1816 in Norway
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Events in the year 1816 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 14 June - Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway is founded.
- Bodø was granted township status.
- Grimstad received city rights.
- Carl Carlsson Mörner is appointed Governor-general of Norway.
Arts and literature
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Births
- 5 January – Jens Zetlitz Kielland, consul and artist (d.1881)
- 16 March – Vilhelmine Ullmann, proponent for women's rights (d. 1915)
- 30 May – Jacob Smith Jarmann, firearms designer (d.1894)
- 6 June – August Thomle, jurist and politician (d.1889)
- 30 July – Johan Sverdrup, politician and first Prime Minister of Norway (d.1892)
- 16 October – Christian Torber Hegge Geelmuyden, navy officer and politician (d.1885)
- 16 December – Adam Hiorth, merchant and industrial pioneer (died 1871).[1]
Full date unknown
- Paul Peter Vilhelm Breder, politician (d.1890)
- Erik Jonsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (d.1868)
- Wilhelm Nielsen, politician
Deaths
- 26 July – Johan Nordahl Brun, poet, dramatist, bishop and politician (b.1745)
See also
References
- ^ Nerheim, Gunnar. "Adam Hiorth". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
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