1816 in Norway

Events in the year 1816 in Norway.

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See also:1816 in Sweden
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Charles II.[1]

Events
  • 26 May - Norwegian Bible Society, the oldest interchurch organization in Norway is founded.
  • 14 June - Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway is founded.

Full date unknown
  • Bodø was granted township status.
  • Grimstad received city rights.
  • Carl Carlsson Mörner is appointed Governor-general of Norway.

Arts and literature
  • The oldest theatre building in Scandinavia; Trøndelag Teater was built.

Births
Johan Sverdrup, Prime Minister of Norway
  • 5 January – Jens Zetlitz Kielland, consul and artist (d.1881)
  • 16 March – Vilhelmine Ullmann, proponent for women's rights (d. 1915).[2]
  • 30 May – Jacob Smith Jarmann, firearms designer (d.1894)
  • 6 June – August Thomle, jurist and politician (d.1889)
  • 30 July – Johan Sverdrup, politician and first Prime Minister of Norway (d.1892)
  • 16 October – Christian Torber Hegge Geelmuyden, navy officer and politician (d.1885)
  • 16 December – Adam Hiorth, merchant and industrial pioneer (died 1871).[3]

Full date unknown
  • Paul Peter Vilhelm Breder, politician (d.1890)
  • Erik Jonsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (d.1868)
  • Wilhelm Nielsen, politician

Deaths
  • 26 March – Johan Ernst Mowinckel, merchant and consul (b. 1759).[4]
  • 26 July – Johan Nordahl Brun, poet, dramatist, bishop and politician (b.1745)

See also

References
  1. Langslet, Lars Roar; Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl 2.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Vilhelmine Ullmann". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. Nerheim, Gunnar. "Adam Hiorth". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  4. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Johan Ernst Mowinckel". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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