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1794 In Norway
Events in the year 1794 in Norway. Incumbents *List of Norwegian monarchs, Monarch: Christian VII. Events *Tromsø was issued its city charter. *Fru Haugans Hotel in Mosjøen is founded (Northern Norway's oldest hotel in continuous operation). Arts and literature * Det Dramatiske Selskab in Bergen is founded. Births *9 April – Søren Christian Sommerfelt, priest and botanist (d. 1838 in Norway, 1838). *5 July - Maurits Hansen, writer (d.1842 in Norway, 1842) *22 July - Peter Hersleb Harboe Castberg, priest and politician (d.1858 in Norway, 1858) Full date unknown *Johan Peder Basberg, politician *Jo Gjende, outdoorsman and freethinker (d.1884 in Norway, 1884) Deaths *29 September - Edvard Storm, poet (b.1749 in Norway, 1749) See also References {{Year in Europe, 1794 1794 in Norway, ... [...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] |
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] |
Edvard Storm
Edvard Storm (21 August 1749 – 29 September 1794) was a Norwegian poet, songwriter and educator. His writings were frequently characterized by the Norwegian romantic nationalism common to the age. Background Storm was from Vågå in Oppland, Norway. He was the son of Johan Storm (1712–76), the parish priest at Vågå Church, and his second wife, Ingeborg Birgitta Røring (1718–1760). The early years of his life were spent in the Vågå Rectory (''Vågåkyrkja''). He began formal schooling in 1756 in Oslo, Christiania (now Oslo). In 1765 he took the entry examination for Copenhagen University, but waited until later to enter. For a period he was a teacher in Lesja, but he returned for 1766–1769 in his childhood home. In July 1769, Storm left home to begin serious study in Copenhagen. It is commonly thought he pursued theology but he never took the official examination. Despite being from Norway, he did not join the Norske Selskab, a literary club formed in 1772 for Norwegia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 In Norway
Events in the year 1884 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Oscar II *Prime Minister: Christian August Selmer (impeached) *Prime Minister: Christian Homann Schweigaard (April to June) *Prime Minister: Johan Sverdrup Events *Prime Minister Christian August Selmer is impeached and removed from office. *28 January – The Liberal Party is founded. *10 February – Jon Hol is imprisoned for his pamphlet ''Rifleringen''. *3 April – April ministerium begins. *26 June – Christian Homann Schweigaard's ministerium ends. *Norwegian Association for Women's Rights (''Norsk Kvinnesaksforening'') is founded. * Women in Norway are allowed to study. Arts and literature *''The Wild Duck'' by Henrik Ibsen is written. Births January to June *8 January – Nils Andresson Lavik, politician (died 1966) *9 January – Sigge Johannessen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (died 1974) *15 January – Anton Aure, bibliographer (died 1924). *24 January – Jens Lunde, politician (died 1974) *9 Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Gjende
Jo Gjende (1794 – 27 February 1884) was a Norwegian outdoorsman and freethinker. He is believed to have been the model for Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt. He was born in Vågå, the son of Tjøstolv Olsson Kleppe of Sygaard (a well-known rabble-rouser, also called "Galin-Tjøstolv", who died in 1797) and Marit Pedersdotter (died 1803) from Horgje in Heidal. He had four siblings. He lived during the period 1803–18 with his maternal aunt on Heringstad farm in Heidal and later took over the farm. He was well known for reindeer hunting and sharpshooting in the Jotunheimen mountains and built many cabins or huts at Lake Gjende. He moved there in 1842. In 1850 he bought the mountain farm Brurusten in Murudal from Jakob Kleiven. He took the name John Gjendin, and shortened it to Jo Gjende in his later days. He was publicly skeptical about established Christianity. Occupied by natural philosophy, he participated frequently in discussions with the local minister. As a result, he was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Peder Basberg
Johan Peder Basberg (1794–??) was a Norwegian politician. In 1854 he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years base ..., representing the constituency of Brevig. He worked as surveyor of customs and excise in that town.Johan Peder Basberg — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He served only one term. References 1794 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1858 In Norway
