1815 in Norway
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Events in the year 1815 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 31 July - The 1815 Act of Union was passed by the Storting.
- 30 April â Population Census: Norway had 885,431 inhabitants.
- The Supreme Court of Norway was established on the basis of the Constitution of Norway's §88, prescribing an independent judiciary.
Births
- 19 February â Elise Wærenskjold, Norwegian-American pioneer in Texas (d. 1895)
- 25 March â Johan Henrik Andresen, merchant, factory owner and politician (died 1874).[2]
- 4 April â Johannes Wilhelm Christian Dietrichson, Lutheran Minister (d. 1883)
- 3 May â Mads Langaard, brewery owner and industrialist (d.1891).[3]
- 4 July â Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, physician (d.1894)
- 23 July â Johan Christian Johnsen, politician (d.1898)
- 30 July â Herman Severin Løvenskiold, composer (d.1870)
- 15 September â Halfdan Kjerulf, composer (d.1868)
Full date unknown
- Nicolai Friis, politician (d.1888)
- Hans Peder Johansen Hafslund, politician
- Thomas Henrik Hammer, jurist and politician (d.1900)
- Hans Gerhard Colbjørnsen Meldahl, jurist and politician (d.1877)
- Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland, military officer, cartographer and skiing pioneer (d.1895)
Deaths
- 20 February - Maren Juel, landowner (b.1749)
- 9 December - Catharina Lysholm, businesswoman and ship-owner (b.1744)
