1851 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1851 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Oscar I.^[1]

Arts and literature

• 10 January – The Norwegian Booksellers Association (Den Norske Bokhandlerforening) is founded.^[2]

Births

January to June

• 2 January – Haldor Boen, teacher and politician in America (died 1912)
• 25 January – Arne Garborg, writer (died 1924)
• 28 January – Andreas Aubert, art historian (died 1913)
• 12 February – Randi Blehr, women’s rights activist (died 1928).^[3]
• 11 June – Oscar Borg, composer (died 1930)

July to December

• 23 July – Peder Severin Krøyer, painter (died 1909)
• 20 August – Abraham Berge, politician and Minister (died 1936)
• 23 September – Ola Thommessen, newspaper editor (died 1942)
• 2 October – Elias Sunde, politician and Minister (died 1910).^[4]
• 30 October – Leonhard Hess Stejneger, zoologist (died 1943)
• 10 November – Waldemar Christofer Brøgger, geologist and mineralogist (died 1940)
• 25 November – Hans Andersen Foss, author, newspaper editor and temperance leader in America (died 1929)

Full date unknown

• Gunvald Aus, engineer (died 1950)
• Peter W. K. Bøckman, Sr., bishop and theologian (died 1926)
• Nicolai A. Grevstad, diplomat, politician and newspaper editor in America (died 1940)
• Knut Eriksson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1880)
• Herman Jeremiassen, ship-owner and politician (died 1943)
• Carl Sofus Lumholtz, discoverer and ethnographer (died 1922)
• Olaj Olsen, jurist and politician (died 1920)
• August Geelmuyden Spørck, politician and Minister (died 1928)
• Oscar Sigvald Julius Strugstad, politician and Minister (died 1919)
• Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje, politician and Minister (died 1917)

Deaths

• 5 July – Olaus Michael Schmidt, judge and politician (born 1784)

Full date unknown

• Palle Rømer Fleischer, politician and Minister (born 1781)
• Hilmar Meincke Krohg, politician (born 1776)

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Oscar 1. . Terje . Bratberg . Magnus A. . Mardal . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 1 January 2024.
2. http://www.bokhandlerforeningen.no/Om_DNB/158 About us
3. Encyclopedia: Randi Blehr . Aslaug . Moksnes . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 6 January 2024.
4. Encyclopedia: Elias Sunde . Knut Are . Tvedt . . Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian. 6 November 2012.