1863 in Norway

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See also:	1863 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1863 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Charles IV. ^[1]
• First Minister: Frederik Stang

Events

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

Births

January to June

• 21 January – Agnes Steineger, painter (died 1965). ^[2]
• 12 February – Vilhelm Dybwad, barrister and writer (died 1950). ^[3]
• 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). ^[4]
• 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

Jens Kaurin

• 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]
• 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)

References

1. Langslet, Lars Roar; Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl 4.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
2. Lerberg, Ellen J. "Agnes Steineger". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
3. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Vilhelm Dybwad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
4. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Even Ulving". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
5. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Jens Kaurin". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 November 2019.