1842 in Norway
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Events in the year 1842 in Norway.
Incumbents
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.
- 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- The Conventicle Act was repealed.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.[2]
- 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 – Theodor Nilsen Stousland, politician (d.1910).[3]
- 1 April – Edmund Neupert, pianist and composer (d.1888)
- 12 June – Rikard Nordraak, composer (d.1866)
- 26 May – Evald Rygh, banker, politician and Minister (d.1913)
July to December
- 6 August – Karl Gether Bomhoff, pharmacist, politician and Governor of the Central Bank of Norway (d. 1925).[4]
- 31 August – Ole Bornemann Bull, ophthalmologist (d.1916)
- 2 December – Robert Collett, zoologist (d.1913)
- 16 December – Otto Sinding, painter (d.1909)
- 17 December – Sophus Lie, mathematician (d.1899).[5]
Full date unknown
- Nils S. Dvergsdal, politician (d.1921)
Deaths
- 16 January – Thomas Fearnley, painter (born 1802).[6]
- 16 March – 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
- ^ Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl Johan". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ Scott, Jess (22 May 2020). "The Story of Spå-Eilev: Once Upon a Time in 19th-Century Telemark". Life in Norway. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Theodor Nilsen Stousland" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ Gram, Trond. "Karl Gether Bomhoff". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ Aubert, Karl Egil; Delphin, Inger Lise A. "Sophus Lie". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ Østby, Leif; Ernst, Frode. "Thomas Fearnley". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 February 2025.