Events in the year 1861 in Norway.
Incumbents Monarch: Charles IV. First Minister: Frederik Stang
Events The town of Gjøvik is founded.
Arts and literature Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860 (A remembrance of a journey in the summer 1860) was written by Aasmund Olavsson Vinje.
Births
1 January – Nicoline Hambro, politician and women's rights pioneer (died 1926). 9 March – Monthei Eriksen Haug, politician 18 April – Christian Emil Stoud Platou, railroad director and politician (died 1923) 19 April – Amalie Andersen, actress (died 1924). 23 July – Hans Bergersen Wergeland, politician 10 October – Fridtjof Nansen, explorer, scientist and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 (died 1930) 9 November – Fredrikke Mørck, liberal feminist, magazine editor (died 1934). 21 December – Valentin Valentinsen, engineer and politician
Full date unknown Pauline Fjelde, Norwegian-American painter, needlework artist and weaver (died 1923) Ludvig Meyer, barrister, newspaper editor and politician (died 1938) Olaf Norli, bookseller and publisher (died 1959) Anton Thorkildsen Omholt, politician and Minister (died 1925) Edvard Sverdrup, theologian (died 1923)
Deaths 22 January – Peder Klykken, politician (born 1772) 6 June – David Vogt, politician (born 1793) 16 October – Broder Lysholm Krohg, military officer and civil servant (born 1777)
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