1862 in Norway

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

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

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

^ Langslet, Lars Roar; Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl 4.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
^ Jensen, Lill-Ann. "Josephine Thrane". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

Norway during the union with Sweden (1814–1905)

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