1845 in Norway

Events in the year 1845 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar I .
• First Minister: Nicolai Krog

Events

• Skutterudite, a mineral containing nickel and iron, was discovered. The discovery was made in Skuterud Mines, Modum, Buskerud.
• The twelfth Storting convened, following the 1844 election.
• 16 July - The Dissenter Act was enacted.
• The town of Namsos is founded.
• The town of Sandefjord is founded.
• The town of Svelvik is founded.
• The town of Brevik is founded.

Notable births

• 10 January – Jørund Telnes, farmer, teacher, writer and politician (d. 1892).
• 17 January – Erika Nissen, pianist (d. 1903)
• 7 March – Jens Braage Halvorsen, librarian, magazine editor and literary historian (d. 1900).
• 27 March – Jakob Sverdrup, bishop and politician (d. 1899).
• 18 June – Gustav Storm, historian (d. 1903).
• 15 July – Christian Holtermann Knudsen, typographer, newspaper editor, publisher, trade unionist and politician (d. 1929)
• 17 July – Ragna Vilhelmine Nielsen, pedagogue and feminist (d. 1924)
• 6 August – Edvard Liljedahl, politician and Minister (d. 1924)
• 5 September – Hans Hein Theodor Nysom, politician (d. 1903)
• 9 September – Christen Christensen, shipyard owner, ship-owner and whaling manager (d. 1923)
• 28 September – Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck, dermatologist (d. 1917)
• 10 October – Anton Jörgen Andersen, composer (d. 1926)
• 7 December – Tinius Olsen, Norwegian American engineer and inventor (d. 1932)

Full date unknown

• Sofus Arctander, politician and Minister (d. 1924)
• Peter Olaf Debes, politician
• Hans Jensen Haga, politician
• Ludwig Andreas Olsen, United States Navy sailor awarded two Medals of Honor (d. 1886)
• Ole Andres Olsen, Seventh-day Adventist minister and administrator (d. 1915)
• Oscar Ludvig Stoud Platou, jurist and professor (d. 1929)
• Jon Eilevsson Steintjønndalen, Hardanger fiddle maker (d. 1902)

Notable deaths

• 13 February – Henrik Steffens, philosopher, scientist, and poet (b. 1773)
• 29 March – Ingebrigt Belle, peasant agitator (b. 1773)
• 17 May – Christopher Borgersen Hoen, farmer and politician (b. 1767).
• 12 July – Henrik Wergeland, poet (b. 1808)
• 22 October – Fredrik Riis, civil servant (b. 1789)
• 31 October – Johan Reinhardt, professor in zoology (b. 1778)

Full date unknown

• Erich Haagensen Jaabech, farmer and politician (b. 1761)
• Christian Sørenssen, bishop and politician

See also

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