1849 in Norway

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Events

The official inauguration of the Norwegian Royal Palace

• 26 July – The official inauguration of the Norwegian Royal Palace (Norwegian: Slottet or formally Det kongelige slott), which occurred during the reign of Oscar I.

Births

• 18 February - Alexander Kielland, novelist (died 1906)
• 8 March - Eduard Boeckmann, Norwegian American ophthalmologist, physician and inventor. (died 1927)
• 9 March - Nils P. Haugen, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (died 1931)
• 5 June - Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen, bishop and politician (died 1909)
• 15 December - Amund B. Larsen, linguist (died 1928)

Full date unknown

• Marcus Olaus Bøckmann, priest and theologian (died 1945)
• Hans Dahl, painter (died 1937)
• Johan Leonard Hagen, politician
• Jon Eriksson Helland II, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1869)
• Birger Kildal, politician and Minister (died 1913)
• Christian Fredrik Sissenèr, property owner and politician (died 1903)

Deaths

Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie

• 6 July - Olaf Rye, military officer (born 1791)
• 10 October - Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie, a Norwegian constitutional father, known for being the constitutional assembly's writer (born 1778)