1849 in Norway

Events in the year 1849 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Oscar I.

Events

 * 21 March – Hamar was refounded as a city (lost its city status in 1587).
 * 26 July – The official inauguration of the Norwegian Royal Palace (Slottet or formally Det kongelige slott), which occurred during the reign of Oscar I.
 * Ryvarden Lighthouse was established.

Births

 * 18 February – Alexander Kielland, novelist (died 1906)
 * 8 March – Eduard Boeckmann, Norwegian American ophthalmologist, physician and inventor. (died 1927)
 * 9 March – Nils P. Haugen, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (died 1931)
 * 5 June – Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen, bishop and politician (died 1909)
 * 15 December – Amund B. Larsen, linguist (died 1928)

Full date unknown

 * Marcus Olaus Bockman, priest and theologian (died 1942)
 * Hans Dahl, painter (died 1937)
 * Johan Leonard Hagen, politician
 * Jon Eriksson Helland II, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1869)
 * Birger Kildal, politician and Minister (died 1913)
 * Christian Fredrik Sissenèr, property owner and politician (died 1903)

Deaths

 * 13 May – Gjest Baardsen, outlaw, jail-breaker, non-fiction writer, songwriter and memoirist (born 1791).
 * 6 July – Olaf Rye, military officer (born 1791)
 * 10 October – Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie, a Norwegian constitutional father, known for being the constitutional assembly's writer (born 1778)
 * 6 December – Peder Olivarius Bugge, bishop (born 1764)