleivenIvar Kleiven was a Norwegian politician, historian and poet. He is most remembered as a collector of local folklore.-Background:...
, local historian and poet (d.19341934 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Ludwig Mowinckel -Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Notable births:*7 January - Per Ø...
) - Fredrik Anton Martin Olsen NalumFredrik Anton Martin Olsen NalumFredrik Anton Martin Olsen Nalum was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Liberal Party. He held three different government minister posts, served as mayor and was a six-term member of Parliament....
, politician and Minister (d.19351935 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Ludwig Mowinckel until 20 March, Johan Nygaardsvold -January to March:*5 January - Jan Paulsen, President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists...
) - Christian SkredsvigChristian SkredsvigChristian Skredsvig was a Norwegian painter and writer. He is especially well known for his picturesque paintings.-Biography:Christian Skredsvig was born in Modum, Buskerud in 1854. When he was 15 years old he became a pupil at the Eckersberg drawing and paint school in Christiania . He later...
, painter and writer (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...
) - Johan TuriJohan TuriJohan Turi, born Johannes Olsen Thuri also spelt Johan Tuuri or Johan Thuri or Johan Thuuri was the first Sami author to publish a secular work in a Sami language...
, first SamiSami peopleThe Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami, are the arctic indigenous people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. The Sámi are Europe’s northernmost...
author to publish work (d.19361936 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold -Events:* 13 September – A rockfall slide occures in the village of Loen in the Sogn og Fjordane county, killing 74 people....
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Deaths
- 27 January - Andreas Samuelsen VibstadAndreas Samuelsen VibstadAndreas Samuelsen Vibstad was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the first session of the Norwegian Parliament in 1827, representing the constituency of Nordre Throndhjems Amt. He worked as a farmer there. He only served one term.-References:...
, politician (b.17831783 in Norway-Full date unknown:*Christian Holm, politician *Andreas Samuelsen Vibstad, politician...
) - 1 April - Peter MotzfeldtPeter MotzfeldtPeter Motzfeldt was a member of the constitutional assembly in Norway in 1814, then a Norwegian member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1814-1816, 1818-1819, 1824-1825, 1828-1829, 1831-1832, and 1834-1835, Minister of the Army 1816-1818 and 1819-1822, and Minister of Auditing...
, politician and Minister (b.17771777 in Norway-Births:*7 February - Severin Løvenskiold, nobleman and politician *18 February - Andreas Arntzen, politician *12 April - Caspar Peter Hagerup, civil servant...
) - 14 October - Aslak HættaAslak HættaAslak Jacobsen Hætta was one of the leaders of the Sami revolt in Guovdageaidnu in November 1852. During the riots, the merchant Carl Johan Ruth and the local government official Lars Johan Bucht were killed and the pastor Fredrik Waldemar Hvoslef was whipped...
, Sami leader, executed (b.18241824 in Norway-Births:*24 January - Aslak Hætta, Sami leader, executed *24 August - Niels Mathias Rye, politician *4 October - Morten Diderik Emil Lambrechts, jurist and politician...
) - 12 December - Georg Jacob BullGeorg Jacob BullGeorg Jacob Bull was a Norwegian jurist and politician.He was a stipendiary magistrate of Bergen from 1810 to 1821. While stationed here, he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament for the year 1821...
, jurist and politician (b.17851785 in Norway-Full date unknown:*Gustav Peter Blom, politician *Michel Nielsen Grendahl, politician*Knut Mevasstaul, rose painter -Deaths:*29 December - Johan Herman Wessel, poet...
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- Samuel Mathiassen FøynSamuel Mathiassen FøynSamuel Mathiassen Føyn was a Norwegian ship-owner and politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1830, 1842 and 1848, representing the constituency of Tønsberg. He worked as a ship-owner, merchant and farmer in that city....
, ship-owner and politician (b.17861786 in Norway-Events:*The trade with Iceland is opened to all Danish and Norwegian traders-Births:*15 May - Johan Bülow Wamberg, politician, *26 May - Engebret Soot, canal engineer *29 June - Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow, bishop...
) - Nicolai Niels NielsenNicolai Niels NielsenNicolai Niels Nielsen was a Norwegian priest and politician.He was born in Funen, Denmark. He took his priest examination in Copenhagen in 1804, and worked as a teacher in Zealand. In 1807 he immigrated to Norway, becoming priest in Vardøe. In 1810 he moved to Holmedal in Sunnfjord...
, priest 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...
) - Johan Frederik ThorneJohan Frederik ThorneJohan Frederik Thorne was a Norwegian businessperson and politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1833, 1839, 1845 and 1848, representing the constituency of Drammen. He worked as a merchant, timber trader, estate owner and vice consul.He married Henriette Dorthea Schive, but she...
, businessperson and politician (b.18011801 in Norway-Events:* The first complete and reliable census was held in Norway.-Full date unknown:*Hother Erich Werner Bøttger, politician *Olea Crøger, folk music collector *Jan Henrik Nitter Hansen, businessman and politician...
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