1840 in Norway

Events in the year 1840 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Charles III John.
• First Minister: Nicolai Krog

Events

• Melhus Sparebank was established, it is one of Norway’s oldest savings banks.

Births

• 3 January – Cathinka Guldberg, Norway's first nurse (d.1919)
• 14 February – Lars Olsen Skrefsrud, missionary and language researcher in India (d.1910)
• 30 September – Johan Svendsen, composer, conductor and violinist (d.1911)
• 7 November – H. G. Haugan, Norwegian-born American railroad executive.

Full date unknown

• Karl Akre, politician
• Anton Christian Bang, politician (d.1913)
• Hans Laurits Olsen Hammerstad, politician
• Anders Sveaas, businessperson and consul (d.1917)

Deaths

• 28 August – Caspar Peter Hagerup, civil servant (b.1777)

Full date unknown

• Even Hansen, civil servant and politician (born 1790)
• Mads Lauritz Madsen, politician (born 1782)
• Peder Paulsen Balke, farmer and politician (born 1779).

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