1832 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1832 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Charles III John.^[1]

Events

• 11 June - 25 June  - The Norwegian ultramarathoner Mensen Ernst ran about 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) from Paris to Moscow in 14 days.

Arts and literature

• The newspaper Drammens Tidende is established.
• Det Dramatiske Selskab in Tromsø is founded.

Births

• 19 March – Frantz Bruun, priest (d.1908)
• 27 May – Laura Gundersen, actor (d.1898)
• 22 July – Ananias Dekke, ships designer (died 1892).^[2]
• 1 August – Andreas Olsen Sæhlie, farmer, distillery owner and politician (d. 1895).^[3]
• 20 September – Marie Wexelsen, writer (died 1911).^[4]
• 13 October – Johan Wilhelm Eide, printer, publisher and newspaper editor (died 1896).^[5]
• 8 December – Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (d.1910).^[6]
• 15 December – Wilhelm Christopher Christophersen, diplomat (d.1913)

Full date unknown

• Nils Henrik Bruun, engineer (d.1916)
• Jens Andersen Hagen, politician
• Anders Heyerdahl, violinist, composer and folk music collector (d.1918)
• Knud Knudsen, photographer (d.1915)
• Bernt Julius Muus, Lutheran minister (d.1900)

Deaths

• 28 January - Carsten Tank, politician (b.1766)
• 3 November - Gabriel Lund, merchant and representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly (b.1773)

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Karl Johan . Magnus A. . Mardal . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 18 December 2023.
2. Encyclopedia: Ananias Christopher Hansen Dekke . Frode . Rabbevåg . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no. 13 June 2024.
3. Encyclopedia: Sæhlie, Andreas Olsen . . 2 . 1927 . 22 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . Danish . 12 November 2016 .
4. Encyclopedia: Marie Wexelsen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 13 January 2024.
5. Encyclopedia: Johan Wilhelm Eide . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Egil . Tveterås . Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 7 May 2014.
6. Encyclopedia: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Arne . Hannevik . Knut. Helle. Knut Helle . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo. Norwegian. 4 November 2012.