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1779 In Norway
Events in the year 1779 in Norway. Incumbents *List of Norwegian monarchs, Monarch: Christian VII Events *23 November - Magnus Theiste was sentenced by the Supreme Court to be removed from his office as County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane, County Governor of Nordre Bergenhus amt, because of his involvement with corruption. Arts and literature Births *12 February – Jens Jensen Gram, jurist and politician (died 1824 in Norway, 1824). *10 August – Carl Rønneberg, merchant and ship owner (died 1858 in Norway, 1858). *27 August – Hovel Helseth, industrial pioneer (died 1865 in Norway, 1865). *19 September – Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern, government minister (died 1853 in Norway, 1853). *21 September (in France) – Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg, politician and nobleman (died 1840 in Germany, 1840). *29 September – Fredrik Meltzer, businessman and politician (died 1855 in Norway, 1855). *2 November – Frederik Motzfeldt, politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern
Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern (19 September 1779 – 1 January 1853) was a Norwegian government minister and representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly. Biography Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern was born on the Værne Kloster estate at Rygge in Østfold, Norway. In 1793, he became a student at the Royal Danish Military Academy in Copenhagen. He was promoted to First Lieutenant in 1800 and Captain of the cavalry and commander of Rakkestadske Company in 1809. He took the legal examination in 1802. He was promoted to Major in 1812. In 1814, he was appointed district governor of Smaalenenes amt (now Østfold). In 1823, he was also appointed district governor of Akershus. Between 1830 and 1852, he served in different positions within the Norwegian government including Minister of Auditing, Minister of Justice, Minister of the Army and Minister of the Navy. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1814 returning in 1815–1816, 1818, 1821–1822 and 1824. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Hansen Grønneberg
Anders Hansen Grønneberg (1779 – 30 October 1819) was a Norwegian Naval officer and farmer who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814. Anders Grønneberg was born on Ødelund in Berg parish at Brunlanes in Vestfold, Norway where his father was district sheriff. In his youth he had stayed with an uncle in London, where he learned to speak English, as well as German and French. As a young man, Grønneberg was a sailor. During the Napoleonic Wars, he was appointed Lieutenant in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Later he settled on the family farm. He represented Larvik grevskap at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, together with Iver Hesselberg and Ole Olsen Amundrød. At Eidsvoll Eidsvoll (; sometimes written as ''Eidsvold'') is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sundet. General information ..., he joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique visitors per month. Paper editions 1978–2007 The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1907–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales for paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The fourth edition consisted of 16 volumes, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1840 In Norway
Events in the year 1840 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Charles III John sv, Karl Johan Baptist Julius , spouse = , issue = Oscar I of Sweden , house = Bernadotte , father = Henri Bernadotte , mother = Jeanne de Saint-Jean , birth_date = , birth_place = Pau, .... Events Arts and literature Births *3 January – Cathinka Guldberg, Norway's first nurse (d.1919 in Norway, 1919) *14 February – Lars Olsen Skrefsrud, missionary and language researcher in India (d.1910 in Norway, 1910) *30 September – Johan Svendsen, composer, conductor and violinist (d.1911 in Denmark, 1911) *7 November – H. G. Haugan, Norwegian-born American railroad executive. Full date unknown *Karl Akre, politician *Anton Christian Bang, politician (d.1913 in Norway, 1913) *Hans Laurits Olsen Hammerstad, politician *Anders Sveaas, businessperson and consul (d.1917 in Norway, 1917) Deaths *28 August – Caspar Peter Hagerup, civil servant ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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