1845 in Norway
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Events in the year 1845 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- Skutterudite, a mineral containing nickel and iron, was discovered. The discovery was made in Skuterud Mines, Modum, Buskerud.
- The twelfth Storting convened, following the 1844 election.
- 16 July - The Dissenter Act was enacted.
- The town of Namsos is founded.
- The town of Sandefjord is founded.
- The town of Svelvik is founded.
- The town of Brevik is founded.
Notable births
- 10 January â Jørund Telnes, farmer, teacher, writer and politician (d. 1892).[2]
- 17 January â Erika Nissen, pianist (d. 1903)
- 7 March â Jens Braage Halvorsen, librarian, magazine editor and literary historian (d. 1900).[3]
- 27 March â Jakob Sverdrup, bishop and politician (d. 1899).[4]
- 18 June â Gustav Storm, historian (d. 1903).[5]
- 15 July â Christian Holtermann Knudsen, typographer, newspaper editor, publisher, trade unionist and politician (d. 1929)
- 17 July â Ragna Vilhelmine Nielsen, pedagogue and feminist (d. 1924)
- 6 August â Edvard Liljedahl, politician and Minister (d. 1924)
- 5 September â Hans Hein Theodor Nysom, politician (d. 1903)
- 9 September â Christen Christensen, shipyard owner, ship-owner and whaling manager (d. 1923)
- 28 September â Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck, dermatologist (d. 1917)
- 10 October â Anton Jörgen Andersen, composer (d. 1926)
- 7 December â Tinius Olsen, Norwegian American engineer and inventor (d. 1932)
Full date unknown
- Sofus Arctander, politician and Minister (d. 1924)
- Peter Olaf Debes, politician
- Hans Jensen Haga, politician
- Ludwig Andreas Olsen, United States Navy sailor awarded two Medals of Honor (d. 1886)
- Ole Andres Olsen, Seventh-day Adventist minister and administrator (d. 1915)
- Oscar Ludvig Stoud Platou, jurist and professor (d. 1929)
- Jon Eilevsson Steintjønndalen, Hardanger fiddle maker (d. 1902)
Notable deaths
- 13 February â Henrik Steffens, philosopher, scientist, and poet (b. 1773)
- 29 March â Ingebrigt Belle, peasant agitator (b. 1773)[6]
- 17 May â Christopher Borgersen Hoen, farmer and politician (b. 1767).[7]
- 12 July â Henrik Wergeland, poet (b. 1808)
- 22 October â Fredrik Riis, civil servant (b. 1789)
- 31 October â Johan Reinhardt, professor in zoology (b. 1778)
Full date unknown
- Erich Haagensen Jaabech, farmer and politician (b. 1761)
- Christian Sørenssen, bishop and politician
