1841 in Norway
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Events in the year 1841 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 27 February â Frederik Due succeeds Severin Løvenskiold as prime minister, when Løvenskiold is appointed Governor-general of Norway.[2]
Arts and literature
- The poem «Vi ere en Nation, vi med» is first published. It was written by Henrik Wergeland.
Births
- 23 May â Karen Sundt, writer (died 1924).[3]
- 29 July â Gerhard Armauer Hansen, physician (died 1912)
- 21 August â Carl Willoch Ludvig Horn, educator, textbook writer and politician (died 1913).[4]
- 10 September â Thore Torkildsen Foss, politician (died 1913)
- 1 October â Sophus Christian Munk Aars, civil servant and writer (died 1931)
- 27 November â Nikoline Harbitz, author (died 1898).[5]
- 13 December â Olaf Wilhelm Petersen, military officer and sports official (died 1909).[6]
Full date unknown
- Lars Anton Nicolai Larsen-Naur, politician (died 1896)
Deaths
- 12 June â Hans Jørgen Reutz Synnestvedt, military officer and politician (b. 1777)
- 21 October â Niels Hertzberg, priest and politician (b. 1759).[7]
- 21 November â Thomas Fasting, naval officer and government minister (b. 1769)
- 15 December â Jacob Hersleb Darre, priest, member of the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly (born 1757).[8]
Full date unknown
- Osmund Andersen Lømsland, farmer and politician (b. 1765)
- Jens Schou Fabricius, politician (b. 1758)
