1862 in Norway

• Monarch: Charles IV.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Karl 4. |first1=Lars Roar |last1=Langslet |author1-link=Lars Roar Langslet |first2=Magnus A. |last2=Mardal |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Karl_4._-_av_Norge_og_Sverige |language=no |access-date=3 January 2024}}
• First Minister: Frederik Stang

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

• The poem Terje Vigen, written by Henrik Ibsen, is published.

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• 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
• 11 December – Otto Valstad, educator, painter, book illustrator and children's writer (died 1950).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Otto Valstad |first=Anne Berit |last=Klungsøyr |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Otto_Valstad |language=no |access-date=30 January 2025}}

• Samuel Balto, explorer and adventurer (died 1922)
• Johan Olaf Bredal, politician and Minister (died 1948)
• Jørgen Brunchorst, politician and Minister (died 1917)
• Anna Bugge, feminist (died 1928)
• Ove Christian Charlot Klykken, politician
• Anders Sandvig, dentist and ethnologist (died 1950)

• 30 September – Josephine Thrane, teacher and journalist (born 1820).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Josephine Thrane |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Lill-Ann |last=Jensen |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Josephine_Thrane/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=10 May 2015}}

• Jacobine Gjertz, pianist, composer and writer (born 1819){{cite web|title=Jacobine Gjertz|url=https://snl.no/Jacobine_Gjertz|website=Store Norske Leksikon|language=no}}
• Jon Eriksson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1790)
• Knut Mevasstaul, rose painter (born 1785)
• Jørgen Herman Vogt, politician (born 1784)

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