1842 in Norway

none December 2023 1842 Events in the year 1842 in Norway. Incumbents Monarch: Charles III John.Karl Johan Magnus A. Mardal Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Karl_Johan no 18 December 2023 First Minister: Nicolai Krog Events Porsgrunn was granted full city status. Limited city status was granted in 1807. Flekkefjord was granted full city status. Lillehammer was granted full city status. Drøbak was granted full city status. The Norwegian Missionary Society was founded in Stavanger. The eleventh Storting convened, following the 1841 election. The Conventicle Act was repealed. The Witchcraft Act (Trolldomslov) is abolished.Scott Jess 2020-05-22 The Story of Spå-Eilev: Once Upon a Time in 19th-Century Telemark https://www.lifeinnorway.net/spa-eilev/ 2022-09-21 Life in Norway en-US Russian ship of the line Ingermanland sinks outside the coast of Jæren. Arts and literature Ivar Aasen commenced his research on rural dialects all across Norway Births January to June thumb |right |100 px | Rikard Nordraak 16 March – Theodor Nilsen Stousland, politician (d.1910).http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=polsys&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=12803 https://web.archive.org/web/20110527134443/http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=polsys&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=12803 dead 27 May 2011 Theodor Nilsen Stousland Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) Norwegian 7 November 2012 1 April – Edmund Neupert, pianist and composer (d.1888) 12 June – Rikard Nordraak, composer (d.1866) 26 May – Evald Rygh, banker, politician and Minister (d.1913) July to December thumb |right |100 px | Sophus Lie 6 August – Karl Gether Bomhoff, pharmacist, politician and Governor of the Central Bank of Norway (d. 1925).Karl Gether Bomhoff Trond Gram Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Karl_Gether_Bomhoff Norwegian 20 November 2020 31 August – Ole Bornemann Bull, ophthalmologist (d.1916) 2 December – Robert Collett, zoologist (d.1913) 16 December – Otto Sinding, painter (d.1909) 17 December – Sophus Lie, mathematician (d.1899).Sophus Lie Karl Egil Aubert Inger Lise A. Delphin Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Sophus_Lie Norwegian 20 November 2020 Full date unknown Nils S. Dvergsdal, politician (d.1921) Deaths 16 January – Thomas Fearnley, painter (born 1802).Thomas Fearnley Leif Østby Frode Ernst Store norske leksikon Erik Bolstad Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Thomas_Fearnley no 8 February 2025 16 March – Maurits Hansen, writer (b.1794) Full date unknown Henrik Anker Bjerregaard, poet, dramatist and judge (b.1792) Wilhelm Jürgensen, military officer (b.1762) See also Norway History Lists References 1842