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{{Year in Norway|1848}}
Events in the year '''1848 in Norway'''.

==Incumbents==
*[[List of Norwegian monarchs|Monarch]]: [[Oscar I of Sweden|Oscar I]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Oscar 1. |first1=Terje |last1=Bratberg |first2=Magnus A. |last2=Mardal |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Oscar_1. |language=no |access-date=1 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[Prime Minister of Norway|First Minister]]: [[Nicolai Krog]]

==Events==
* [[Ålesund]] received [[Town privileges|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 [[Oslo|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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pryser |first=Tore |author-link=Tore Pryser |date=1982 |title=Gesellar, rebellar og svermarar: om "farlege folk" rundt 1850 |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2008060904052 |location=Oslo |publisher=Samlaget |pages=76–88 |isbn=8252122256 }}</ref>
* 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://farsund.dnn2.labora-portal.no/en-us/lista/kirkehistorie/vanse.aspx|title=Vanse kirkes historie gjennom 1000 år|series="Den store forstyrrelsen" i Vanse kirke 1848|language=Norwegian|access-date=2018-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610211133/http://farsund.dnn2.labora-portal.no/en-us/lista/kirkehistorie/vanse.aspx|archive-date=2015-06-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 27 December – [[Marcus Thrane]] founded [[Drammen]]s arbeiderforening (Drammen Labour Union).
*[[Christiania Bank]] was founded.
*[[Fred. Olsen & Co.]] was founded.

==Arts and literature==
* ''[[Bridal Procession on the Hardangerfjord]]'' was painted.

==Notable births==
*3 February – [[Jørgen Løvland]], politician and [[Prime Minister of Norway]] (d. 1922)
*1 March – [[Caroline Schytte Jensen]], writer and composer (died [[1935 in Norway|1935]]).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Caroline Schytte Jensen |first1= |last1= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Caroline_Schytte_Jensen |language=no |access-date=13 January 2024}}</ref>
*2 May – [[Hans Gabriel Nissen Buck]], physician and politician (d. 1924)
*17 May – [[Erik Jørgensen (gunsmith)|Erik Jørgensen]], master gunsmith (d. 1896)
*21 May – [[Wilhelmine Gulowsen]], writer (d. 1899)<ref>{{cite book|title=Dette skrev kvinner : bibliografi over norske kvinnelige forfattere med debut før 1931|date=1984 |publisher=Skolen|location=Oslo|isbn=8257900109|page=85|url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018021305039?page=87|language=no}}</ref>
*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).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Lars Kristian Holst |first=Jon |last=Grepstad |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Lars_Kristian_Holst |language=no |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
*16 December – [[Georg Sverdrup (theologian)|Georg Sverdrup]], theologian and educator (d. 1907)
*21 December – [[Viggo Ullmann]], educator and politician (d. 1910)
*23 December – [[Ingeborg Belling]], actress (d. 1927)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jensson|first1=Liv|title=Biografisk skuespillerleksikon : norske, danske og svenske skuespillere på norske scener særlig på 1800-tallet|date=1981|publisher=Universitetsforl|isbn=8200056228|page=21|url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013042906062?page=21|language=no}}</ref>

===Full date unknown===
*[[Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen]], author and college professor in America (d.1895)
*[[Holm Hansen Munthe]], architect (d.1898)
*[[Kristian Mauritz Mustad]], politician (d.1913)
*[[Henrik Nissen]], architect (d.1915)
*[[Andreas Lauritz Thune]], engineer and businessman (d.1920)

==Notable deaths==
[[File:NicolaiWergeland.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Nicolai Wergeland]]]]
*2 January – [[Frederik Motzfeldt]], politician (born 1779).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=polsys&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=12073 |title=Frederik Motzfeldt |publisher=Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) |language=Norwegian|accessdate=29 October 2012}}</ref>
*5 February – [[Hans Munk]], physician (born 1770)
*25 March – [[Nicolai Wergeland]], priest, writer and politician (born 1780).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Nicolai Wergeland |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Odd Arvid |last=Storsveen |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Nicolai_Wergeland/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=29 October 2012}}</ref>
*30 March – [[Jonas Anton Hielm]], jurist and politician (born [[1782 in Norway|1782]])
*20 December – [[Ole Høiland]], burglar and jail-breaker (born [[1797 in Norway|1797]])
*24 December – [[Hans Nicolai Lange]], priest and politician (born 1795)

===Full date unknown===
*[[Ole Hersted Schjøtt]], clergyman and politician (born 1805)

==References==
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