Events in the year 1848 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 ...

: Oscar I.

Events

Ålesund Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrative ...

received

city rights Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...

. * 10–12 March – March riots: after the newspaper ''

Morgenbladet ''Morgenbladet'' is a Norwegian weekly, newspaper, covering politics, culture and science. History ''Morgenbladet'' was founded in 1819 by the book printer Niels Wulfsberg. The paper is the country's first daily newspaper; however, Adresseavi ...

'' publishes news of the

French Revolution of 1848 The French Revolution of 1848 (french: Révolution française de 1848), also known as the February Revolution (), was a brief period of civil unrest in France, in February 1848, that led to the collapse of the July Monarchy and the foundation ...

, some 100 youths gather to make catcalls outside the house of the newspaper's editor,

Adolf Bredo Stabell Adolf Bredo Stabell (19 November 1807 – 21 November 1865) was a Norwegian newspaper editor, banker and politician. He was born in Trondhjem (now Trondheim) as a son of Nicolai Bredo Stabell (1736–1817) and Karen Bolette Grøgaard (1769–1 ...

, in Christiania. Counter-demonstrations, in support of the French revolution and against a local ban on trade on Sundays, involved up to 3–4,000 people and led to clashes with the police and the military. Some 70 people were arrested. * 21 May – Fatal accident in

Vanse Church Vanse Church ( no, Vanse kirke; historic: ) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Farsund Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vanse. It is the main church for the Lista parish which is part of the Lister o ...

where eight people were killed and several were injured. The accident occurred when there arose panic in the crowded church and several people were trampled to death. * 27 December –

Marcus Thrane Marcus Møller Thrane (14 October 1817 – 30 April 1890) was a Norwegian author, journalist, and the leader of the first labour movement in Norway. It was later known as the Thrane movement (''Thranebevegelsen''). Early life Thrane was bo ...

founded

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken (county), Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and village ...

s arbeiderforening (Drammen Labour Union). *

Christiania Bank Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, branded domestically as Kreditkassen or K-Bank and internationally as Christiania Bank was a Norway, Norwegian bank that existed between 1848 and 2000 when it merger, merged with MeritaNordbanken and became Nordea ...

was founded. * Fred. Olsen & Co. was founded.

Arts and literature

* '' Bridal Procession on the Hardangerfjord'' was painted.

Notable births

*3 February –

Jørgen Løvland Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland (3 February 1848 – 21 August 1922) was a Norwegian educator and civil servant of the Liberal Party who served as the 10th prime minister of Norway from 1907 to 1908. Background Løvland was born at Lauvland in Evj ...

, politician and

Prime Minister of Norway The prime minister of Norway ( no, statsminister, which directly translates to "minister of state") is the head of government and chief executive of Norway. The prime minister and Cabinet (consisting of all the most senior government department ...

(d.1922) *1 March – Caroline Schytte Jensen, writer and composer (died

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

). *2 May – Hans Gabriel Nissen Buck, physician and politician (d.1924) *17 May – Erik Jørgensen, master gunsmith (d.1896) *27 May –

Johan Bøgh Johan Wallace Hagelsteen Bøgh (27 May 1848 – 22 July 1933) was a Norwegian museum director and art historian based in the city of Bergen. Personal life He was born in Bergen as the son of district stipendiary magistrate Ole Bøgh (1810–1872) ...

, museum director and art historian (d.1933) *12 June –

Nordahl Rolfsen Johan Nordahl Brun Rolfsen (12 June 1848 – 18 January 1928) was a Norwegian writer, educationalist and teacher, journalist, translator and speaker. He is best known for the series of five readers for elementary school, (1892–1895), w ...

, writer, educationalist and teacher, journalist, translator and speaker (d.1928) *20 June –

Jens Carl Peter Brandt Jens Carl Peter Brandt (20 June 1848 – 10 August 1912) was a Norwegian lawyer, property owner and politician with the Conservative Party. He was born on the Froen farm of Frogn parish (''Froen gård i Frogn'') in Akershus, Norway. He was the so ...

, businessperson and politician (d.1912) *19 September –

Gunnar Knudsen Gunnar Knudsen (19 September 1848 – 1 December 1928), born Aanon Gunerius Knudsen, was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Norway twice from 1908 to 1910 and from 1913 to 1920. He also inherited ...

