1842 in Norway
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Events in the year 1842 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Charles III John
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.
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).[1]
- 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
- 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)
Full date unknown
- Nils S. Dvergsdal, politician (d.1921)
Deaths
- 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)
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See also
References
- "Theodor Nilsen Stousland" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 7 November 2012.
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