1864 in Norway
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- Ja, vi elsker, composed by Rikard NordraakRikard NordraakRikard Nordraak was a Norwegian composer. He is best known as the composer of the Norwegian national anthem.-Biography:...
, with lyrics by Bjørnstjerne BjørnsonBjørnstjerne BjørnsonBjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...
, becomes the Norwegian national anthem
Births
- 7 January - Rasmus Pedersen ThuRasmus Pedersen ThuRasmus Pederson Thu was a Norwegian photographer noted for documenting life along the coast of Norway and among Norwegian Americans in the late 19th century. He worked for some time with Anders Beer Wilse and traveled to the United States several times....
, photographer (d.19461946 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:*1 February - Trygve Lie is selected as the first United Nations Secretary General*6 December - The Home Guard was established....
) - 24 February - Anders BuenAnders BuenAnders Johnsen Buen was a Norwegian typographer, newspaper editor, trade unionist and politician. He belonged to the Norwegian Labour Party from the start, being party secretary as well as editor of the party organs Social-Demokraten and Ny Tid, but politically he was described as a "reformist...
, typographer, newspaper editor, trade unionist and politician (d.19331933 in Norway-Events:* 17 May - Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort establish the Norwegian fascist party "Nasjonal Samling" * 1 July - The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation was founded....
) - 13 March - James C. M. Hanson, Norwegian AmericanNorwegian AmericanNorwegian Americans are Americans of Norwegian descent. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the later half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century. There are more than 4.5 million Norwegian Americans according to the most recent U.S. census, and...
librarian and author (d.1943) - 15 March - Johan HalvorsenJohan HalvorsenJohan Halvorsen was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist.-Biography:Born in Drammen, Norway he was an accomplished violinist from a very early age and became a prominent figure in Norwegian musical life...
, composer, conductor and violinist (d.19351935 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Ludwig Mowinckel until 20 March, Johan Nygaardsvold -January to March:*5 January - Jan Paulsen, President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists...
) - 21 March - Svend Rasmussen SvendsenSvend Rasmussen SvendsenSvend Rasmussen Svendsen was a Norwegian American impressionist artist. Svendsen is most known for his rural scenes, marine views, and snowy landscapes of Norway.-Background:...
, Norwegian AmericanNorwegian AmericanNorwegian Americans are Americans of Norwegian descent. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the later half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century. There are more than 4.5 million Norwegian Americans according to the most recent U.S. census, and...
impressionist artist (d.1945) - 7 June - Emil BiornEmil BiornEmil Biorn was an Norwegian-born, American sculptor, painter and composer.-Background:Emil Bjørn was born in Christiania, Norway. He was trained at both the Royal Norwegian School of Drawing and at Lindeman's School of Music in Oslo...
, Norwegian AmericanNorwegian AmericanNorwegian Americans are Americans of Norwegian descent. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the later half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century. There are more than 4.5 million Norwegian Americans according to the most recent U.S. census, and...
sculptor and artist (d.1935) - 22 June - Hans Jørgen Darre-JenssenHans Jørgen Darre-JenssenHans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen was a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Liberal Left Party. He was the Minister of Labour from 1910 to 1912, and thereafter served as director of the Norwegian State Railways.-Personal life:...
, engineer, politician and Minister (d.19501950 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 2 January - The Norwegian Savings Bank Postbanken -Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)-Events:* 2 January - The Norwegian Savings Bank Postbanken...
) - 8 July - Marie HaugeMarie HaugeMarie Octavia Nielsen Hauge was a Norwegian painter.She was born in Drammen, and spent her later life in Asker. She studied under Hans Heyerdahl, Eilif Peterssen, Erik Werenskiold, Sven Jørgensen and Harriet Backer between 1888 and 1900...
, painter (d.19311931 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Peder Kolstad-Events:* 27 June – Norway occupied and claimed parts of the then-uninhabited eastern Greenland , claiming that it constituted terra nullius.* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the...
) - 10 October - Ola BertelsenOla BertelsenOla Bertelsen was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Left Party.Born in Haugesund as the son of a bricklayer, he enrolled as a law student in 1883 and graduated as cand.jur. in 1888. He worked as an attorney in his hometown, before being appointed chief of police in 1911. In 1917 he...
, jurist and politician (d.19461946 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:*1 February - Trygve Lie is selected as the first United Nations Secretary General*6 December - The Home Guard was established....
) - 19 September - Ragna WettergreenRagna WettergreenRagna Wettergreen was a Norwegian actress.Born in Oslo, Norway, she made her stage début at Christiania Theatre in 1886. She performed at Christiania Theatre until it closed in 1899, and from then mainly at Nationaltheatret...
, stage and film actress (d. 19581958 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 8 January - Fire breaks out in the coastal steamer MS Erling Jarl while it is docked in Bodø...
