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1842 in Norway
Events in the year
1842 in
Norway
.
Incumbents
Monarch
:
Charles III John
.
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was repealed.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.
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
16 March âÂÂ
Theodor Nilsen Stousland
, politician (d.
1910
).
1 April âÂÂ
Edmund Neupert
, pianist and composer (d.
1888
)
12 June âÂÂ
Rikard Nordraak
, composer (d.
1866
)
26 May âÂÂ
Evald Rygh
, banker, politician and Minister (d.
1913
)
July to December
6 August âÂÂ
Karl Gether Bomhoff
, pharmacist, politician and Governor of the Central Bank of Norway (d.
1925
).
31 August âÂÂ
Ole Bornemann Bull
, ophthalmologist (d.
1916
)
2 December âÂÂ
Robert Collett
, zoologist (d.
1913
)
16 December âÂÂ
Otto Sinding
, painter (d.
1909
)
17 December âÂÂ
Sophus Lie
, mathematician (d.
1899
).
Full date unknown
Nils S. Dvergsdal
, politician (d.
1921
)
Deaths
16 January âÂÂ
Thomas Fearnley
, painter (born 1802).
16 March âÂÂ
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
References