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1786 In Norway
Events in the year 1786 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch: Christian VII. Events *The trade with Iceland is opened to all Danish and Norwegian traders. * 2 October - Lofthusreisingen begins, a large peasant revolt in South Norway. Arts and literature Births *15 May - Johan Bülow Wamberg, politician, (d.1852) *26 May - Engebret Soot, canal engineer (d.1859) *29 June - Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow, bishop (d.1866) Full date unknown * Samuel Mathiassen Føyn, ship-owner and politician (d.1854) Deaths *18 February – Ludvig Daae, priest and landowner (born 1723). Full date unknown * Anders Olsen Anders Olsen (1718-1786) was a Norwegian trader, explorer and colonial administrator, who founded several important towns in Greenland including Qaqortoq (Julianehåb) and Maniitsoq (Sukkertoppen) as well as the village of Igaliku. Anders Olsen ..., trader, explorer and colonial administrator (born 1718) See also References {{Year in Europe, 1786 ... [...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] |
Engebret Soot
Engebret Olsen Soot (26 May 1786 – 3 March 1859) was a Norwegian engineer. He was one of Norway's first canal builders and joined the timber channels at Otteid and Mangen-Grasmo. He is known as the father of the Fredrikshald Canal (now known as the Halden Canal) in south-eastern Norway. He constructed locks and canals for the transport of both watercraft and timber. Biography Engebret Olsen Soot was born in Aurskog (now Aurskog-Høland) in Akershus, Norway. He started his career as a blacksmith and carpenter. In 1804, he built a mill on the Sotbekken, a small river at Lierfoss in Aurskog-Høland. From 1816 until 1825, he was a caretaker at the Mangenskogen forest in Aurskog-Høland. From 1827 to 1846 he was an inspector on the Halden watercourse () in Østfold and Akershus. In 1824 he built works from Fredrikshald to enable log transport from Stora Le in Dalsland, Sweden, into the Fredrikshald watershed. Soot built Otteidkanalen, Norway's first canal in Østre Otteid bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1723 In Norway
Events in the year 1723 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch: Frederick IV. Events *8 March – The Povel Juel Plot: Povel Juel was executed in Copenhagen, for his plans to depose Frederick IV as King of Norway. *7 May – The town of Arendal was given market town privileges. * The town of Risør was given market town privileges. Arts and literature * The Nærøy manuscript was made. * Ludvig Holbergs comedy plays ''«Jacob von Tyboe»'', ''«Erasmus Montanus»'', ''Den stundesløse'' and other comedy plays is first published. Births *9 May – Ludvig Daae, priest and landowner (died 1786). *24 May – Peter Ascanius, biologist (died 1803). *24 November – Jens Essendrop, clergyman, civil servant and topographical writer (died 1801). Deaths *14 November – Axel Rosenkrantz Axel Rosenkrantz (12 December 1670 – 14 November 1723) was a Norwegian landowner and baron. Personal life Axel Rosenkrantz was born in Kvinnherad on 12 December 1670 to baron L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludvig Daae (priest)
Ludvig Daae (May 9, 1723 – February 18, 1786) was a Norwegian priest and landowner. Daae was born in Vik in Sogn og Fjordane Counties of Norway, county, the son of Anders Daae (priest), Anders Daae (1680–1763) and Birgitte Munthe. He received a master's degree in philosophy in 1746, after which he used the title ''Mag.'' or ''Magister'' 'master'. Daae served as the parish priest in Lindås from 1759 onward. Daae married Drude Cathrine Haar (1739–1787) when she was 15 years old. He had 15 children with her, and several of his children and grandchildren served as priests and officers in Western Norway. Daae was the grandfather of the historian Ludvig Kristensen Daa and the priest Claus Daae, and the great-grandfather of the politician Ludvig Daae (politician), Ludvig Daae, the historian Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae, and Suzannah Ibsen, Suzannah Daae Thoresen, the wife of Henrik Ibsen. Daae died and was buried on the island of Luro, Hordaland, Lygra in Hordaland county. Daae left an es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1854 In Norway
Events in the year 1854 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Oscar I. Events * 26 August – A new conscription law was sanctioned, under which all Norwegian men regardless of condition and position had an obligation to serve in the armed forces. * 1 September – The first Norwegian railway, Hovedbanen between Oslo and Eidsvoll, is opened. This also constitutes the establishment of the now state owned Norwegian State Railways. Arts and literature Births *4 January – Henrik Jæger, literary historian (died 1895). *9 February – Ole Georg Gjøsteen, educator and politician (died 1936) *14 March – Ole Olsen Malm, physician, veterinarian, civil servant and politician (died 1917). *25 March – Tycho Kielland, jurist and journalist (died 1904) *16 June – Herbjørn Gausta, artist (died 1924) *2 September – Hans Jæger, writer, philosopher and anarchist political activist (died 1910). *2 October – Mathias Larsen Blilie, politician *5 October – Haakon Ditlev Lowzow, milita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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