1825 in Norway
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Events in the year 1825 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 4 July â The sloop Restauration set sail from Stavanger to New York City. It is considered the first organized emigration from Norway to the United States.
- 27 November â Population Census: Norway had 1,051,318 inhabitants.
Arts and literature
- Det Dramatiske Selskab in Egersund is founded.
Births
- 13 March â Hans Gude, painter (d.1903)
- 30 March â Theodor Kjerulf, geologist and poet (d.1888)
- 28 April â Lorenz Juhl Vogt, politician (d.1901)
- 1 June â Jacob Aall Ottesen, Norwegian American minister, theologian and church leader (died 1904)
- 10 June â Sondre Norheim, skier and pioneer of modern skiing (d.1897)
- 16 June â Herman Amberg Preus, Norwegian American Lutheran clergyman and church leader (died 1894)
- 9 October â Oluf Andreas Aabel, priest and writer (d.1895)
- 24 October â Carl Anton Bjerknes, mathematician and physicist (d.1903)
- 17 November â Jacob Kielland, naval officer and politician (d.1889)
Full date unknown
- Carl Johan Severin Steen, politician (d.1874)
Deaths
- 2 February â Laurents Hallager, physician and lexicographer (born 1777)[2]
- 18 March â Henriette Mathiesen, culture personality (born 1762)
- 12 August â Magdalene Sophie Buchholm, poet (born 1758)
