1849 in Norway
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Events in the year 1849 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 21 March â Hamar was refounded as a city (lost its city status in 1587).
- 26 July â The official inauguration of the Norwegian Royal Palace (Norwegian: Slottet or formally Det kongelige slott), which occurred during the reign of Oscar I.
- Ryvarden Lighthouse was established.[2]
Births
- 18 February â Alexander Kielland, novelist (died 1906)
- 8 March â Eduard Boeckmann, Norwegian American ophthalmologist, physician and inventor. (died 1927)
- 9 March â Nils P. Haugen, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (died 1931)
- 5 June â Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen, bishop and politician (died 1909)
- 15 December â Amund B. Larsen, linguist (died 1928)
- 19 December â Joachim Grieg, ship broker and politician (died 1932).[3]
Full date unknown
- Marcus Olaus Bockman, priest and theologian (died 1942)
- Hans Dahl, painter (died 1937)
- Johan Leonard Hagen, politician
- Jon Eriksson Helland II, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1869)
- Birger Kildal, politician and Minister (died 1913)
- Christian Fredrik Sissenèr, property owner and politician (died 1903)
Deaths
- 13 May â Gjest Baardsen, outlaw, jail-breaker, non-fiction writer, songwriter and memoirist (born 1791).[4]
- 6 July â Olaf Rye, military officer (born 1791)
- 10 October â Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie, a Norwegian constitutional father, known for being the constitutional assembly's writer (born 1778)
- 6 December â Peder Olivarius Bugge, bishop (born 1764)
