1863 in Norway
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January to June
- 19 February - Axel ThueAxel ThueAxel Thue was a Norwegian mathematician, known for highly original work in diophantine approximation, and combinatorics....
, mathematician (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"....
) - 28 February - Lars Jonson HaukanessLars Jonson HaukanessLars Jonson Haukaness was a Norwegian born American-Canadian impressionist painter and art instructor who was particularly noted for his landscapes.-Background:...
, Norwegian AmericanNorwegian AmericanNorwegian Americans are Americans of Norwegian descent. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the later half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century. There are more than 4.5 million Norwegian Americans according to the most recent U.S. census, and...
impressionist artistArtistAn artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
(d. 1929) - 21 May - Gunnar BergGunnar Berg (painter)Gunnar Berg was a Norwegian painter, known for his paintings of his native Lofoten. He principally painted memorable scenes of the everyday life of the local fishermen.-Background:...
, painter (d.18931893 in Norway-Arts and literature:*The Norwegian Authors' Union is established.*Edvard Munch paints "The Scream"-January to March:*6 January - Olaf Bjerke, trade unionist and politician...
) - 23 June - Christian Fredrik MicheletChristian Fredrik MicheletChristian Fredrik Michelet was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1910, and was re-elected in 1913, 1916 and 1919....
, 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...
) - 26 June - Martin LøkenMartin LøkenMartin Løken was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament during the term 1907–1909...
, politician
July to December
- 3 September - Hans AanrudHans AanrudHans Aanrud was a Norwegian author. He wrote plays, poetry, and stories depicting rural life in his native Gudbrandsdal, Norway.- Life :...
, author, poet and playwright (d.19531953 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 1 June –The first Bergen International Festival opens.* 16 July – Parliament voted to move the main base for the Navy from Horten to Bergen....
) - 30 October - Torger HoltsmarkTorger HoltsmarkTorger Holtsmark was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born at Tveter farm in Asker as a son of Bent Holtsmark and his wife Anne Elisabeth Gabrielsen. He was a brother of Bernt and Wilhelm Holtsmark...
, farmer and politician (d.19261926 in Norway-Events:* May 11-14 – Roald Amundsen makes the first airship flight over the North Pole. The Norge leaves Spitsbergen and arrives in Teller, Alaska three days later.-Notable births:*1 January - Rolf Fjeldvær, politician...
) - 18 November - Frederik Macody LundFrederik Macody Lundthumb|Frederik Macody Lund Julius Frederik Macody Lund was a controversial Norwegian historian, most known and remembered for his engagement in the restoration of Nidaros Cathedral.When architect Christian Christie presented his ideas for a restoration of the west section and the west front, an...
, historian (d.19431943 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...
) - 20 November - Jonas Schanche KiellandJonas Schanche Kielland (born 1863)Jonas Schanche Kielland was a Norwegian judge and politician.-Personal life:He was born in Horten to Jacob Kielland and his wife Thora Margrethe , née Bendz. His grandfather was Jacob Kielland, his uncle Jens Zetlitz Kielland and his cousins Kitty Lange and Alexander Kielland...
, jurist and politician (d.19251925 in Norway-Events:* 1 January - The city of Christiania reclaimed its original Norwegian name, Oslo; a decision which caused much debate in its time.* 17 July - the Parliament of Norway passed the Svalbard Act which established Norwegian sovereignty on the island of Svalbard, and stated that Norwegian...
) - 24 November - Alfred LarsenAlfred LarsenAlfred Waldemar Garmann Larsen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Magda IX, which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class....
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.19501950 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 2 January - The Norwegian Savings Bank Postbanken -Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)-Events:* 2 January - The Norwegian Savings Bank Postbanken...
) - 28 November - Johan Henrik Rye HolmboeJohan Henrik Rye HolmboeJohan Henrik Rye Holmboe was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Liberal Left Party. He was a city council member in Tromsø for 42 years, a three-term member of Parliament, Minister of Provisioning from 1920 to 1921, and Minister of Trade from 1923 to 1924.-Personal life:He was born...
