1841 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1841 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Charles III John.^[1]

Events

• 27 February – Frederik Due succeeds Severin Løvenskiold as prime minister, when Løvenskiold is appointed Governor-general of Norway.^[2]

Arts and literature

• The poem «Vi ere en Nation, vi med» is first published. It was written by Henrik Wergeland.

Births

• 23 May – Karen Sundt, writer (died 1924).^[3]
• 29 July – Gerhard Armauer Hansen, physician (died 1912)
• 21 August – Carl Willoch Ludvig Horn, educator, textbook writer and politician (died 1913).^[4]
• 10 September – Thore Torkildsen Foss, politician (died 1913)
• 1 October – Sophus Christian Munk Aars, civil servant and writer (died 1931)
• 13 December – Olaf Wilhelm Petersen, military officer and sports official (died 1909).^[5]

Full date unknown

• Lars Anton Nicolai Larsen-Naur, politician (died 1896)

Deaths

• 12 June – Hans Jørgen Reutz Synnestvedt, military officer and politician (b.1777)
• 21 October – Niels Hertzberg, priest and politician (b.1759).^[6]
• 21 November – Thomas Fasting, naval officer and government minister (b.1769)
• 15 December – Jacob Hersleb Darre, priest, member of the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly (born 1757).^[7]

Full date unknown

• Osmund Andersen Lømsland, farmer and politician (b.1765)
• Jens Schou Fabricius, politician (b.1758)

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Karl Johan . Magnus A. . Mardal . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 18 December 2023.
2. Web site: Second Wedel Government and its Continuation. Government.no. 2010-05-29.
3. Encyclopedia: Karen Sundt . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 11 February 2024.
4. Encyclopedia: Horn, Carl Willoch Ludvig . 735 . K. . Richter . . 11 . 1924 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . Danish . 11 February 2024 .
5. Book: Amundsen, O. Delphin . Den kongelige norske Sankt Olavs Orden . Otto Delphin Amundsen. 276 . Norwegian . Grøndahl . Oslo . 1947.
6. Encyclopedia: Niels Hertzberg . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian. 3 August 2020.
7. Encyclopedia: Jacob Hersleb Darre . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no. 15 June 2024.