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1838 In Norway
Events in the year 1838 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Charles III John Events *1 January – Fulfilling a law from 1837 all parishes form the bases for the establishment of altogether 396 formannskapsdistrikts, the precursor of municipalities. Arts and literature Births *10 January – Johan Christopher Brun, pharmacist and politician (d.1914) *12 March – Johan Gerhard Theodor Ameln, politician (d.1917) *23 March – Johan Christian Heuch, bishop and politician (d.1904) *28 December – Albert Marius Jacobsen, military officer and politician (d.1909) *31 December – Jacob Aall Bonnevie, politician and Minister (d.1904) Full date unknown *Ludvig Aubert, politician and Minister (d.1896) * Edvard Hans Hoff, politician and Minister (d.1933) * Christian Johansen Ihlen, politician * Ole C. Johnson, soldier in the American Civil War (d.1886) *Anders Nicolai Kiær, statistician (d.1919) *Christian Homann Schweigaard, politician and Prime Minister (d.1899) Deaths *10 March ... [...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] |
1933 In Norway
Events in the year 1933 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch – Haakon VII *Prime Minister – Jens Hundseid until 3 March, then Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Events * 3 March – Johan Ludwig Mowinckel becomes new prime minister. * 17 May – Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort establish the Norwegian fascist party "Nasjonal Samling" ("National Unity") * 1 July – The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) is founded. * 24 July – The Parliament grants the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) monopoly on radio broadcasting in Norway. * 4 September - The Christian Democratic Party is founded as a local party in Hordaland og gets one representative in the parliamentary election. * 5 September - Norway and Denmark agreed to settle their dispute over Eastern Greenland (Erik the Red's Land and King Frederick VI Coast) in what became known as the "Greenland case" (Grønlandssaken) at the Permanent Court of International Justice. Norway lost and after the ruling it abandoned its clai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1758 In Norway
Events in the year 1758 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Frederick V Events Arts and literature Births *3 March - Jens Schou Fabricius, politician (died 1841) *15 March - Magdalene Sophie Buchholm, poet (died 1825) *23 April - Nils Christian Frederik Hals, military officer (died 1838) Deaths *5 November - Hans Egede, Lutheran missionary (born 1686 Events January–March * January 3 – In Madras (now Chennai) in India, local residents employed by the East India Company threaten to boycott their jobs after corporate administrator William Gyfford imposes a house tax on res ...) See also {{Year in Europe, 1758 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Christian Frederik Hals
Nils Christian Frederik Hals (April 23, 1758 – June 27, 1838)''Danmarks adels aarbog''. 1897. Volume 14. Copenhagen, p. 173. was a Norwegian military officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Hals was born in Eidsberg. In March 1814 he was named commander of Fredrikstad Fortress after the commander at the time had declared the fortress to be in such poor condition that it could not be defended in the event of an attack. Hals was of the same opinion and was not eager to take on the position. He received a verbal assurance from the regent of Norway, Christian Fredrik, that the fortress would not be defended if it were attacked. In 1814, the fortress was attacked and encircled by Swedish forces. Among other things, they had landed at Tangen at the southern tip of Kråkerøy and advanced to a position later named Svenskeberget (literally, 'Swedish hill') southwest of the fortress. From there, the Swedish forces had good positions and the advantage of the height of the terrain, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1771 In Norway
Events in the year 1771 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Christian VII Events *8 February - Jacob Benzon is deposed as Steward of Norway, and the position was vacant until 1809. Arts and literature * December - The first theatre in Norway is founded by Martin Nürenbach in Oslo; it is dissolved in 1772. Full date unknown * The song ''«Norges Skaal»'' is written by Johan Nordahl Brun. Births *22 February – Jørgen Aall, ship-owner and politician (died 1833) *3 April – Hans Nielsen Hauge, revivalist lay preacher and writer (died 1824) *30 May – Ole Olsen Amundrød, farmer, schoolteacher and politician (died 1835) *8 August - Andreas Aagaard Kiønig, judge and politician (died 1856) *20 August – Jonas Greger Walnum Jonas Greger Walnum (20 August 1771 – 10 March 1838) was a Norwegian property owner and politician. Walnum was born at Steigen in Nordland, Norway. He was the son of Ole Henriksen Walnum (1740-1773) and Else Marie Greger (1746-1812). He inher ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Greger Walnum
Jonas Greger Walnum (20 August 1771 – 10 March 1838) was a Norwegian property owner and politician. Walnum was born at Steigen in Nordland, Norway. He was the son of Ole Henriksen Walnum (1740-1773) and Else Marie Greger (1746-1812). He inherited property known as Walnumgodset from his father. He resided in the town Sandnessjøen on the island of Alsta where he was an innkeeper and trader. He married Else Maria Meyer Hersleb (1771-1838), widow of Tøger Pedersen Bech, who was the oldest sister of theologian Svend Borchmann Hersleb. In 1801, Walnum acquired the estate of his father-in-law, Jørgen Sverdrup Hersleb, and settled as proprietary of Nord-Herøy, the largest island in Herøy. He and his wife were the parents of fifteen children. including two sons who became priests with the Church of Norway. Their eldest son, Jørgen Olaus Hersleb Walnum (1799-1888), became the local chaplain and later took over the family estate on Nord-Herøy. Jonas Walnum was elected to the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1899 In Norway