, politician and twice

(d.1928) *22 November –

Lars Holst Lars Kristian Holst (22 November 1848 – 31 May 1915) was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor and politician. Biography Holst was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of shipmaster Søren Dalholt Holst (1811–84) and Catharina Krohn (18 ...

, journalist, newspaper editor and politician (d.1915). *16 December –

Georg Sverdrup Georg Sverdrup (born Jørgen Sverdrup; 25 April 1770 – 8 December 1850) was a Norwegian statesman, best known as one of the presidents of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in Eidsvoll in 1814. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament and ...

, theologian and educator (d.1907) *21 December –

Viggo Ullmann Johan Christian Viggo Ullmann (21 December 1848 – 30 August 1910) was a Norwegian educator and politician with Venstre, the Norwegian social-liberal party. He was the son of the author Vilhelmine Ullmann, brother of the feminist Ragna Nielsen ...

, educator and politician (d.1910)

Full date unknown

Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen (23 September 1848 – 4 October 1895) was a Norwegian-American author and college professor. He is best remembered for his novel ''Gunnar: A Tale of Norse Life'', which is generally considered to have been the first novel ...

, author and college professor in America (d.1895) *

Holm Hansen Munthe Holm Hansen Munthe (1 January 1848 – 23 May 1898) was a Norwegian architect. He was a leading representative of dragon style architecture (''Dragestil'') which originated in Norway and was widely used principally between 1880 and 1910 ...

, architect (d.1898) *

Kristian Mauritz Mustad Kristian Mauritz Mustad (28 February 1848 – 26 December 1913) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1883, representing the constituency of Kristians Amt. He was re-elected in 1886, 1889 ...

, politician (d.1913) *

Henrik Nissen Johannes Henrik Nissen ( 21 April 1848 – 4 June 1915) was a Norwegian architect. Personal life He was born in Christiania as a son of school manager Hartvig Nissen (1815–1874) and Karen Magdalena Aas (1820–1900). He was a great-grandson ...

, architect (d.1915) *

Andreas Lauritz Thune Andreas Lauritz Thune (9 April 1848 – 20 April 1920) was a Norwegian engineer and businessman. He was associated with the company Thunes Mekaniske Værksted. Biography He was born at Drammen in Buskerud, Norway. His grandfather, Anders Pau ...

, engineer and businessman (d.1920)

Notable deaths

*2 January –

Frederik Motzfeldt Frederik Motzfeldt (2 November 1779 – 2 January 1848) was a Norwegian politician. He was a member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. Motzfeldt was born at Skaun in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. He was raised in Trondhjem ...

, politician (born 1779). *5 February – Hans Munk, physician (born 1770) *25 March –

Nicolai Wergeland Nicolai Wergeland (9 November 1780 – 25 March 1848) was a Norwegian minister, writer and politician, and a member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll that wrote the Constitution of Norway on 17 May 1814. He was elected as one of ...

, priest, writer and politician (born 1780). *30 March – Jonas Anton Hielm, jurist and politician (born

1782 Events January–March * January 7 – The first American commercial bank (Bank of North America) opens. * January 15 – Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the United States Congress to recommend establish ...

) *20 December –

Ole Høiland Ole Pedersen Høiland (1797 – 20 December 1848) was a renowned Norwegian Burglary, burglar and jail-breaker. He was arrested several times for theft; he became legendary for his many successful escapes, and for his spectacular robbery of Nor ...

, burglar and jail-breaker (born

1797 Events January–March * January 3 – The Treaty of Tripoli, a peace treaty between the United States and Ottoman Tripolitania, is signed at Algiers (''see also'' 1796). * January 7 – The parliament of the Cisalpine Re ...

) *24 December –

Hans Nicolai Lange Hans Nicolai Lange (2 December 1795 – 24 December 1848) was a Norwegian priest and politician. Biography He was born at Jevnaker in Oppland, Norway. He was the son of Johan Jørgen Lange (1754-1814) and Dorothea Helena Larsen (1771-1824). ...

, priest and politician (born 1795)

Full date unknown

* Ole Hersted Schjøtt, clergyman and politician (born 1805)

References

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