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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] |
Samuel Mathiassen Føyn
Samuel Mathiassen Føyn (2 November 1786 – 9 August 1854) was a Norwegian ship-owner and politician. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1830, 1842 and 1848, representing the constituency of Tønsberg. He worked as a ship-owner, merchant and farmer in that city.Samuel Mathiassen Føyn — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) References 1786 births 1854 deaths Norwegian businesspeople[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1866 In Norway
Events in the year 1866 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Charles IV Events * 5 March – The official inauguration of the Parliament of Norway Building ( no, Stortingsbygningen). Arts and literature *Erika Nissen, pianist, makes her concert debut in Berlin Births January to June *5 January – Johan Gjøstein, educator, newspaper editor and politician (died 1935) *21 January – Olaus Alvestad, educator and newspaper editor (died 1903) *15 March – Johan Vaaler, inventor (died 1910) *25 April – Aasulv Olsen Bryggesaa, politician and Minister (died 1922) *29 April – Kristian Prestgard, editor of ''Decorah-Posten'' (died 1946) *10 May – Thorolf Holmboe, painter (died 1935) *24 June – Peter Karl Holmesland, jurist and politician (died 1933) July to December *29 July – Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland, architect (died 1926) *12 August – Johan Opsahl, politician *2 September – August Herman Halvorsen, politician (died 1929) *13 September – Ole Østmo, rifle shoot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow
Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow (29 June 1786 – 24 November 1866) was a Norwegian clergyman. Biography He was born at Rødøy in Nordland, Norway. He was the son of the Danish-born priest Rasmus Sundt Christensen Kjerschow (1739–1806) and his wife Benedicte Maria Pedersdatter Hersleb (born 1744). His father was a vicar in Brønnøy, who had migrated to Norway from Jutland. He was a student at Trondheim Cathedral School and earned his cand.theol. in 1808. From 1814, he was a resident chapel in Aker Prestegjeld, where he served under parish priest Claus Pavels (1769–1822). In 1823, he became a parish priest in Aker. In 1830, he was added as the second bishop of the Diocese of Tromsø. He was a bishop in the Church of Norway for twenty-seven years; first in Tromsø from 1830 to 1848 and later in the Diocese of Bjørgvin from 1848 to 1857. Personal life Peder Kjerschow married Johanne Benedicte Collett (1802–1851), [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1859 In Norway
Events in the year 1859 in Norway. Incumbents *List of Norwegian monarchs, Monarch: Oscar I of Sweden, Oscar I (until 8 July); then Charles XV of Sweden, Charles IV. Events *8 July – Charles XV of Sweden, Charles XV succeeds his father Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (as Charles IV) Arts and literature Notable births *28 January – Ambrosia Tønnesen, sculptor (died 1948 in Norway, 1948). *5 April – Harald Smedal, politician and Minister (died 1911) *15 May – Olav Bjørkum, politician (died 1936) *23 June – Daniel Isaachsen (physicist), Daniel Isaachsen, physicist (died 1940) *29 June – Ragnvald Bødtker, engineer (died 1946) *30 July – Christian Sparre, politician (died 1940) *4 August – Knut Hamsun, author, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (died 1952) *29 August – Thomas Vigner Christiansen Haaland, politician (died 1913) *7 October – Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup, businessperson (died 1931) *11 November – Belle Gunness, serial killer *15 November †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1852 In Norway
Events in the year 1852 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Oscar I Events *The Sami revolt in Guovdageaidnu. Arts and literature Births *10 February – Svend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt, jurist and politician (died 1923) *13 August – Christian Krohg, painter, illustrator, author and journalist (died 1925) *4 September – Eilif Peterssen, painter (died 1928) *5 September – Hans Henrik Reusch, geologist (died 1922) *23 December – Jens Ludvig Andersen Aars, politician (died 1919) Full date unknown *Erik Enge, politician and Minister (died 1933) * Gunnar Olavsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1938) Deaths *8 June – Johan Bülow Wamberg, politician, (born 1786) *3 July – Jonas Schanche Kielland, consul and politician (born 1791) *12 October – Haagen Ludvig Bergh, politician (born 1809 Events January–March * January 5 – The Treaty of the Dardanelles, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Ottoman Empire, is conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Norwegian Monarchs
The list of Norwegian monarchs ( no, kongerekken or ''kongerekka'') begins in 872: the traditional dating of the Battle of Hafrsfjord, after which victorious King Harald Fairhair merged several petty kingdoms into that of his father. Named after the homonymous geographical region, Harald's realm was later to be known as the Kingdom of Norway. Traditionally established in 872 and existing continuously for over 1,100 years, the Kingdom of Norway is one of the original states of Europe: King Harald V, who has reigned since 1991, is the 64th monarch according to the official list. During interregna, Norway has been ruled by variously titled regents. Several royal dynasties have possessed the Throne of the Kingdom of Norway: the more prominent include the Fairhair dynasty (872–970), the House of Sverre (1184–1319), and the House of Oldenburg (1450–1481, 1483–1533, 1537–1814, and from 1905) including branches Holstein-Gottorp (1814–1818) and Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Bülow Wamberg
Johan Bülow Wamberg (15 May 1786 – 8 June 1852) was a Norwegian politician. He was born in Hvideseid as the son of Nils Wamberg and his wife Sussanne Sophie Saxe. His father had migrated from Denmark to work as a district stipendiary magistrate. Johan B. Wamberg was to a large degree raised by politician and businessperson Niels Aall. He went on to found his own company in Skien. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1827, representing the constituency of ''Skien og Porsgrund''. He served only one term.Johan Bulow Wamberg – Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) Around 1830 he was appointed chief customs surveyor in Farsund. He moved to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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