1844_in_Norway
1844 in Norway
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Events in the year 1844 in Norway.
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- Monarch: Charles III John (until 8 March);[1] then Oscar I.[2]
- 8 March – King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway
- 11–18 July – The 4th Scandinavian Scientist Conference is held in Oslo.
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- 1844 Norwegian parliamentary election
- Utsira Lighthouse is established.[3]
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- 19 February – Mathilde Schjøtt, writer, literary critic, biographer and feminist (died 1926).[4]
- 2 March – Ole Larsen Skattebøl, judge and politician (d.1929)
- 8 March – Jens Jonas Jansen, priest (d.1912)
- 22 March – Sven Oftedal, helped found the Lutheran Free Church (d.1911)
- 23 May – Klaus Hanssen, physician and politician
- 15 July – Thorbjorn N. Mohn, American Lutheran church leader and the first president of St. Olaf College (d. 1899)
- 8 August – Alf Collett, writer (d.1919)
- 11 September – N. O. Nelson, founder of the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company (d. 1922)
- 2 October – Peter Harboe Castberg, banker (d.1926)
- 29 December – Brynild Anundsen, founder of Decorah Posten (d.1913)
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- Oluf Hansen Hagen, politician
- Nils Otto Hesselberg, politician (d.1929)
- Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn, politician and Minister (d.1915)
- Steinar Schjøtt, philologist and lexicographer (d.1920)
- Oscar Wergeland, painter (d.1910)
- 4 August – Jacob Aall, historian and statesman (b.1773)
- Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl Johan". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 1.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- Lauritzen, Per Roger. "Utsira fyr". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Mathilde Schjøtt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 January 2024.