1844 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Charles III John (until 8 March); then Oscar I.
• First Minister: Nicolai Krog

Events

• 8 March – King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway
• 1118 July The 4th Scandinavian Scientist Conference is held in Oslo.

Undated

• 1844 Norwegian parliamentary election
• Utsira Lighthouse is established.

Births

• 19 February – Mathilde Schjøtt, writer, literary critic, biographer and feminist (died 1926).
• 2 March – Ole Larsen Skattebøl, judge and politician (d.1929)
• 8 March – Jens Jonas Jansen, priest (d.1912)
• 22 March – Sven Oftedal, helped found the Lutheran Free Church (d.1911)
• 23 May – Klaus Hanssen, physician and politician
• 15 July – Thorbjorn N. Mohn, American Lutheran church leader and the first president of St. Olaf College (d. 1899)
• 8 August – Alf Collett, writer (d.1919)
• 11 September – N. O. Nelson, founder of the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company (d. 1922)
• 2 October – Peter Harboe Castberg, banker (d.1926)
• 29 December – Brynild Anundsen, founder of Decorah Posten (d.1913)

Full date unknown

• Oluf Hansen Hagen, politician
• Nils Otto Hesselberg, politician (d.1929)
• Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn, politician and Minister (d.1915)
• Steinar Schjøtt, philologist and lexicographer (d.1920)
• Oscar Wergeland, painter (d.1910)

Deaths

• 4 August – Jacob Aall, historian and statesman (b.1773)

References

References

1. Mardal, Magnus A.. "Karl Johan". Norsk nettleksikon.
2. "Oscar 1.". Norsk nettleksikon.
3. Lauritzen, Per Roger. "Utsira fyr". Norsk nettleksikon.
4. "Mathilde Schjøtt". Norsk nettleksikon.