1851 in Norway

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List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1851 in Norway.

## Incumbents

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* Monarch: Oscar I.[1]
* First Minister: Nicolai Krog

## Events

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* 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

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* 10 January – The Norwegian Booksellers Association (Den Norske Bokhandlerforening) is founded.[2]

## Births

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### January to June

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* 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).[3]
* 8 May – Ole Dehli, organizational leader (died 1924).[4]
* 11 June – Oscar Borg, composer (died 1930)

### July to December

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* 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).[5]
* 2 October – Elias Sunde, politician and Minister (died 1910).[6]
* 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)[7]
* 20 November – Gyda Gram, painter (died 1906)[8]
* 25 November – Hans Andersen Foss, author, newspaper editor and temperance leader in America (died 1929)

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* 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

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* 5 July – Olaus Michael Schmidt, judge and politician (born 1784)

### Full date unknown

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* Palle Rømer Fleischer, politician and Minister (born 1781)
* Hilmar Meincke Krohg, politician (born 1776)

## See also

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Portals:

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* History
* Lists

## References

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1. ^ Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 1.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
2. ^ About us Archived 1 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine – the Norwegian Booksellers Association (in Norwegian)
3. ^ Moksnes, Aslaug. "Randi Blehr". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
4. ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Ole Dehli". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
5. ^ Grepstad, Jon. "Rasmus Flo". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
6. ^ Tvedt, Knut Are. "Elias Sunde". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
7. ^ Barth, Bj. Keyser (1930). Norges militære embedsmenn : 1929 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Hanche. p. 529.
8. ^ "Gyda Gram". Norsk Kustner-Leksikon (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 4 April 2025.

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