Events

• Porsgrunn
  Porsgrunn
  is a town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Porsgrunn....
  
   prestegjeld
  Prestegjeld
  A Prestegjeld is a geographic and administrative area of the Church of Norway roughly equivalent to a parish. A prestegjeld can consist of one or many congregations...
  
   (parish) was separated from the ancient rural parishes of Eidanger
  Eidanger
  Eidanger is a rural parish and former municipality of Porsgrunn, in Telemark County, Norway.-History:Eidanger was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . It was merged with Porsgrunn on 1 January 1964....
  
  , Solum
  Solum, Norway
  Solum is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway.The parish of Solum was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 3,557. Solum is located west of the city Skien, and encompassed districts such as Nenset, Tollnes,...
  
  , and Gjerpen
  Gjerpen
  Gjerpen is a former township which is now part of the municipality of Skien, in Telemark county, Norway.-Location:The parish of Gjerpen was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 4,381. Gjerpen was located east of the city...
  
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• Old city of Fredrikstad
  Fredrikstad
  is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad....
  
   burns down.

July to December

• 31 August – Johan August Sandels
  Johan August Sandels
  Count Johan August Sandels was a Swedish soldier and politician, being appointed Governor of Norway 1818 and Field Marshal in 1824...
  
  , soldier and politician (d.1831
  1831 in Norway
  -Arts and literature:* The first opera, Deux mots by Nicolas Dalayrac in performed in Oslo directed by August Schrumpf with Augusta Smith in the main part...
  
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• Peter Olivarius Bugge, bishop
• Mathias Sommerhielm
  Mathias Sommerhielm
  Mathias Otto Leth Sommerhielm was a Norwegian politician.He served as First Minister in Christiania from 1815 to 1822, a position assigned to the most prominent cabinet minister at the time. In 1822, he became Prime Minister of Norway, an office located in Stockholm. He held the office until 1827,...
  
  , politician (d.1827
  1827 in Norway
  -Arts and literature:* Foundation of Christiania Theatre; first under a different name, by Johan Peter Strömberg.-Births:*24 February - Haaken C. Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson *21 May - Axel Winge, politician...
  
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