1822 in Norway

Events in the year 1822 in Norway.

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Decades:
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See also:1822 in Sweden
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Charles III John.[1]

Events
  • March 11 – A powerful sudden storm struck the western Norwegian coast killing about 300 men at sea.
  • May 26 – 116 people die in the Grue Church fire. It's the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.

Arts and literature

Births
  • 27 April – Karl Hals, businessperson and politician (d.1898)
  • 29 October – Thomas Johannessen Heftye, businessperson, politician and philanthropist (d.1886)

Full date unknown
  • Jacob Bøckmann Barth, forester (d.1892)
  • Jess Julius Engelstad, engineer and railroad administrator (d.1896)
  • Rasmus Tønder Nissen, politician (d.1882)
  • Olav Paulssøn, bailiff, writer and politician (d.1896)
  • Ole Peter Petersen, founder of Methodism in Norway and co-founder of Norwegian and Danish Methodism in the United States (d.1901)
  • Karl Andreas Larsen Vefring, politician

Deaths
  • 16 February — Claus Pavels, bishop (b.1769)

Full date unknown
  • Mathias Hagerup, politician (b.1765)
  • Sara Oust, revivalist lay preacher (b.1778)

See also

References
  1. Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl Johan". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
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