1850 in Norway
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Events
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- June 19 – Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden-Norway.
Arts and literature
- Henrik Ibsen's first play Catilina is written (but not performed until 1881)
- 26 September - Henrik Ibsen's second play, The Burial Mound, is performed at Christiania Theater
Births
- 1 January - Oscar Jacobsen, engineer and politician (died 1902)
- 9 February - Hjalmar August Schiøtz, ophthalmologist (died 1927)
- 18 March - Olefine Moe, opera singer (died 1933)
- 4 July - Ole Olsen, organist, composer, conductor and military musician (died 1927)
- 8 October - Sven Aarrestad, writer, politician and leader in the Norwegian temperance movement (died 1942 in Norway)
- 17 October - Johannes Christiansen, politician (died 1913)
- 25 December - Elizabeth Fedde, Lutheran Deaconess who established the Norwegian Relief Society (died 1921)
Full date unknown
- Einar Løchen, jurist and politician (died 1908)
- Knut Eilevsson Steintjønndalen, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1902)
- Karenus Kristofer Thinn, judge (died 1942)
- Ivar Peterson Tveiten, politician and Minister (died 1932)
- Erik V. Vullum, politician and author (died 1916)
Deaths
- 28 March - Bernt Michael Holmboe, mathematician (born 1795)
- 10 September - Andreas Martin Seip, military officer and politician (born 1790)
- 8 December - Georg Sverdrup, philologist (born 1770)
Full date unknown
- Jens Gasmann, businessperson and politician (born 1776)
- Christian Ulrik Kastrup, jurist, military officer and politician (born 1784)
- Jacob Andreas Wille, priest and politician (born 1777)
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