1822 in Norway
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Events in the year 1822 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- March 11 – A powerful sudden storm struck the western Norwegian coast killing about 300 men at sea.
- May 26 – 116 people die in the Grue Church fire. It's the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.
Arts and literature
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Births
- 27 April – Karl Hals, businessperson and politician (d.1898)
- 29 October – Thomas Johannessen Heftye, businessperson, politician and philanthropist (d.1886)
Full date unknown
- Jacob Bøckmann Barth, forester (d.1892)
- Jess Julius Engelstad, engineer and railroad administrator (d.1896)
- Rasmus Tønder Nissen, politician (d.1882)
- Olav Paulssøn, bailiff, writer and politician (d.1896)
- Ole Peter Petersen, founder of Methodism in Norway and co-founder of Norwegian and Danish Methodism in the United States (d.1901)
- Karl Andreas Larsen Vefring, politician
Deaths
- 16 February — Claus Pavels, bishop (b.1769)
Full date unknown
- Mathias Hagerup, politician (b.1765)
See also
Norway during the union with Sweden (1814–1905) | ||
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