Incumbents

Events

Ålesund received city rights.
10–12 March – March riots: after the newspaper Morgenbladet publishes news of the French Revolution of 1848, some 100 youths gather to make catcalls outside the house of the newspaper's editor, Adolf Bredo Stabell, in Christiania. Counter-demonstrations, in support of the French revolution and against a local ban on trade on Sundays, involved up to 3–4,000 people and led to clashes with the police and the military. Some 70 people were arrested.^[2]
21 May – Fatal accident in Vanse Church where eight people were killed and several were injured. The accident occurred when there arose panic in the crowded church and several people were trampled to death.^[3]
27 December – Marcus Thrane founded Drammens arbeiderforening (Drammen Labour Union).
Christiania Bank was founded.
Fred. Olsen & Co. was founded.

3 February – Jørgen Løvland, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (d.1922)
1 March – Caroline Schytte Jensen, writer and composer (died 1935).^[4]
2 May – Hans Gabriel Nissen Buck, physician and politician (d.1924)
17 May – Erik Jørgensen, master gunsmith (d.1896)
27 May – Johan Bøgh, museum director and art historian (d.1933)
12 June – Nordahl Rolfsen, writer, educationalist and teacher, journalist, translator and speaker (d.1928)
20 June – Jens Carl Peter Brandt, businessperson and politician (d.1912)
19 September – Gunnar Knudsen, politician and twice Prime Minister of Norway (d.1928)
22 November – Lars Holst, journalist, newspaper editor and politician (d.1915).^[5]
16 December – Georg Sverdrup, theologian and educator (d.1907)
21 December – Viggo Ullmann, educator and politician (d.1910)

^ Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 1.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ Pryser, Tore (1982). Gesellar, rebellar og svermarar: om "farlege folk" rundt 1850. Oslo: Samlaget. pp. 76–88. ISBN 8252122256.
^ "Vanse kirkes historie gjennom 1000 år". "Den store forstyrrelsen" i Vanse kirke 1848 (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Caroline Schytte Jensen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
^ Grepstad, Jon. "Lars Kristian Holst". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^ "Frederik Motzfeldt" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 29 October 2012.
^ Storsveen, Odd Arvid. "Nicolai Wergeland". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 October 2012.

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