Events in the year 1899 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II *Prime Minister – Johannes Steen Events *1 April – The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions is established. *27 June – The paperclip is patented by Johan Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor. *13 October – The Røvær accident: A storm kills 30 people at sea near Haugesund. *14 October – The Titran accident: A storm kills 141 fishermen at sea near Frøya, Trøndelag. *Grans Brewery is founded. Popular culture Sports *5 March – The sports club Korsvoll IL is founded. *10 August – Viking FK football club is founded. *The sports club Kongsberg IF is founded. *The gymnastics club Volda TI is founded. Music Theatre *25 August – First performance at the theatre academy Sekondteatret *1 September – First performance at the newly constructed National Theatre in Kristiania Literature *The newspaper ''Rogalands Avis'' established *The newspaper ''Finnmarken'' established Notable births *25 Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Homann Schweigaard
Christian Homann Schweigaard (14 October 1838 – 24 March 1899) was a Norwegian politician of the Conservative Party. He served as the 3rd prime minister for two months in 1884, a period after the impeachment of his predecessor Christian August Selmer called Schweigaard's Ministerium. Schweigaard held a number of key positions, including Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1889–1891 and 1893–1896, as well as Parliamentary Leader from 1889–1891 and 1894–1895. He was Emil Stang's indispensable partner, leading the Conservative Party's policy and organizational development in the 1880s and 1890s. Background Schweigaard was born in Christiania (now Oslo, Norway). He was the son of Anton Martin Schweigaard and Caroline Magnine Homan. He took his final exams in 1855 and then studied law. He studied law for a year in London and Paris becoming a lawyer in 1863. Career In 1864, he appeared as a lawyer before the Supreme Court of Norway. He served as a Member of Norwegian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 In Norway
Events in the year 1919 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch – Haakon VII *Prime Minister – Gunnar Knudsen Events * Production of zinc begins in Glomfjord at the state-owned industrial plant. * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country. Popular culture Sports * Helge Løvland, track and field athlete and gymnast; becomes the second to receive the Egebergs Ærespris, an award presented to Norwegian athletes who excel at two (or more) different sports. Music Film Literature * The Olav Duun novel ''I Blinda'' (''The Blind Man'') from the work ''Juvikfolket'' (''The People of Juvik'', 1918–23), was published. Births January to March *14 January – Harry Hansen, politician (died 2003) *17 January – Per Bergsland, Royal Air Force pilot and prisoner of war (died 1992) *31 January – Claus Helberg, resistance fighter and mountain guide (died 2003) *4 February – Marta Schumann, writer (died 1994). *11 February – Erland Steenberg, politician ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Nicolai Kiær
Anders Nicolai Kiær (Drammen, 15 September 1838 – Oslo, 16 April 1919) was a Norwegian statistician who first proposed that a representative sample rather than a complete enumerating survey could and should be used to collect information about a population. He was born in Drammen as the son of ship-owner Niels Andersen Kiær (1802–1887), and brother of physician and historian Frantz Casper Kiær. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1860, and was hired as head of the statistics department in the Ministry of the Interior An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministr ... in 1868. In 1877 he was appointed director of the newly appointed office Statistics Norway, staying in this position until 1913. Before 1882 he functioned as a co-director together with Jakob Mohn. Anders Nicolai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 In Norway
Events in the year 1886 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Oscar II. *Prime Minister: Johan Sverdrup Events * The Norwegian Medical Association is established. Arts and literature *'' Albertine'', novel by Christian Krohg *''Mannfolk'', novel by Arne Garborg Notable births *2 January - Elise Ottesen-Jensen, sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator (died 1973) *6 January - Hans Oskar Evju, politician (died 1967) *11 January – Johannes Lid, botanist (died (1971)). *23 January – Halvard Olsen, politician and trade unionist (died 1966). *18 February – Trygve Bøyesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1963) *20 February – Jørgen Andersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1973) *22 February – Nils Voss, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974) *3 March – Tore Ørjasæter, poet (died 1968) *4 March – Ola Solberg, newspaper editor and politician (died 1977) *16 March – Sigurd Smebye, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1954) *2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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