1822 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1822 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Charles III John.^[1]

Events

• March 11 – A powerful sudden storm struck the western Norwegian coast killing about 300 men at sea.
• May 26 – 116 people die in the Grue Church fire. It's the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.

Births

• 27 April – Karl Hals, businessperson and politician (d.1898)
• 29 October – Thomas Johannessen Heftye, businessperson, politician and philanthropist (d.1886)

Full date unknown

• Jacob Bøckmann Barth, forester (d.1892)
• Jess Julius Engelstad, engineer and railroad administrator (d.1896)
• Rasmus Tønder Nissen, politician (d.1882)
• Olav Paulssøn, bailiff, writer and politician (d.1896)
• Ole Peter Petersen, founder of Methodism in Norway and co-founder of Norwegian and Danish Methodism in the United States (d.1901)
• Karl Andreas Larsen Vefring, politician

Deaths

• 16 February - Claus Pavels, bishop (b.1769)

Full date unknown

• Mathias Hagerup, politician (b.1765)
• Sara Oust, revivalist lay preacher (b.1778)

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Karl Johan . Magnus A. . Mardal . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 18 December 2023.