1849 in Norway

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s;
See also:	1849 in Sweden; List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1849 in Norway.

Incumbents

The official inauguration of the Norwegian Royal Palace

21 March – Hamar was refounded as a city (lost its city status in 1587).
26 July – The official inauguration of the Norwegian Royal Palace (Norwegian: Slottet or formally Det kongelige slott), which occurred during the reign of Oscar I.
Ryvarden Lighthouse was established.^[2]

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)

13 May – Gjest Baardsen, outlaw, jail-breaker, non-fiction writer, songwriter and memoirist (born 1791).^[3]
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)

^ Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 1.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Ryvarden fyr". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Gjest Baardsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 November 2020.