1866 in Norway

← 1865 1864 1863 1866 in Norway → 1867 1868 1869
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s
See also:	1866 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Arts and literature

• Erika Nissen, pianist, makes her concert debut in Berlin

Births

January to June

• 5 January - Johan Gjøstein, educator, newspaper editor and politician (d.1935)
• 21 January - Olaus Alvestad, educator and newspaper editor (d.1903)
• 15 March - Johan Vaaler, inventor (d.1910)
• 25 April - Aasulv Olsen Bryggesaa, politician and Minister (d.1922)
• 24 June - Peter Karl Holmesland, jurist and politician (d.1933)

July to December

• 29 July - Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland, architect (d.1926)
• 12 August - Johan Opsahl, politician
• 2 September - August Herman Halvorsen, politician (d.1929)
• 13 September - Ole Østmo, rifle shooter and Olympic medallist (d.1923)
• 28 October - Peter Collett Solberg, businessperson and politician (d.1934)
• 1 November - Betzy Kjelsberg, politician and feminist (d.1950)
• 2 December - Ingvald Anker Andersen, politician

Full date unknown

• Sigbjørn Obstfelder, writer (d.1900)

Deaths

• 20 March – Rikard Nordraak, composer (b.1842)
• 24 November - Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow, bishop (b.1786)

Full date unknown

• Nicolai Benjamin Cappelen, jurist and politician (b.1795)
• Louise Brun, actor (born 1831)
• Conradine Birgitte Dunker, socialite and writer (b.1780)
• Ole Paulssøn Haagenstad, politician (b.1775)
• Jørgen Fredrik Spørck, military officer and politician (b.1787)