, businessperson, politician and Minister (d.19331933 in Norway-Events:* 17 May - Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort establish the Norwegian fascist party "Nasjonal Samling" * 1 July - The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation was founded....
) - 12 December - Edvard MunchEdvard MunchEdvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker and an important forerunner of expressionist art. His best-known composition, The Scream, is part of a series The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of love, fear, death, melancholia, and anxiety.- Childhood :Edvard Munch...
, painter and printmaker (d.19441944 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...
) - 31 December - Christian Albrecht JakhellnChristian Albrecht JakhellnChristian Albrecht Jakhelln was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from the constituency Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark during the term 1922–1924...
, businessperson and politician (d.19451945 in Norway-Incumbents:*Government in Exile until 9 May** Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway** Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold until 25 June, Einar Gerhardsen *German Military Governor...
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- Adolf AgtheAdolf AgtheAdolf Wilhelm Wulf August Agthe was a Norwegian architect.Adolf Agthe established an architectural office in Oslo in 1893. He designed a number of apartment building in Oslo...
, architect (d.19411941 in Norway-Incumbents:*Government in Exile ** Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway** Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold *German Military Governor** Reichskommissar in Norway - Josef Terboven-Events:...
) - Sigval BergesenSigval BergesenBerge Sigval Natanael Bergesen was a Norwegian shipowner and politician from Stavanger.He was a son of Ole Bergesen and father of Ole Bergesen and Sigval Bergesen, Jr.. Through Ole he was a grandfather of Berge Sigval Natanael Bergesen and Ole Bergesen, Through Sigval he was a great-grandfather of...
, ship-owner and politician (d.19561956 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 7 March - Several avalanches kill 21 people and causing heavy damage in Nordland and Troms.* 9 April - The Norwegian Humanist Association is founded....
) - Christian Theodor HoltfodtChristian Theodor HoltfodtChristian Theodor Holtfodt was a Norwegian officer and a politician for the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Defense 1914-1919. He was said to be "Norway's most independent man", and fought for a strong defence to protect Norwegian neutrality.-References:...
, politician (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....
) - Nils Riddervold JensenNils Riddervold JensenNils Riddervold Jensen was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Kristiania as a son of dean Peter Andreas Jensen and Mette Marie Riddervold . He was a maternal grandson of politician Hans Riddervold. He was a brother of Anne Marie Riddervold Jensen, who...
, 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...
) - Elias C. KiærElias C. KiærElias Cathrinus Kiær was a Norwegian businessperson.He was born in Drammen as the son of wholesaler Hans Theodor Kiær . He was the grandson of Hans Andersen Kiær and nephew of Anders F. Kiær....
, businessperson (d.19391939 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold -Events:*17 May - Sweden, Norway, and Finland refuse Germany's offer of non-aggression pacts.*1 June - Oslo Airport, Fornebu is opened....
) - Paul Benjamin VogtPaul Benjamin VogtPaul Benjamin Vogt was Norwegian member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1903-1904, and Minister of Trade and Minister of Auditing 1904-1905. He also served as the Norway's minister in London 1910-1934....
, politician and Minister (d.19471947 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 7 August - Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 day, 4,300 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, proving that pre-historic peoples...
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- 17 February – Peter Severin SteenstrupPeter Severin SteenstrupPeter Severin Steenstrup was a Norwegian naval officer and businessperson.He was the son of Constitutional founding father and businessman Poul Steenstrup and Thea Collett....
, naval officer and businessperson (b.18071807 in Norway-Events:* Porsgrunn is granted limited city status. Full city status is granted in 1842.* Start of the Gunboat War between Denmark-Norway and the United Kingdom.-January to June:*19 January - Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland, bishop...
