Events in the year 1844 in Norway.

Incumbents

* Monarch: Charles III John (until 8 March); then Oscar I.

Events

*8 March – King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway * 1118 July The 4th Scandinavian Scientist Conference is held in Oslo.

Undated

* 1844 Norwegian parliamentary election * Utsira Lighthouse is established.

Arts and literature

Births

*19 February – Mathilde Schjøtt, writer, literary critic, biographer and feminist (died

1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...

). *2 March –

Ole Larsen Skattebøl Ole Larsen Skattebøl (2 March 1844 – 8 June 1929) was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Ål. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1877, representing the constituency of Buskeruds Amt, and wa ...

, judge and politician (d.

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

) *8 March –

Jens Jonas Jansen Jens Jonas Elstrand Jansen (8 March 1844 – 1 August 1912) was a Norwegian priest, teacher and columnist. Biography He was born in Hobøl as a son of priest David Middelthon Jansen and his wife Eleonore Cathrine Elstrand. In May 1883 he married ...

, priest (d.

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...

) *22 March – Sven Oftedal, helped found the Lutheran Free Church (d.

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

) *23 May – Klaus Hanssen, physician and politician *15 July –

Thorbjorn N. Mohn Thorbjorn Nelson Mohn, born Torbjørn Nilsen Moen (July 15, 1844 - November 18, 1899) was an American Lutheran church leader and the first president of St. Olaf College. Background Torbjørn Nilsen Moen was born in Saude, Norway on July 15, 184 ...

, American Lutheran church leader and the first president of

St. Olaf College St. Olaf College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American pastors and farmers led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus. The college is named after the King and the Patron Saint Olaf ...

(d. 1899) *8 August – Alf Collett, writer (d.

1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...

) *11 September –

N. O. Nelson Nils Olas Nelson (September 11, 1844 – October 5, 1922) was an American industrialist and businessman who was the founder of the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company. Background Nelson was born the son of Anders Nelson at Lillesand in Aust-Agder, ...

, founder of the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company (d. 1922) *2 October – Peter Harboe Castberg, banker (d.

) *29 December – Brynild Anundsen, founder of '' Decorah Posten'' (d.1913)

Full date unknown

* Oluf Hansen Hagen, politician *

Nils Otto Hesselberg Nils Otto Hesselberg (1844-1929) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was Chief of Kristiania Police department (1883-1906), secretary to Norway's Council of State (1906-1920), and was appointed state secretary in the first governm ...

, politician (d.

) *

Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρισ ...

, politician and Minister (d.

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ...

) *

Steinar Schjøtt Steinar Schjøtt (13 November 1844 – 11 January 1920) was a Norwegian educator, philologist and lexicographer. Personal life Steinar Schjøtt was born to priest and politician Ole Hersted Schjøtt (1805-1848) and his wife Anna Jacobine, n ...

, philologist and lexicographer (d.

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

) *

Oscar Wergeland Oscar Arnold Wergeland (12 October 1844 – 20 May 1910) was a Norwegian painter. He is best known for his historical painting of the Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll (''Riksforsamlingen på Eidsvoll 1814''). Two of his paintings are held in t ...

, painter (d.

1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...

)

Deaths

*4 August –

Jacob Aall Jacob Aall (27 July 1773 – 4 August 1844) was a Norwegian politician, historian, landowner and government economist. He was born the son of Nicolai Benjamin Aall (1739-1798), who was a merchant in Porsgrunn, Norway and owner of Ulefos Manor ...

, historian and statesman (b.

1773 Events January–March * January 1 – The hymn that becomes known as ''Amazing Grace'', at this time titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17", is first used to accompany a sermon led by curate John Newton in the town of Olney, Bucking ...

)

References

{{Year in Europe, 1844