Events in the year 1854 in Norway.
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- 26 August – A new conscription law was sanctioned, under which all Norwegian men regardless of condition and position had an obligation to serve in the armed forces.
- 1 September – The first Norwegian railway, Hovedbanen between Oslo and Eidsvoll, is opened. This also constitutes the establishment of the now state owned Norwegian State Railways.
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- 4 January – Henrik Jæger, literary historian (died 1895).[2]
- 9 February – Ole Georg Gjøsteen, educator and politician (died 1936)
- 14 March – Ole Olsen Malm, physician, veterinarian, civil servant and politician (died 1917).[3]
- 25 March – Tycho Kielland, jurist and journalist (died 1904)
- 16 June – Herbjørn Gausta, artist (died 1924)
- 2 September – Hans Jæger, writer, philosopher and anarchist political activist (died 1910).[4]
- 2 October – Mathias Larsen Blilie, politician
- 5 October – Haakon Ditlev Lowzow, military officer, politician and Minister (died 1915)
- 16 October – Einar Sundt, businessman, writer and publisher (died 1917).[5]
- 31 October – Otto Sverdrup, Arctic scientist and explorer (died 1930)
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