1840 in Norway

Events in the year 1840 in Norway.

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Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1820s
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
See also:1840 in Sweden
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Charles III John.[1]

Events

Births
  • 3 January – Cathinka Guldberg, Norway's first nurse (d.1919)
  • 14 February – Lars Olsen Skrefsrud, missionary and language researcher in India (d.1910)
  • 30 September – Johan Svendsen, composer, conductor and violinist (d.1911)
  • 7 November – H. G. Haugan, Norwegian-born American railroad executive.

Full date unknown
  • Karl Akre, politician
  • Anton Christian Bang, politician (d.1913)
  • Hans Laurits Olsen Hammerstad, politician
  • Anders Sveaas, businessperson and consul (d.1917)

Deaths
  • 28 August – Caspar Peter Hagerup, civil servant (b.1777)

Full date unknown
  • Even Hansen, civil servant and politician (born 1790)
  • Mads Lauritz Madsen, politician (born 1782)
  • Peder Paulsen Balke, farmer and politician (born 1779).[2]

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.
  2. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Peder Paulsen Balke". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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