1845 in Norway

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Events

• Skutterudite, a mineral containing nickel and iron, was discovered. The discovery was made in Skuterud Mines, Modum, Buskerud.
• The twelfth Storting convened, following the 1844 election.

Notable births

• 17 January - Erika Nissen, pianist (d.1903)
• 27 March - Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup, bishop and politician (d.1899)
• 15 July - Christian Holtermann Knudsen, typographer, newspaper editor, publisher, trade unionist and politician (d.1929)
• 6 August – Edvard Liljedahl, politician and Minister (d.1924)
• 5 September - Hans Hein Theodor Nysom, politician (d.1903)
• 9 September - Christen Christensen, shipyard owner, ship-owner and whaling manager (d.1923)
• 28 September - Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck, dermatologist (d.1917)
• 10 October - Anton Jörgen Andersen, composer (d.1926)
• 7 December - Tinius Olsen, Norwegian American engineer and inventor (d.1932)

Full date unknown

• Sofus Arctander, politician and Minister (d.1924)
• Hans Jensen Haga, politician
• Ludwig Andreas Olsen, United States Navy sailor awarded two Medals of Honor (d.1886)
• Ole Andres Olsen, Seventh-day Adventist minister and administrator (d.1915)
• Oscar Ludvig Stoud Platou, jurist and professor (d.1929)
• Jon Eilevsson Steintjønndalen, Hardanger fiddle maker (d.1902)

Notable deaths

Henrik Wergeland

• 13 February - Henrik Steffens, philosopher, scientist, and poet (b.1773)
• 12 July – Henrik Wergeland, poet (b.1808)
• 22 October - Fredrik Riis, civil servant (b.1789)
• 31 October - Johan Reinhardt, professor in zoology (b.1778)

Full date unknown

• Erich Haagensen Jaabech, farmer and politician (b.1761)
• Christian Sørenssen, bishop and politician