1841 in Norway

Events in the year 1841 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 27 February – Frederik Due succeeds Severin Løvenskiold as prime minister, when Løvenskiold is appointed Governor-general of Norway.

Arts and literature

• The poem «Vi ere en Nation, vi med» is first published. It was written by Henrik Wergeland.

Births

• 23 May – Karen Sundt, writer (died 1924).
• 29 July – Gerhard Armauer Hansen, physician (died 1912)
• 21 August – Carl Willoch Ludvig Horn, educator, textbook writer and politician (died 1913).
• 10 September – Thore Torkildsen Foss, politician (died 1913)
• 1 October – Sophus Christian Munk Aars, civil servant and writer (died 1931)
• 27 November – Nikoline Harbitz, author (died 1898).
• 13 December – Olaf Wilhelm Petersen, military officer and sports official (died 1909).

Full date unknown

• Lars Anton Nicolai Larsen-Naur, politician (died 1896)

Deaths

• 12 June – Hans Jørgen Reutz Synnestvedt, military officer and politician (b. 1777)
• 21 October – Niels Hertzberg, priest and politician (b. 1759).
• 21 November – Thomas Fasting, naval officer and government minister (b. 1769)
• 15 December – Jacob Hersleb Darre, priest, member of the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly (born 1757).

Full date unknown

• Osmund Andersen Lømsland, farmer and politician (b. 1765)
• Jens Schou Fabricius, politician (b. 1758)

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