1838 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1838 in Norway.

Incumbents

Monarch

Charles III John.^[1]

Events

1 January – Fulfilling a law from 1837 all parishes form the bases for the establishment of altogether 396 formannskapsdistrikts, the precursor of municipalities.

Births

10 January – Johan Christopher Brun, pharmacist and politician (d.1914)
12 March – Johan Gerhard Theodor Ameln, politician (d.1917)
23 March – Johan Christian Heuch, bishop and politician (d.1904)
28 December – Albert Marius Jacobsen, military officer and politician (d.1909)
31 December – Jacob Aall Bonnevie, politician and Minister (d.1904)

Full date unknown

Ludvig Aubert, politician and Minister (d.1896)
Edvard Hans Hoff, politician and Minister (d.1933)
Christian Johansen Ihlen, politician
Ole C. Johnson, soldier in the American Civil War (d.1886)
Anders Nicolai Kiær, statistician (d.1919)
Christian Homann Schweigaard, politician and Prime Minister (d.1899)

Deaths

10 March – Jonas Greger Walnum, politician (b.1771)
27 June - Nils Christian Frederik Hals, military officer (b.1758)
20 November - Syvert Amundsen Eeg, farmer and politician (b.1757).^[2]
29 December – Søren Christian Sommerfelt, priest and botanist (b. 1794).^[3]

Notes and References

Encyclopedia: Karl Johan . Magnus A. . Mardal . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 18 December 2023.
Encyclopedia: Syvert Omundsen Eeg . Magnus A. . Mardal . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no. 15 June 2024.
Encyclopedia: Søren Christian Sommerfelt - 1 . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Per . Sunding . Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 22 May 2019.