) - 1 December - Carsten Borchgrevink, polar explorer (d.19341934 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Ludwig Mowinckel -Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Notable births:*7 January - Per Ø...
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- Gulbrand HagenGulbrand HagenGudbrand Torsteinson Hagen was an American newspaper editor, writer, photographer in Minnesota and North Dakota at the end of 19th Century and beginning of the 20th.-Biography:...
, Norwegian AmericanNorwegian AmericanNorwegian Americans are Americans of Norwegian descent. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the later half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century. There are more than 4.5 million Norwegian Americans according to the most recent U.S. census, and...
newspaper editor and 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...
) - Fredrik Ludvig KonowFredrik Ludvig KonowFredrik Ludvig Konow was a Norwegian businessman and a politician for the Liberal Left Party. He was Minister of Finance 1912-1913 and 1926-1928.-References:...
, politician and Minister (d.19541954 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 28 March – Bear Island accident: A Royal Norwegian Air Force seaplane crashed on the Bear Island. The plane had a crew of 8 men and one passenger...
) - Johan Wilhelm Normann MuntheJohan Wilhelm Normann MuntheJohann Wilhelm Normann Munthe was born in Bergen, Norway. After a military education in the cavalry,he emigrated to China in 1887, and started working as a customs officer...
, soldier and art collector (d.19351935 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Ludwig Mowinckel until 20 March, Johan Nygaardsvold -January to March:*5 January - Jan Paulsen, President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists...
) - Christian Lange RolfsenChristian Lange RolfsenChristian Lange Rolfsen was the Norwegian Minister of Justice 1923-1924....
, politician and Minister (d.19341934 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Ludwig Mowinckel -Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Notable births:*7 January - Per Ø...
) - Nils Collett VogtNils Collett VogtNils Collett Vogt was a Norwegian poet.He was born in Christiania as the son of tramway director Jens Theodor Paludan Vogt and writer Johanne Collett...
, poet (d.19371937 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold -Events:*29 May - Stavanger Airport, Sola is opened by King Haakon VII* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Notable births:...
) - Johannes B. WistJohannes B. WistJohannes B. Wist was an Norwegian American newspaper editor, journalist and author.-Biography:Born Johannes Racinus Benjaminsen, he was the son of Benjamin Johannessen Wist and Magdalene Arnoldusdatter Wist. He was born on the Sund farm in Inderøy parish in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. He...
(d. 1923) Norwegian AmericanNorwegian AmericanNorwegian Americans are Americans of Norwegian descent. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the later half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century. There are more than 4.5 million Norwegian Americans according to the most recent U.S. census, and...
journalist and author.
Deaths
- 12 January - Lars RaschLars RaschLars Rasch was a Norwegian jurist and politician.He was born in Eger. He finished secondary education in 1818, and graduated as cand.jur. in 1822. He then worked as an attorney....
, jurist and politician (d.17971797 in Norway-Births:*13 May - Ulrik Frederik Cappelen, jurist and politician *21 May - Claus Winter Hjelm, judge *24 May - Lars Rasch, jurist and politician *23 September - Johannes Henrik Berg, politician...
) - 7 June - Rolf OlsenRolf Olsen (politician)Rolf Olsen was a Norwegian politician and playwright.-Biography:Rolf Olsen was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Andreas Schram Olsen , the Bailiff of Bergen. He was a student in Skien and earned a Candidatus juris in 1842. In 1846, he was employed as a clerk in the Interior Ministry...
, politician (b.18181818 in Norway-Events:* 5 February - Carl III of Sweden-Norway became King of Sweden and King of Norway following the death of Charles XIII.* 7 September - Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim-Notable births:...
) - 24 November - Ulrik Frederik CappelenUlrik Frederik CappelenUlrik Frederik Cappelen was a Norwegian jurist and politician.-Personal life:Ulrik Frederik Cappelen was born in 1795 as the second child of ship-owner Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen and his wife Benedicte Henrikke, née Aall . His maternal grandfather was Nicolai Benjamin Aall...
, jurist and politician (b.17971797 in Norway-Births:*13 May - Ulrik Frederik Cappelen, jurist and politician *21 May - Claus Winter Hjelm, judge *24 May - Lars Rasch, jurist and politician *23 September - Johannes Henrik Berg, politician...
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- Ola Antonson HolsenOla Antonson HolsenOla Antonson Holsen was a Norwegian politician.Originally a farmer and school teacher in Holsen, he was elected as a member of Førde municipality council from 1839 to 1859. He was also elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1845, 1848, 1851 and 1854.-References:* at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County...
, politician (b.18081808 in Norway-Births:*4 March - Frederik Stang, lawyer, public servant and politician, Norway's first Prime Minister *17 June - Henrik Wergeland, poet *28 July - Ulrik Frederik Lange, politician -Full date unknown:*Christen Larsen Arneberg, politician...
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