1862 in Norway
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- 23 June - Norway's second railway, HamarHamaris a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849...
-Grundsetbanen, is opened, followed shortly by - 3 October - KongsvingerbanenKongsvingerbanenThe Kongsvinger Line is a railway line between the towns of Lillestrøm and Kongsvinger in Norway and onwards to Charlottenberg in Sweden. The railway was opened on 3 October 1862 and is Norway's second standard gauge line . It was electrified in 1951...
, Norway's third railway opens between LillestrømLillestrøm' is a city in the municipality of Skedsmo, Akershus, Norway. The municipal administration is located in Lillestrøm.Facilities in Lillestrøm include hotels, Norway trade fairs, a brand new cinema, a mall, Lillestrøm torv, restaurants, a high speed commuter train that reaches both Oslo and...
and KongsvingerKongsvingeris a town and is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger....
January to June
- 22 February - Hulda GarborgHulda GarborgHulda Garborg was a Norwegian writer, novelist, playwright, poet, folk dancer, and theatre instructor...
, writer, novelist, playwright, poet, folk dancer and theatre instructor (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...
) - 14 March - Vilhelm Bjerknes, physicist and meteorologist (d.19511951 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen until 9 November, Oscar Torp -Events:* 19 November – Torp's Cabinet was appointed.* Norsk Hydro opens a PVC plant at Herøya....
) - 16 June - Olaf FrydenlundOlaf FrydenlundOlaf Emil Frydenlund was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal with the Norwegian Military Rifle team....
, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist (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...
) - 25 June - Thomas Wegner Larsen HaalandThomas Wegner Larsen HaalandThomas Wegner Larsen Haaland was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.Born in Torvestad, he worked as a banker and farmer for the most of his career. He was a mayor of Torvestad from 1907. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1913, representing the constituency of Karmsund. He...
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July to December
- 4 August - Albert GranAlbert GranAlbert Gran was a Norwegian born American movie actor. He is most associated with his appearance in drama and light comedy films....
, Norwegian-American actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
(b.19321932 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Peder Kolstad, until death in March-January to March:*7 January - Tormod Knutsen, Nordic combined skier and Olympic gold medallist...
) - 15 August - Fernanda NissenFernanda NissenPetra Gregorine Fernanda Nissen was a Norwegian journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, politician and feminist pioneer.-Early and personal life:...
, journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, politician and feminist pioneer (d.19201920 in Norway-Events:* 9 February – The League of Nations gives Spitsbergen to Norway.* 17-19 June – The Centre Party was founded.* Aalesund ship is discovered embedded in the earth south of Ålesund.-Notable births:*2 January - Anne-Sofie Østvedt, resistance leader...
) - 21 September - Johan CastbergJohan CastbergJohan Castberg was a Norwegian jurist and politician best known for representing the Radical People's Party . He was a government minister from 1908 to 1910 and 1913 to 1914, and also served seven terms in the Norwegian Parliament...
, jurist 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...
) - 23 September - Bernt B. HauganBernt B. HauganBernt B. Haugan was an American Lutheran minister, politician, and temperance leader.-Biography:Bernt Benjaminsen Haugan was born at Haugan vestre in Skogn parish in Levanger municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. He and his parents and siblings left for America on April 3, 1872...
, 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...
minister, politician and temperance leader - 24 September - Arnt Severin UlstrupArnt Severin UlstrupArnt Severin Ulstrup was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1910 from the constituency Østerrisør, and was re-elected in 1913....
, physician and politician - 14 November - Ludvig Larsen KragtorpLudvig Larsen KragtorpLudvig Larsen Kragtorp was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Liberal Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1907 from the constituency Eidsberg, and was re-elected in 1910 and 1913....
, physician and politician
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- Samuel BaltoSamuel BaltoSamuel Johannesen Balto was a Norwegian - Sami explorer and adventurer. The legendary sled dog Balto was named after Samuel Balto.-Biography:...
, explorer and adventurer (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"....
) - Johan Olaf BredalJohan Olaf BredalJohan Olaf Bredal was a Norwegian barrister and politician. He served as Minister of Justice in the short-lived cabinet of Jørgen Løvland from October 1907 to March 1908.-References:...
, politician and Minister (d.19481948 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* August 30 – The opening of the University of Bergen....
) - Jørgen BrunchorstJørgen BrunchorstJørgen Brunchorst was a Norwegian natural scientist, politician and diplomat. Brunchorst was born in Bergen, the son of ship builder and –captain Christian Ege Brunchorst and his wife Emma Wesenberg . He specialised in botany at university, and after finishing his Ph.D. in Germany, he became...
, politician and Minister (d.19171917 in Norway-Events:* Bratsbergbanen railway line began traffic between Eidanger and Notodden. The line was closed in 2001.-Sport:*2 April - Lillestrøm SK football club is founded after the merger of two local football clubs.*19 May - Rosenborg BK football club is founded....
) - Anna BuggeAnna BuggeAnna Wicksell Bugge was a Norwegian feminist. She helped found the debate society Skuld in high school...
, feminist (d.19281928 in Norway-Events:* 27 June – The opening of the underground railway line to Nationaltheatret station in Oslo .* At Herøya, outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro establishes what is to become Norway's largest industrial park....
) - Ove Christian Charlot KlykkenOve Christian Charlot KlykkenOve Christian Charlot Beck Klykken was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.Born in Skogn, he married Sofie Bull from Nordkapp and settled in Lebesby, working as a merchant....
, politician - Anders SandvigAnders SandvigAnders Sandvig was a Norwegian dentist most noted for having founded Maihaugen, an innovative regional ethnological and architectural museum in Lillehammer, documenting the vernacular architecture of Gudbrandsdalen.-Biography:...
, dentist and ethnologist (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...
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- Jon Eriksson HellandJon Eriksson HellandJon Eriksson Helland , born Jon Eriksson Hellos, was a Norwegian Hardanger violin maker from Bø in Telemark.Jon Eriksson Helland was the first of the Helland family violin making tradition in Bø...
, Hardanger fiddle maker (b.17901790 in Norway-Births:*1 November - Dominicus Nagell Lemvig Brun, military officer and politician *26 December - Andreas Martin Seip, military officer and politician -Full date unknown:*Melchior Schjelderup Olsson Fuhr, politician...
) - Knut MevasstaulKnut MevasstaulKnut Olavson Mevasstaul was a Norwegian rose painter.He hailed from Kviteseid. Many of his works have been retained, both complete painted rooms as well as smaller objects like chests.-References:...
, rose painterRosemalingRosemåling, or rosemaling, Norwegian for "decorative painting", is the name of a form of decorative folk art that originated in the rural valleys of Norway.Some art historians interpret "rose" as a reference to the rose flower, although the floral elements are often...
(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...
) - Jørgen Herman VogtJørgen Herman VogtJørgen Herman Vogt was a Norwegian politician who served as first minister of Norway from 1855 to 1858, during the personal union between Sweden and Norway...
, politician (b.17841784 in Norway-Births:*7 March - Svend Borchmann Hersleb, professor of theology and politician *11 July - Olaus Michael Schmidt, judge and politician *26 September - Christopher Hansteen, astronomer and physicist -Full date unknown:...
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