1849 in Norway

Events in the year 1849 in Norway.

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Decades:
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See also:1849 in Sweden
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Oscar I.[1]

Events
The official inauguration of the Norwegian Royal Palace
  • 21 March – Hamar was refounded as a city (lost its city status in 1587).
  • 26 July – The official inauguration of the Norwegian Royal Palace (Norwegian: Slottet or formally Det kongelige slott), which occurred during the reign of Oscar I.
  • Ryvarden Lighthouse was established.[2]

Arts and literature

Births
  • 18 February – Alexander Kielland, novelist (died 1906)
  • 8 March – Eduard Boeckmann, Norwegian American ophthalmologist, physician and inventor. (died 1927)
  • 9 March – Nils P. Haugen, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (died 1931)
  • 5 June – Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen, bishop and politician (died 1909)
  • 15 December – Amund B. Larsen, linguist (died 1928)

Full date unknown
  • Marcus Olaus Bockman, priest and theologian (died 1942)
  • Hans Dahl, painter (died 1937)
  • Johan Leonard Hagen, politician
  • Jon Eriksson Helland II, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1869)
  • Birger Kildal, politician and Minister (died 1913)
  • Christian Fredrik Sissenèr, property owner and politician (died 1903)

Deaths
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
  • 13 May – Gjest Baardsen, outlaw, jail-breaker, non-fiction writer, songwriter and memoirist (born 1791).[3]
  • 6 July – Olaf Rye, military officer (born 1791)
  • 10 October – Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie, a Norwegian constitutional father, known for being the constitutional assembly's writer (born 1778)
  • 6 December – Peder Olivarius Bugge, bishop (born 1764)

See also

References
  1. Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 1.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Ryvarden fyr". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Gjest Baardsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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