{{short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive --> {{list incomplete|date=November 2025}} {{Use dmy dates |date=December 2023}} {{Year in Norway|1853}} thumb | right | alt=A xylograph of the first trial run of the main railroad in Norway | Hovedbanen's first trial run in 1853 Events in the year '''1853 in Norway'''.
==Incumbents== *Monarch: 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> *First Minister: Nicolai Krog
==Events== *24 August – The Royal Norwegian Navy Museum is founded. *The present Lista Lighthouse was built. ==Notable births== [[File:Sofie Reimers (1884).jpg |thumb |right |150 px |Sophie Reimers]]
*22 January – Francis Hagerup, lawyer, diplomat, politician, and twice Prime Minister of Norway (died 1921) *28 March – Jacob Breda Bull, author (died 1930) * 19 April – Sophie Reimers, actress (died 1932).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Sophie Reimers |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Sophie_Reimers |language=no |access-date=27 January 2025}}</ref> *20 September – Dikken Zwilgmeyer, writer (died 1913).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Dikken Zwilgmeyer |first1= |last1= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Dikken_Zwilgmeyer |language=no |access-date=13 January 2024}}</ref> *14 October – Axel Christian Zetlitz Kielland, civil servant and diplomat (died 1924) *26 October – Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Sr., bishop (died 1913) *3 November – Hans Nilsen Hauge, priest, politician and Minister (died 1931)
===Full date unknown=== *Johan Magnus Halvorsen, politician (died 1922) *Just Knud Qvigstad, politician and Minister (died 1957)
==Notable deaths== *1 January – Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern, government minister (born 1779).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Valentin Sibbern |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Terje |last=Bratberg |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Valentin_Sibbern/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=29 October 2012}}</ref> *23 June – Herman Garmann (born 1787), businessman and merchant.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Herman_Christopher_Garmann |title= Herman Christopher Garmann|publisher= Store norske leksikon |accessdate= July 15, 2016}}</ref> *3 July – Johan Gørbitz, painter (born 1782) *2 September – Andrine Christensen, actress and dancer (born 1814).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Nordahl-Olsen|first1=Joh|title=Stamtavle over en norsk præsteslægt Friis|date=1898|location=Bergen |page=15|url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013081908106}}</ref> *3 October – Hans Jacob Arnold Jensen, military officer and politician (born 1777)
===Full date unknown=== *Edvard Hagerup, solicitor and politician (born 1781) *Peter Andreas Munch, historian (born 1810)
==See also== {{Portal bar|Norway|History|Lists}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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