1862 in Norway

Events in the year 1862 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Charles IV.

Events

 * 23 June – Norway's second railway, Hamar-Grundsetbanen, is opened.
 * 3 October – Kongsvingerbanen, Norway's third railway opens between Lillestrøm and Kongsvinger, is opened.

Arts and literature

 * The poem Terje Vigen, written by Henrik Ibsen, is published.

January to June

 * 22 February – Hulda Garborg, writer, novelist, playwright, poet, folk dancer and theatre instructor (died 1934)
 * 14 March – Vilhelm Bjerknes, physicist and meteorologist (died 1951)
 * 16 June – Olaf Frydenlund, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist (died 1947)
 * 25 June – Thomas Wegner Larsen Haaland, politician

July to December

 * 4 August – Albert Gran, Norwegian-American actor (born 1932)
 * 15 August – Fernanda Nissen, journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, politician and feminist pioneer (died 1920)
 * 21 September – Johan Castberg, jurist and politician (died 1926)
 * 23 September – Bernt B. Haugan, Norwegian American minister, politician and temperance leader
 * 24 September – Arnt Severin Ulstrup, physician and politician
 * 14 November – Ludvig Larsen Kragtorp, physician and politician

Full date unknown

 * Samuel Balto, explorer and adventurer (died 1922)
 * Johan Olaf Bredal, politician and Minister (died 1948)
 * Jørgen Brunchorst, politician and Minister (died 1917)
 * Anna Bugge, feminist (died 1928)
 * Ove Christian Charlot Klykken, politician
 * Anders Sandvig, dentist and ethnologist (died 1950)

Deaths

 * 30 September – Josephine Thrane, teacher and journalist (born 1820).

Full date unknown

 * Jon Eriksson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1790)
 * Knut Mevasstaul, rose painter (born 1785)
 * Jørgen Herman Vogt, politician (born 1784)