1845 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar I .
• First Minister: Nicolai Krog

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 – Jørund Telnes, farmer, teacher, writer and politician (d. 1892).
• 17 January – Erika Nissen, pianist (d. 1903)
• 7 March – Jens Braage Halvorsen, librarian, magazine editor and literary historian (d. 1900).
• 27 March – Jakob Sverdrup, bishop and politician (d. 1899).
• 18 June – Gustav Storm, historian (d. 1903).
• 15 July – Christian Holtermann Knudsen, typographer, newspaper editor, publisher, trade unionist and politician (d. 1929)
• 17 July – Ragna Vilhelmine Nielsen, pedagogue and feminist (d. 1924)
• 6 August – Edvard Liljedahl, politician and Minister (d. 1924)
• 5 September – Hans Hein Theodor Nysom, politician (d. 1903)
• 9 September – Christen Christensen, shipyard owner, ship-owner and whaling manager (d. 1923)
• 28 September – Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck, dermatologist (d. 1917)
• 10 October – Anton Jörgen Andersen, composer (d. 1926)
• 7 December – 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 – Henrik Steffens, philosopher, scientist, and poet (b. 1773)
• 29 March – Ingebrigt Belle, peasant agitator (b. 1773)
• 17 May – Christopher Borgersen Hoen, farmer and politician (b. 1767).
• 12 July – Henrik Wergeland, poet (b. 1808)
• 22 October – Fredrik Riis, civil servant (b. 1789)
• 31 October – Johan Reinhardt, professor in zoology (b. 1778)

Full date unknown

• Erich Haagensen Jaabech, farmer and politician (b. 1761)
• Christian Sørenssen, bishop and politician

References

References

1. "Oscar 1.". Norsk nettleksikon.
2. "Jørund Telnes". Norsk nettleksikon.
3. "Jens Braage Halvorsen". Norsk nettleksikon.
4. Mardal, Magnus A.. (January 2021). "Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup". Norsk nettleksikon.
5. "Gustav Storm". Norsk nettleksikon.
6. Mardal, Magnus A.. "Christopher Borgersen Hoen". Norsk nettleksikon.