1870 in Norway

• Monarch: Charles IV. • First Minister: Frederik Stang ==Events==

• Augustus Halvorsen Hilton, migrated from Norway to San Antonio, New Mexico, establishing the American branch of the Hilton family. • The 1870 Norwegian parliamentary election ==Births==

• 23 January – Ole Sæther, Olympic rifle shooter (died 1946) • 17 April – Haaken Hasberg Gran, botanist (died 1955) • 19 May – Nils Nilsen Ronning, Norwegian-American author and editor (died 1962) • 4 July – Barbra Ring, writer (died 1955). • 11 September – Nils Kjær, writer (died 1924). • 14 September – Einar Borch, landowner and politician (died 1952). • 22 October – Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, three-times Prime Minister of Norway (died 1943) • 26 November – Elise Sem, barrister (died 1950) • 29 November – Eivind Heiberg, engineer and railway director (died 1939) • 7 December – Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen, engineer and politician (died 1945) Full date unknown • Theodor Bull, businessperson and genealogist (died 1958) • Helmer Hanssen, polar explorer (died 1956) • Severin Andreas Heyerdahl, physician (died 1940) • Ivar Lykke Falch Lind, jurist and politician • Christian Pierre Mathiesen, politician and Minister (died 1953) • Birger Stuevold-Hansen, politician and Minister (died 1933) • Jens Thiis, art historian, conservator and museum director (died 1942) ==Deaths==

• 9 January – Ole Gabriel Gabrielsen Ueland, politician (born 1799) • 30 July – Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, poet, journalist and writer (born 1818). • 4 November – Otto Vincent Lange, politician and Minister (born 1797) • 5 December – Herman Severin Løvenskiold, composer (born 1815) ==See also==