) - 19 March - Christian Garup MeidellChristian Garup MeidellChristian Garup Meidell was a Norwegian military officer and politician.He was born in Balestrand as the son of Jacob Gerhard Meidell and his wife Birgitte Munthe Finde . He married Marie Helene Hille from Lærdal, and they had ten children.He took his education in Copenhagen, and embarked on a...
, military officer and politician (b.17801780 in Norway-Births:*30 January - Christian Garup Meidell, military officer and politician *25 August - Conradine Birgitte Dunker, socialite and writer -Full date unknown:*Jens Aars, priest and politician...
) - 25 April - Paul Hansen BirchPaul Hansen BirchPaul Hansen Birch was a Norwegian military officer.He was born in Faaberg to Johan Gottfried Reichenwald and Mari Birch....
, military officer (b.17881788 in Norway-Events:* 21 August – Theater War: The Swedish attack on Russia caused Denmark-Norway to declare war on Sweden in accordance with its treaty obligations to Russia.-Births:*24 February - Johan Christian Dahl, painter...
) - 25 May 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 - 5 August - Peter FeilbergPeter FeilbergPeter Fredrik Feilberg was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician.He was born in Tønsberg. His family had immigrated from Flensburg, Southern Schleswig in 1787. Peter Feilberg was a dyer by education, and operated a printing press...
, newspaper editor and politician (b.18001800 in Norway-Births:*6 March - Gustava Kielland, author and missionary *11 March - Nils Otto Tank, Moravian Church religious leader, land speculator, canal and railroad promoter *7 April - Peter Feilberg, newspaper editor and politician...
) - 6 August - Jacob Kielland, businessperson, consul and politician (b.17881788 in Norway-Events:* 21 August – Theater War: The Swedish attack on Russia caused Denmark-Norway to declare war on Sweden in accordance with its treaty obligations to Russia.-Births:*24 February - Johan Christian Dahl, painter...
) - 19 September - Hans Christian HegHans Christian HegHans Christian Heg was a Norwegian- American politician and soldier in the American Civil War from Wisconsin.-Background:...
, colonelColonel (United States)In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...
and brigadeBrigadeA brigade is a major tactical military formation that is typically composed of two to five battalions, plus supporting elements depending on the era and nationality of a given army and could be perceived as an enlarged/reinforced regiment...
commander in the Union ArmyUnion ArmyThe Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
during the American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
(b.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...
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- Gunleik Jonsson HellandGunleik Jonsson HellandGunleik «Gullik» Jonsson Helland Gunleik «Gullik» Jonsson Helland Gunleik «Gullik» Jonsson Helland (1828 - 1863 was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark.Gunleik (the name was written both ways) Helland, son of the first fiddlemaker at Helland cotters farm, worked several years in...
, Hardanger fiddle maker (b.18281828 in Norway-Full date unknown:*Gunleik Jonsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker *Bøicke Johan Rulffs Koren, politician and Minister -Full date unknown:*Johan Ernst Berg, politician *Christian Krohg, politician and Minister...
) - Poul Christian HolstPoul Christian HolstPoul Christian Holst was a Norwegian government official who held several positions in the period 1814-1848. He was the functioning head of the 1st Ministry in 1814, state secretary 1814-1822, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm in various periods between 1823-1844, Minister of...
, politician and Minister (b.17761776 in Norway-Full date unknown:*Jens Gasmann, businessperson and politician *Poul Christian Holst, politician and Minister *Hilmar Meincke Krohg, politician...
) - Jacob Worm SkjelderupJacob Worm SkjelderupJacob Worm Skjelderup was Norwegian state secretary from 1859 to 1863, appointed Minister of the Navy in 1860, and temporary councillor of state 1861....
, politician and Minister (b.18041804 in Norway-Births:*19 September - Elling Eielsen, minister and Lutheran Church leader in America *8 November - Hans Eleonardus Møller, politician and businessperson -Full date unknown:*Paulus Flood, merchant and politician...
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