Events in the year 1859 in Norway .
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Minda Ramm
28 January – Ambrosia Tønnesen , sculptor (died 1948 ).[3]
5 April – Harald Smedal , politician and Minister (died 1911)
15 May – Olav Bjørkum , politician (died 1936)
23 June – Daniel Isaachsen , physicist (died 1940)
29 June – Ragnvald Bødtker , engineer (died 1946)
30 July – Christian Sparre , politician (died 1940)
4 August – Knut Hamsun , author, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (died 1952)
29 August – Thomas Vigner Christiansen Haaland , politician (died 1913)
7 October – Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup , businessperson (died 1931)
11 November – Belle Gunness , serial killer
15 November – Bjørn Bjørnson , actor and theatre director (died 1942)
15 November – Christopher Hornsrud , politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 1960)
17 November – Fredrik Stang Lund , politician and Minister (died 1922)
23 December – Sigurd Ibsen , author and politician (died 1930)
27 December – Bernt Holtsmark , politician (died 1941)
27 December – Minda Ramm , novelist, translator and literary critic (died 1924 ).[4]
Ole Rasmussen Apeness
14 February – Ole Rasmussen Apeness , district sheriff, soldier, and farmer (b. 1765 )
26 May – Engebret Soot , canal engineer (born 1786)
7 June – Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen , businessperson (born 1801)
27 August – Catharine Hermine Kølle , adventurer and painter (born 1788)
29 October – Nils Landmark , jurist, farmer and politician (born 1775)
19 December – Niels Arntzen Sem , politician (born 1782)
23 December – Even Hammer Holmboe , politician (born 1792)
Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 1." . In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2024 .