1823 in Norway
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Events in the year 1823 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- King Carl III (Karl Johan) ordered to build the royal palace in Christiania.
- Bergens Sparebank was established. It is Norway's second oldest bank.
Arts and literature
- Det Dramatiske Selskab in Stavanger was founded.
Births
- 6 January â Aimar August Sørenssen, politician and Minister (d.1908)
- 14 April â Christian Jensen, politician and Minister (d.1884)
- 7 June â Jørgen Breder Faye, banker and politician (d.1908)
- 20 July â Jacob Dybwad, bookseller and publisher (d. 1899).[2]
- 8 October â Sivert Andreas Nielsen, politician (d.1904)
- 26 November â Thomas Tellefsen, pianist and composer (d.1874)
- 21 December â Asbjørn Kloster, social reformer and leader of the Norwegian temperance movement. (d. 1876 in Norway)
Full date unknown
- Lars Christian Dahll, politician and Minister (d.1908)
- Simon Pedersen Holmesland, politician (d.1895)
- Sofie Parelius, actress (died 1902)
Deaths
- 16 December - Hans Carl Knudtzon, merchant, ship-owner and politician (b. 1751)
