Events in the year 1821 in Norway.

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

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

* 1 August - The Nobility of Norway is abolished. *

Fredrik Meltzer Fredrik Meltzer (29 September 1779 – 17 December 1855) was a Norwegian businessman and representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. He is perhaps best known for designing the flag of Norway. Biography Fredrik M ...

designs the modern

flag of Norway The national flag of Norway ( nb, Norges flagg; nn, Noregs flagg; ) is red with a navy blue Scandinavian cross fimbriated in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style ...

to replace the modified Danish and Swedish flags then in use. * Thomas Fasting became the first individual ever convicted in an

impeachment Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct. It may be understood as a unique process involving both political and legal elements. In ...

trial by the Norwegian Constitutional Court of the Realm (''Riksrett'').

Arts and literature

Births

*2 May –

Jens Andreas Friis Jens Andreas Friis (2 May 1821 – 16 February 1896) was a Norwegian philologist, lexicographer and author. He was a university professor and a prominent linguist in the languages spoken by the Sami people. He is widely recognized as the found ...

, linguist and author (d.1896) *14 July – Jens Holmboe, politician and Minister (d.1891) *17 August –

Jacob Andreas Michelsen Jacob Andreas Michelsen (17 August 1821 – 12 October 1902) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician, also known as the father of Christian Michelsen. He was the son of Tollach Michelsen, a manual labourer with roots in the Egersund distric ...

, businessperson and politician (d.1902) *23 August – Christian Collett Kjerschow, politician (d.1889) *24 October –

James DeNoon Reymert James DeNoon Reymert (October 24, 1821 – March 25, 1896) was an American newspaper editor, mine operator, lawyer and politician. He was a pioneer settler in Wisconsin Territory, early elected official in the state of Wisconsin and founded the fi ...

, newspaper editor, mine operator, lawyer and politician (d.1896) *18 November – Johan Jørgen Lange Hanssen, politician (d.1889)

Full date unknown

* Eilev Jonsson Steintjønndalen,

Hardanger fiddle A Hardanger fiddle ( no, hardingfele) is a traditional stringed instrument considered to be the national instrument of Norway. In modern designs, this type of fiddle is very similar to the violin, though with eight or nine strings (rather than fo ...

maker (d.1876)

Deaths

*14 January –

Jens Zetlitz Jens Zetlitz (26 January 1761 – 14 January 1821) was a Norwegian priest and poet. Zetlitz was born at Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway. At the close of the 18th century he traveled to the University of Copenhagen to study theology. He became a ...

, priest and poet (b.1761) *5 March –

Gabriel Schanche Kielland Gabriel Schanche Kielland (4 March 1760 – 5 March 1821) was a businessman and ship owner in the city of Stavanger in Norway. In 1790 he took control of the family business ''Jacob Kielland & Søn'' and soon became one of the wealthiest and mos ...

, businessman and ship owner (b.

1760 Events January–March * January 9 – Battle of Barari Ghat: Afghan forces defeat the Marathas. * January 22 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Wandiwash, India: British general Sir Eyre Coote is victorious over the Fr ...

) *20 May –

Abraham Pihl Abraham Pihl (3 October 1756 – 20 May 1821) was a Norwegian clergyman, astronomer, and architect. Biography Abraham Pihl was born in Gausdal, in Oppland county, Norway. He completed priest study at the University of Copenhagen in 1783 wher ...

, clergyman, astronomer and architect (b.1756). *21 November –

Jonas Rein Jonas Rein (30 January 1760 – 21 November 1821) was a Norwegian priest, poet and member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. Background He was born at Øksendal in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. He was the son of parish prie ...

, priest, poet and member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll (b.1760)

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