Contents

• Incumbents
• Events
• Notable births
• Full date unknown
• Notable deaths
• Full date unknown 2
• See also
• References

← 1854 1853 1852 1855 in Norway → 1856 1857 1858
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
See also:	1855 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1855 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 1 February - The town of Haugesund is founded. ^[2]
• 25 June – Marcus Thrane and 132 other members of the Labour Union was sentenced for crimes against the state security. ^[3]
• 31 December – Population Census: 1,490,047 inhabitants in Norway.

Notable births

• 23 January – Edvard Hagerup Bull, judge and politician (died 1938)
• 31 January – Karl Uchermann, painter and illustrator (died 1940). ^[4]
• 11 February – Erik Werenskiold, painter and illustrator (died 1938)
• 21 March – Fredrik Georg Gade, physician (died 1933)
• 10 April – Jacob Fjelde, Norwegian-American sculptor (died 1896)
• 28 May – Ole Amundsen Buslett, Norwegian-American author, newspaperman, and politician (died 1924)
• 24 July – Nils Claus Ihlen, engineer, politician and Minister (died 1925)
• 5 November – Einar Wang, politician (died 1939)
• 25 November – Anton Ræder, educator and historian (died 1941). ^[5]

Notable deaths

• 26 July - Ole Paus, ship's captain, shipowner and land owner (born 1766)
• 15 December – Fredrik Meltzer, businessman and politician (born 1779). ^[6]

See also

References