1859 in Norway

• Monarch: Oscar I (until 8 July); then Charles IV. • First Minister: Hans Christian Petersen ==Events==

• 8 July – Charles XV succeeds his father Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (as Charles IV) • March–23 June – Parliamentary elections are held, resulting in 47 seats won by farmers, sheriffs, church singers, and teachers; 33 by civil servants; and 37 by individuals from other professions. ==Notable births==

• 28 January – Ambrosia Tønnesen, sculptor (died 1948). • 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). ==Notable deaths==

• 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) Full date unknown • Michael Sevald Aamodt, politician (born 1784) ==See also==