1869 in Norway

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See also:	1869 in Sweden; List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1869 in Norway.

Incumbents

14 August – Charles Wilhelm Thesen leaves Norway in his 117-ton schooner Albatros, loaded with timber to sell in New Zealand.
16 November – Charles Wilhelm Thesen arrives in Cape Town. After bad weather delays his onward journey, he decides to stay in South Africa.^[2]

3 April – Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor receives its première in Copenhagen, played by Edmund Neupert, with Holger Simon Paulli conducting.^[3]

18 February – Johan Hjort, fisheries scientist, marine zoologist and oceanographer (died 1948)
23 March – Waldemar Ager, newspaperman and author in America (died 1941)
1 April – Peter Egge, writer (died 1959)
11 April – Gustav Vigeland, sculptor (died 1943)
5 May – Hjalmar Christensen, writer (died 1925)
8 May – Andreas Tostrup Urbye, politician and Minister (died 1955)
15 June – Anna Gjøstein, politician and proponent for women's rights pioneer (died 1956).^[4]

5 July – Holger Sinding-Larsen, architect (died 1938)
31 July – Johannes Irgens, diplomat, politician and Minister (died 1939)
23 August – Rasmus Olai Mortensen, politician and Minister (died 1934)
13 September – Kristen Holbø, painter and illustrator (died 1953)
17 September – Christian Lous Lange, historian, teacher and political scientist, shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1921 (died 1938)
29 September – Harald Sohlberg, painter (died 1935)
5 October – Gitta Jønsson, politician and proponent for women's rights (died 1950).^[5]
11 October – Johan Aschehoug Kiær, paleontologist and geologist (died 1931)

^ Langslet, Lars Roar; Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl 4.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
^ "Lightleys Holiday Houseboats". Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
^ Grieg and the Danish Connection
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Anna Gjøstein". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ Tennes, Ragnhild Seel. "Gitta Jønsson". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2023.