1857 in Norway

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s;
See also:	1857 in Sweden; List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1857 in Norway.

Incumbents

Christian Michelsen

4 January – John N. Kildahl, Norwegian-American Lutheran church minister, author and educator (died 1920)
15 March – Christian Michelsen, shipping magnate, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 1925)
27 April – Theodor Kittelsen, artist (died 1914)
8 May – Agnes Mathilde Wergeland, Norwegian-American historian and poet (died 1914)
2 June – Urban Jacob Rasmus Børresen, rear admiral (died 1943)
28 July – Andreas Thidemand Carlsen Ruud, politician
19 August – Haldor Børve, architect (died 1933).^[2]
21 October- Frederick William Cappelen, Norwegian American architect and civil engineer (died 1921)
10 November – Aad J. Vinje, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (died 1929)
18 November – Gunnar Heiberg, playwright (died 1929)

16 April - Ferdinand Carl Maria Wedel-Jarlsberg, commanding general of the Norwegian Army (born 1781)
11 June - Jens Rynning, priest (born 1778)
14 October – Johan Christian Dahl, painter (born 1788)
28 October – Hother Erich Werner Bøttger, politician (born 1801)

^ Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 1.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ Moe, Ketil. "Haldor Larsen Børve". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 December 2022.