1861 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1861 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Charles IV.^[1]

Arts and literature

• Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860 (A remembrance of a journey in the summer 1860) was written by Aasmund Olavsson Vinje.

Births

• 9 March – Monthei Eriksen Haug, politician
• 18 April – Christian Emil Stoud Platou, railroad director and politician (died 1923)
• 23 July – Hans Bergersen Wergeland, politician
• 10 October – Fridtjof Nansen, explorer, scientist and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 (died 1930)
• 21 December – Valentin Valentinsen, engineer and politician

Full date unknown

• Pauline Fjelde, Norwegian-American painter, needlework artist and weaver. (died 1923)
• Ludvig Meyer, barrister, newspaper editor and politician (died 1938)
• Olaf Norli, bookseller and publisher (died 1959)
• Anton Thorkildsen Omholt, politician and Minister (died 1925)
• Edvard Sverdrup, theologian (died 1923)

Deaths

• 22 January – Peder Klykken, politician (born 1772)
• 6 June – David Vogt, politician (born 1793)
• 16 October – Broder Lysholm Krohg, military officer and civil servant (born 1777)^[2]

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Karl 4. . Lars Roar . Langslet . Lars Roar Langslet . Magnus A. . Mardal . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 3 January 2024.
2. Web site: Broder Lysholm Krohg. Tretvik. Aud M.. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Norwegian. 27 February 2012.