1843 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1843 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Charles III John.^[1]

Events

• 14 September  - 2/3 of the town of Egersund burns down.^[2]

Births

• 5 January – Jørgen Christian Knudsen, ship-owner and politician (b.1922)
• 8 January – Johan Jeremiassen, ship-owner, consul and politician (d.1889)
• 2 February – Knute Nelson, Governor of Minnesota from 1893 till 1895 and United States Senator from Minnesota from 1895 till 1923. (d. 1923)
• 9 April – Canute R. Matson, Norwegian American Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois at the time of the Haymarket Square Riot (d. 1903)
• 15 June – Edvard Grieg, composer and pianist (d.1907)
• 18 August – Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne, businessperson and politician (d.1920)
• 4 October – Christopher Knudsen, priest, politician and Minister (d.1915)
• 8 October – Kitty Lange Kielland, painter (d.1914)
• 31 October – Oscar Nissen, physician, newspaper editor and politician (d.1911)

Full date unknown

• Axel Gudbrand Blytt, botanist (d.1898)
• Yngvar Nielsen, historian and geographer (d.1916)
• Herman Johan Foss Reimers, politician and Minister (d.1928)
• Theodor Løvstad, musician, magazine editor (d.1913).^[3]

Deaths

• 17 March – Lars Andreas Oftedahl, priest and politician (b.1781)
• 13 June – Ole Edvard Buck, politician (b.1799)

Full date unknown

• Mensen Ernst, road runner and ultramarathoner (b.1795)

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Karl Johan . Magnus A. . Mardal . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 18 December 2023.
2. Web site: Bybrannen i 1843 [Egersund byhistoriske leksikon]].
3. Encyclopedia: Theodor Julius Løvstad . . Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian. 6 April 2015.