1839 in Norway

Events in the year 1839 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Charles III John.

Arts and literature

 * Det Dramatiske Selskab in Hammerfest was founded.

Births

 * 25 March – Frederik Collett, painter (d.1914).
 * 7 June – Karl Ditlev Rygh, archaeologist and politician (d.1915)
 * 12 June – Theodor Peterson, businessperson and politician (d.1888)
 * 23 December – Carl Otto Løvenskiold, naval officer, politician and land owner (died 1916).

Full date unknown

 * Walter Scott Dahl, politician and Minister (d.1906)
 * Ole Falck Ebbell, architect (d.1919)
 * Lars Knutson Liestøl, politician and Minister (d.1912)

Deaths

 * 10 June – Jacob Munch, painter and military officer (b.1776)
 * 2 December – Andreas Landmark, politician (b.1769)

Full date unknown

 * Jens Esmark, mountain climber and professor of mineralogy (born 1763)
 * Peder Tonning, politician (born 1782)
 * Lars Larsen Forsæth, farmer and politician (born 1759).