1844 in Norway
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- 8 March - KingMonarchA monarch is the person who heads a monarchy. This is a form of government in which a state or polity is ruled or controlled by an individual who typically inherits the throne by birth and occasionally rules for life or until abdication...
Oscar IOscar I of SwedenOscar I was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. When, in August 1810, his father Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte was elected Crown Prince of Sweden, Oscar and his mother moved from Paris to Stockholm . Oscar's father was the first ruler of the current House of Bernadotte...
ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway
Births
- 2 March - Ole Larsen SkattebølOle Larsen SkattebølOle Larsen Skattebøl was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Ål. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1877, representing the constituency of Buskeruds Amt, and was re-elected in 1880. He then took a hiatus before serving two more terms,...
, judge and politician (d.19291929 in Norway-Events:* 8 May – Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen located in the Arctic Ocean.-Notable births:* 1 January - Fredrik Olsen, shipping magnate* 3 January - Grethe Rytter Hasle, planktologist* 17 January - Jan Rasmus Skåre, judge...
) - 8 March - Jens Jonas JansenJens Jonas JansenJens Jonas Elstrand Jansen was a Norwegian priest.He was born in Hobøl as a son of priest David Middelthon Jansen and his wife Eleonore Cathrine Elstrand. In May 1883 he married twenty-year-old Jenny Therese Schroeter from Drammen, a sister of professor Jens Fredrik Schroeter...
, priest (d.19121912 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Jens Bratlie-Events:*7 March - Roald Amundsen announces his success in reaching the South Pole*Norsk Hydro establishes artificial fertilizer production at Glomfjord in Nordland...
) - 22 March - Sven OftedalSven OftedalSven Oftedal was a Norwegian American Lutheran minister who helped found the Lutheran Free Church.Oftedal was born in Stavanger, Norway and studied at the University of Oslo. He came to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1873 to serve as a professor of the New Testament at Augsburg Seminary, predecessor...
, helped found the Lutheran Free ChurchLutheran Free ChurchThe Lutheran Free Church was a Lutheran denomination that existed in the United States from 1897 to 1963 mainly in Minnesota and North Dakota...
(d.19111911 in Norway-Events:*14 December - Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition becomes the first to reach the South Pole.*Norsk Hydro's second plant opens at Rjukan, four years after its first plant at Notodden.-January to March:*1 January - Håkon Melberg, linguist...
) - 23 May - Klaus HanssenKlaus HanssenKlaus Hanssen was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Liberal Party and the Coalition Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament during the terms 1889–1891, representing the constituency Bergen. He was a member of Bergen city council for several years,...
, physician and politician - 15 July - Thorbjorn N. MohnThorbjorn N. MohnThorbjorn N. Mohn was an American Lutheran church leader and the first president of St. Olaf College.-Background:...
, American Lutheran church leader and the first president of St. Olaf CollegeSt. Olaf CollegeSt. Olaf College is a coeducational, residential, four-year, private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American immigrant pastors and farmers, led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus. The college is named after Olaf II of Norway,...
(d. 1899) - 8 August - Alf CollettAlf CollettAlf Collett was a Norwegian writer.He published many historical and genealogical works, the most important being En gammel Christiania-slægt. Optegnelser om familien Collett og Christianias fortid and Gamle Christiania-Billeder .Alf Collett was the second son of Peter Jonas and Camilla Collett...
, writer (d.19191919 in Norway-Events:* Production of zinc begins in Glomfjord at the state-owned industrial plant.* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-January to March:*14 January - Harry Hansen, politician...
) - 11 September - N. O. NelsonN. O. NelsonN. O. Nelson was the founder of the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company.-Background:...
, founder of the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company (d. 1922) - 2 October - Peter Harboe CastbergPeter Harboe Castberg (banker)-Personal life:He was born in Larvik, Norway. His father, physician Tycho Fredrik Edvard Castberg, was the oldest living son of Peter Hersleb Harboe Castberg. As such Peter Harboe Castberg was the nephew of Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg and first cousin of Johan and Torgrim Castberg...
, banker (d.19261926 in Norway-Events:* May 11-14 – Roald Amundsen makes the first airship flight over the North Pole. The Norge leaves Spitsbergen and arrives in Teller, Alaska three days later.-Notable births:*1 January - Rolf Fjeldvær, politician...
) - 29 December - Brynild AnundsenBrynild Anundsen (Publisher)Brynild Anundsen was a Norwegian-American newspaper editor and publisher. He was the founder of Decorah Posten, a Norwegian language newspaper.-Background:...
, founder of Decorah PostenDecorah PostenDecorah-Posten was a notable Norwegian language newspaper published in Decorah, Iowa. It was founded in 1874 by Brynild Anundsen, a native of Skien, Norway, and widely read by Scandinavian immigrants in several states.-History:...
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- Oluf Hansen HagenOluf Hansen HagenOluf Hansen Hagen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1886, representing the constituency of Trondhjem og Levanger. He only served one term.-References:...
, politician - Nils Otto HesselbergNils Otto HesselbergNils Otto Hesselberg was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was state secretary 1906-1920 and an appointed councillor of state in 1909.-References:...
, politician (d.19291929 in Norway-Events:* 8 May – Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen located in the Arctic Ocean.-Notable births:* 1 January - Fredrik Olsen, shipping magnate* 3 January - Grethe Rytter Hasle, planktologist* 17 January - Jan Rasmus Skåre, judge...
) - Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal OlssønChristian Wilhelm Engel Bredal OlssønChristian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn was the Norwegian Minister of Defense 1893-1894, 1895-1898, 1905-1907, and member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1894-1895....
, politician and Minister (d.19151915 in Norway-Events:* The 1915 Parliamentary election takes place.-Notable births:*16 January - Aase Bjerkholt, politician*19 January - Håkon Kyllingmark, politician and Minister *25 January - Sverre L...
) - Steinar SchjøttSteinar SchjøttSteinar Schjøtt was a Norwegian educator, philologist and lexicographer.-Personal life:Steinar Schjøtt was born to priest and politician Ole Hersted Schjøtt and his wife Anna Jacobine, née Olrog, in Porsgrund where his father was stationed as vicar...
, philologist and lexicographer (d.19201920 in Norway-Events:* 9 February – The League of Nations gives Spitsbergen to Norway.* 17-19 June – The Centre Party was founded.* Aalesund ship is discovered embedded in the earth south of Ålesund.-Notable births:*2 January - Anne-Sofie Østvedt, resistance leader...
) - Oscar WergelandOscar WergelandOscar Arnold Wergeland was a Norwegian painter. He is best known for his historical painting of the Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll . Two of his paintings are located in the National Gallery of Norway.-Family:His parents were Sverre Nicolai Wergeland and Anne Margrethe Larsen...
, painter (d.19101910 in Norway-Events:* Norwegian Institute of Technology is established in Trondheim.* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Notable births:*10 January - Kitty Petrine Fredriksen, politician...
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Deaths
- 4 August - Jacob Aall, historian and statesman (b.17731773 in Norway-Births:*2 May - Henrik Steffens, philosopher, scientist, and poet *27 July - Jacob Aall, historian and statesman *19 August - Johan Peter Strömberg, actor, dancer and theatre director, founder of the first public theatre of Norway ....
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