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Events in the year 1851 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- Hattemakerfeiden, labour revolts in Ringerike.
- Norwegians starts to settle at the mouth of the Jakobselva river, and the area develops into the village of Grense Jakobselv.
Arts and literature
- 10 January – The Norwegian Booksellers Association (Den Norske Bokhandlerforening) is founded.
Births
January to June
- 2 January – Haldor Boen, teacher and politician in America (died 1912)
- 25 January – Arne Garborg, writer (died 1924)
- 28 January – Andreas Aubert, art historian (died 1913)
- 12 February – Randi Blehr, women’s rights activist (died 1928).
- 8 May – Ole Dehli, organizational leader (died 1924).
- 11 June – Oscar Borg, composer (died 1930)
July to December
- 23 July – Peder Severin Krøyer, painter (died 1909)
- 20 August – Abraham Berge, politician and Minister (died 1936)
- 23 September – Ola Thommessen, newspaper editor (died 1942)
- 29 September – Rasmus Flo, philologist, teacher and magazine editor (died 1905).
- 2 October – Elias Sunde, politician and Minister (died 1910).
- 30 October – Leonhard Hess Stejneger, zoologist (died 1943)
- 10 November – Waldemar Christofer Brøgger, geologist and mineralogist (died 1940)
- 16 November – Valborg Seeberg, writer (died 1929)
- 25 November – Hans Andersen Foss, author, newspaper editor and temperance leader in America (died 1929)
Full date unknown
- Gunvald Aus, engineer (died 1950)
- Peter W. K. Bøckman, Sr., bishop and theologian (died 1926)
- Nicolai A. Grevstad, diplomat, politician and newspaper editor in America (died 1940)
- Knut Eriksson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1880)
- Herman Jeremiassen, ship-owner and politician (died 1943)
- Carl Sofus Lumholtz, discoverer and ethnographer (died 1922)
- Olaj Olsen, jurist and politician (died 1920)
- August Geelmuyden Spørck, politician and Minister (died 1928)
- Oscar Sigvald Julius Strugstad, politician and Minister (died 1919)
- Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje, politician and Minister (died 1917)
Deaths
- 5 July – Olaus Michael Schmidt, judge and politician (born 1784)
Full date unknown
- Palle Rømer Fleischer, politician and Minister (born 1781)
- Hilmar Meincke Krohg, politician (born 1776)
See also
References
- ^ Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 1.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ About us Archived 1 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine – the Norwegian Booksellers Association (in Norwegian)
- ^ Moksnes, Aslaug. "Randi Blehr". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Ole Dehli". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ Grepstad, Jon. "Rasmus Flo". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ Tvedt, Knut Are. "Elias Sunde". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ Barth, Bj. Keyser (1930). Norges militære embedsmenn : 1929 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Hanche. p. 529.