Rotate a two-dimensional list by 45 degrees
Python – 234 201

# example for defining lists and n
l=[[1,2,3,4],
     [5],
   [6,7,8,9]]
n=1

# counting code
j=1j
m=max(map(len,l))+len(l)
M=range(-m,m)
e=enumerate
d=[[v for x in M for i,u in e(l)for k,v in e(u)if[1,1+j,j,j-1,-1,-j-1,-j,1-j][n]*(k-(len(u)-1)/2+j*i)==x+y*j]for y in M]
print[x for x in d if x]


Ungolfed Version

rotation = [1,1+1j,1j,1j-1,-1,-1j-1,-1j,1-1j][n]
m = max(map(len,l))+len(l)
output = []
for y in range(-m,m):
    line = []
    for x in range(-m,m):
        for i,sublist in enumerate(l):
            for k,entry in enumerate(sublist):
                if rotation * ( k-(len(sublist)-1)/2 + i*1j ) == x + y*1j:
                    line += [entry]
    if line != []:
        output += [line]
print output


This uses that multiplication (of a complex number) by a complex number corresponds to rotating and stretching. [1,1+1j,1j,1j-1,-1,-1j-1,-1j,1-1j] are complex numbers corresponding to the required angles and using the smallest scaling factor such that for an integer complex input the output is again integer complex.