Events in the year 1863 in Norway.

Incumbents

  • Monarch: Charles IV.

Events

  • 10 August – The murder of Knut Grøte in Christiania.

Births

January to June

  • 21 January – Agnes Steineger, painter (died 1965).
  • 12 February – Vilhelm Dybwad, barrister and writer (died 1950).
  • 19 February – Axel Thue, mathematician (died 1922)
  • 28 February – Lars Jonson Haukaness, Norwegian American impressionist artist (died 1929)
  • 21 May – Gunnar Berg, painter (died 1893)
  • 23 June – Christian Fredrik Michelet, politician and Minister (died 1927)
  • 26 June – Martin Løken, politician

July to December

  • 15 August – Even Ulving, painter (died 1952).
  • 3 September – Hans Aanrud, author, poet and playwright (died 1953)
  • 30 October – Torger Holtsmark, farmer and politician (died 1926)
  • 18 November – Frederik Macody Lund, historian (died 1943)
  • 20 November – Jonas Schanche Kielland, jurist and politician (died 1925)
  • 24 November – Alfred Larsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1950)
  • 28 November – Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe, businessperson, politician and Minister (died 1933)
  • 12 December – Edvard Munch, painter and printmaker (died 1944)
  • 31 December – Christian Albrecht Jakhelln, businessperson and politician (died 1945)

Full date unknown

  • Adolf Agthe, architect (died 1941)
  • Sigval Bergesen, ship-owner and politician (died 1956)
  • Christian Theodor Holtfodt, politician (died 1930)
  • Nils Riddervold Jensen, politician and Minister (died 1935)
  • Elias C. Kiær, businessperson (died 1939)
  • Paul Benjamin Vogt, politician and Minister (died 1947)

Deaths

  • 17 February – Peter Severin Steenstrup, naval officer and businessperson (born 1807)
  • 19 March – Christian Garup Meidell, military officer and politician (born 1780)
  • 25 April – Paul Hansen Birch, military officer (born 1788)
  • 25 May – Peter Andreas Munch, historian
  • 6 July – Jens Matthias Pram Kaurin, professor of theology, biblical translator, and Lutheran priest (b. 1804).
  • 5 August – Peter Feilberg, newspaper editor and politician (born 1800)
  • 6 August – Jacob Kielland, businessperson, consul and politician (born 1788)
  • 19 September – Hans Christian Heg, colonel and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War (born 1829)
  • 18 December - Ulrik Frederik Anton de Schouboe, civil servant and politician (born 1782)

Full date unknown

  • Gunleik Jonsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1828)
  • Poul Christian Holst, politician and Minister (born 1776)
  • Jacob Worm Skjelderup, politician and Minister (born 1804)

See also

References


Norway 1863/1993 collection norway Catawiki

Norway and Sweden soldier, 1896 [part 2].; Norway and Sweden soldier

1843 in Norway Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

Norway and Sweden soldier, 1860.; Norway and Sweden soldier, 1860 Stock

Norway and Sweden soldier, 1860.; Norway and Sweden soldier, 1860 Stock