1857 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1857 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Oscar I.^[1]

Events

• 6 June – Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway

Births

• 4 January – John N. Kildahl, Norwegian-American Lutheran church minister, author and educator (died 1920)
• 15 March – Christian Michelsen, shipping magnate, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 1925)
• 27 April – Theodor Kittelsen, artist (died 1914)
• 8 May – Agnes Mathilde Wergeland, Norwegian-American historian and poet (died 1914)
• 2 June – Urban Jacob Rasmus Børresen, rear admiral (died 1943)
• 28 July – Andreas Thidemand Carlsen Ruud, politician
• 19 August – Haldor Børve, architect (died 1933).^[2]
• 21 October- Frederick William Cappelen, Norwegian American architect and civil engineer (died 1921)
• 10 November – Aad J. Vinje, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (died 1929)
• 18 November – Gunnar Heiberg, playwright (died 1929)

Full date unknown

• Waldemar Hansteen, architect (died 1921)
• Johan Peter Jacobson, politician

Deaths

• 16 April - Ferdinand Carl Maria Wedel-Jarlsberg, commanding general of the Norwegian Army (born 1781)
• 11 June - Jens Rynning, priest (born 1778)
• 14 October – Johan Christian Dahl, painter (born 1788)
• 28 October – Hother Erich Werner Bøttger, politician (born 1801)

Full date unknown

• Diderik Bøgvad, politician (born 1792)

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Oscar 1. . Terje . Bratberg . Magnus A. . Mardal . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 1 January 2024.
2. Encyclopedia: Haldor Larsen Børve . Ketil . Moe . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 28 December 2022.