Events in the year 1858 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Oscar I. Events *14 April – The 1858 Christiania fire. Several city blocks were destroyed, 41 buildings burned down, and around 1,000 persons lost their homes. Arts and literature Births January to June *7 January – Andreas Kaddeland, physician and politician *17 February – Hans Georg Jacob Stang, politician and Minister (died 1907) * 7 March – Cecilie Thoresen Krog, woman’s rights pioneer (died 1911). *7 April – Haaken L. Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson (died 1930) *19 April – Oddmund Vik, politician (died 1930) * 9 May Hanna Hoffmann, sculptor and silversmith (born 1917) *10 May – Schak Bull, architect (died 1956) *27 June – Magne Johnsen Rongved, politician (died 1933) July to December *27 August – Per Winge, conductor, pianist and composer (died 1935) *24 September – Christian Meidell Kahrs, businessperson and politician *28 October – Nordal Wille, botanist (died 1924) *29 Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hersleb Harboe Castberg
Peter Hersleb Harboe Castberg (22 July 1794 – 10 June 1858) was a Norwegian priest and politician. Personal life Peter Hersleb Harboe Castberg was born in Bergen as the son of Tycho Didrich Castberg (1755–1801) and his wife Helene Margaretha Calmeyer (1764–1830).Peter Hersleb Harboe Castberg genealogy (vestraat.net) He had several brothers and sisters. /ref> Johan Castberg married Anne Margrethe Zimmer Henchel. They had five sons and three daughters, although two children died while young. Their son |
1842 In Norway
Events in the year 1842 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Charles III John Events * Porsgrunn was granted full city status. Limited city status was granted in 1807. * Flekkefjord was granted full city status. * Lillehammer was granted full city status. * The Norwegian Missionary Society was founded in Stavanger. * The eleventh Storting convened, following the 1841 election. * The Conventicle Act was repealed. * The Witchcraft Act (''Trolldomslov'') is abolished. Arts and literature * Ivar Aasen commenced his research on rural dialects all across Norway Births January to June *16 March – Theodor Nilsen Stousland, politician (d.1910). *1 April – Edmund Neupert, pianist and composer (d.1888) *12 June – Rikard Nordraak, composer (d.1866) *26 May – Evald Rygh, banker, politician and Minister (d.1913) July to December *6 August – Karl Gether Bomhoff, pharmacist, politician and Governor of the Central Bank of Norway (d. 1925). *31 August – Ole Bornemann Bull, ophthalmol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurits Hansen
Maurits Christopher Hansen (5 July 1794 – 16 March 1842) was a Norwegian writer. He was born in Modum as a son of Carl Hansen (1757–1826) and Abigael Wulfsberg (1758–1823). In October 1816 he married teacher Helvig Leschly (1789–1874). He was a father-in-law of Eilert Sundt, and thus grandfather of Einar Sundt. He is recognized for his contribution to a diversity of genres and the introduction of the novel in Norway. He was a major contributor to the Norwegian Romantic Movement. He also wrote one of the world's first crime novels with "Mordet på Maskinbygger Roolfsen" ("The Murder of Engine Maker Roolfsen") in 1839, two years before Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" in 1841. After attending Oslo Cathedral School from 1809 and completing his examen artium in 1814, he worked as a teacher in Trondheim from 1820 and in Kongsberg from 1826. He was a fellow of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters in Trondheim, but was not appointed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Helle
Knut Helle (19 December 1930 – 27 June 2015) was a Norwegian historian. A professor at the University of Bergen from 1973 to 2000, he specialized in the late medieval history of Norway. He has contributed to several large works. Early life, education and marriage He was born in Larvik as the son of school inspector Hermann Olai Helle (1893–1973) and teacher Berta Marie Malm (1906–1991). He was the older brother of politician Ingvar Lars Helle. The family moved to Hetland when Knut Helle was seventeen years old. He took the examen artium in Stavanger in 1949, and a teacher's education in Kristiansand in 1952. He studied philology in Oslo and Bergen, and graduated with the cand.philol. degree in 1957. His paper ''Omkring Bǫglungasǫgur'', on the Bagler sagas, was printed in 1959. In December 1957 he married Karen Blauuw, who would later become a professor. Helle's marriage to Blauuw was dissolved in 1985. In October 1987 Helle married museum director and professor of mediev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norsk Biografisk Leksikon
is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia. The first edition (NBL1) was issued between 1921 and 1983, including 19 volumes and 5,100 articles. It was published by Aschehoug with economic support from the state. bought the rights to NBL1 from Aschehoug in 1995, and after a pre-project in 1996–97 the work for a new edition began in 1998. The project had economic support from the Fritt Ord Foundation and the Ministry of Culture, and the second edition (NBL2) was launched in the years 1999–2005, including 10 volumes and around 5,700 articles. In 2006 the work for an electronic edition of NBL2 began, with support from the same institutions. In 2009 an Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ... edition, with free access, was released by together with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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