1838 in Norway
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Events in the year 1838 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 January – Fulfilling a law from 1837 all parishes form the bases for the establishment of altogether 396 formannskapsdistrikts, the precursor of municipalities.
Arts and literature
Births
- 10 January – Johan Christopher Brun, pharmacist and politician (d.1914)
- 12 March – Johan Gerhard Theodor Ameln, politician (d.1917)
- 23 March – Johan Christian Heuch, bishop and politician (d.1904)
- 28 December – Albert Marius Jacobsen, military officer and politician (d.1909)
- 31 December – Jacob Aall Bonnevie, politician and Minister (d.1904)
Full date unknown
- Ludvig Aubert, politician and Minister (d.1896)
- Edvard Hans Hoff, politician and Minister (d.1933)
- Christian Johansen Ihlen, politician
- Ole C. Johnson, soldier in the American Civil War (d.1886)
- Anders Nicolai Kiær, statistician (d.1919)
- Christian Homann Schweigaard, politician and Prime Minister (d.1899)
Deaths
- 10 March – Jonas Greger Walnum, politician (b.1771)
- 27 June - Nils Christian Frederik Hals, military officer (b.1758)
- 20 November - Syvert Amundsen Eeg, farmer and politician (b.1757).[2]
- 29 December – Søren Christian Sommerfelt, priest and botanist (b. 1794).[3]
See also
References
- ^ Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl Johan". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ Mardal, Magnus A. "Syvert Omundsen Eeg". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ Sunding, Per. "Søren Christian Sommerfelt - 1". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 May 2019.