1856 in Norway

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s;
See also:	1856 in Sweden; List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1856 in Norway.

Incumbents

11 January – Christian Sinding, composer (died 1941)
17 January – Jens Bratlie, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 1939)
11 February – Torje Olsen Solberg, politician
13 March – Hans G. Jensen, tailor, trade unionist and politician (died 1922)
23 March – Johan Nordhagen, artist (died 1956)
3 May – Inga Houge, actress (died 1926)^[2]
24 June – Haldor Johan Hanson, Norwegian-American hymn writer, publisher and author. (died 1929)
21 July – Anne Bolette Holsen, teacher and proponent for women's rights (died 1913).^[3]
6 August – Anton Johan Rønneberg, politician (died 1922)
18 August – John Grieg, printer, publisher and bookseller (died 1905).^[4]
11 September – Otto Jensen, bishop, politician and Minister (died 1918)
9 December – Gerhard Gran, literary historian, professor, magazine editor, essayist and biographer (died 1925)

26 February - Teis Lundegaard, farmer, shipowner, politician and representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly (born 1774)
1 July – Peder Jensen Fauchald, politician (born 1791)
15 September – Severin Løvenskiold, nobleman and politician (born 1777)

^ Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 1.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ Jensson, Liv (1981). Biografisk skuespillerleksikon: norske, danske og svenske skuespillere på norske scener særlig på 1800-tallet (in Norwegian). Universitetsforlaget. p. 78. ISBN 8200056228.
^ Mellemsether, Hanna. "Anne Holsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
^ Neraal, Anders. "John Grieg". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 10 January 2025.