1848 in Norway explained
Events in the year 1848 in Norway.
Incumbents
Oscar I.[1]
Events
- Ålesund received city rights.
- 10–12 March – March riots: after the newspaper Morgenbladet publishes news of the French Revolution of 1848, some 100 youths gather to make catcalls outside the house of the newspaper's editor, Adolf Bredo Stabell, in Christiania. Counter-demonstrations, in support of the French revolution and against a local ban on trade on Sundays, involved up to 3–4,000 people and led to clashes with the police and the military. Some 70 people were arrested.[2]
- 21 May – Fatal accident in Vanse Church where eight people were killed and several were injured. The accident occurred when there arose panic in the crowded church and several people were trampled to death.[3]
- 27 December – Marcus Thrane founded Drammens arbeiderforening (Drammen Labour Union).
- Christiania Bank was founded.
- Fred. Olsen & Co. was founded.
Arts and literature
Notable births
- 3 February – Jørgen Løvland, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (d.1922)
- 1 March – Caroline Schytte Jensen, writer and composer (died 1935).[4]
- 2 May – Hans Gabriel Nissen Buck, physician and politician (d.1924)
- 17 May – Erik Jørgensen, master gunsmith (d.1896)
- 27 May – Johan Bøgh, museum director and art historian (d.1933)
- 12 June – Nordahl Rolfsen, writer, educationalist and teacher, journalist, translator and speaker (d.1928)
- 20 June – Jens Carl Peter Brandt, businessperson and politician (d.1912)
- 19 September – Gunnar Knudsen, politician and twice Prime Minister of Norway (d.1928)
- 22 November – Lars Holst, journalist, newspaper editor and politician (d.1915).[5]
- 16 December – Georg Sverdrup, theologian and educator (d.1907)
- 21 December – Viggo Ullmann, educator and politician (d.1910)
Full date unknown
Notable deaths
Full date unknown
Notes and References
- Encyclopedia: Oscar 1. . Terje . Bratberg . Magnus A. . Mardal . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 1 January 2024.
- Book: Pryser, Tore . Tore Pryser . 1982 . Gesellar, rebellar og svermarar: om "farlege folk" rundt 1850 . Oslo . Samlaget . 76–88 . 8252122256 .
- Web site: Vanse kirkes historie gjennom 1000 år. "Den store forstyrrelsen" i Vanse kirke 1848. Norwegian. 2018-09-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610211133/http://farsund.dnn2.labora-portal.no/en-us/lista/kirkehistorie/vanse.aspx. 2015-06-10. dead.
- Encyclopedia: Caroline Schytte Jensen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 13 January 2024.
- Encyclopedia: Lars Kristian Holst . Jon . Grepstad . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 11 January 2024.
- Web site: Frederik Motzfeldt . Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) . Norwegian. 29 October 2012.
- Encyclopedia: Nicolai Wergeland . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Odd Arvid . Storsveen . Helle, Knut . Knut Helle . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 29 October 2012.