Arts and literature

• The Norwegian Society
  The Norwegian Society
  The Norwegian Society was a literary society for Norwegian students in Copenhagen. Its members included authors, poets and philosophers. The Norwegian Society was formed in 1772 by Ove Gjerløw Meyer...
  
   (Det Norske Selskab), a literary society for Norwegian
  Norway
  Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
  
   students in Copenhagen
  Copenhagen
  Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
  
  , is formed.

Births

• 3 January - Søren Georg Abel
  Søren Georg Abel
  Søren Georg Abel was a Norwegian priest and politician, also known as the father of mathematician Niels Henrik Abel.-Personal life:...
  
  , priest and politician (d.1820
  1820 in Norway
  -Births:*18 June - Martin Andreas Udbye, composer and organist *12 August - Hans Henrik Wærenskjold, politician *27 December - Jens Amundsen, ship-owner -Full date unknown:*Lars Kristiansen Blilie, politician...
  
  )
• 29 February - Hans Andersen Barlien, farmer and politician. (d.1842)
• 29 November - Peder Klykken
  Peder Klykken
  Peder Klykken was a Norwegian politician.Born in Overhalla, he was appointed district stipendiary magistrate in Lofoten in May 1809. While stationed here, he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1818, representing the rural constituency Nordlands Amt...
  
  , politician (d.1861
  1861 in Norway
  -Births:*9 March - Monthei Eriksen Haug, politician*18 April - Christian Emil Stoud Platou, railroad director and politician *23 July - Hans Bergersen Wergeland, politician...
  
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Full date unknown

• Hans Hagerup Falbe
  Hans Hagerup Falbe
  Hans Hagerup Falbe was the Norwegian acting member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1822–1824 , 1825–1826 and 1829–1830, Minister of Auditing 1824–1825 and 1828–1829, Minister of the Navy 1826–1827 and Minister of Justice 1827–1828. Hagerup Falbe was a diocesan county governor by...
  
  , politician and Minister (d.1830
  1830 in Norway
  -Births:*6 February - Lars Hertervig, painter *10 February - Andreas Leigh Aabel, physician and poet *23 September - Jens Theodor Paludan Vogt, engineer *26 September - Olaus Arvesen, educator and politician -Full date unknown:...
  
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• Sveinung Svalastoga
  Sveinung Svalastoga
  Sveinung Bjørnson Svalastoga was a Norwegian rose painter, poet and woodcarver.-Biography:Sveinung Bjørnson Svalastoga was born in the community of Vinje in Rauland, Telemark County. He was born into a family of farmers...
  
  , rose painter
  Rosemaling
  Rosemåling, or rosemaling, Norwegian for "decorative painting", is the name of a form of decorative folk art that originated in the rural valleys of Norway.Some art historians interpret "rose" as a reference to the rose flower, although the floral elements are often...
  
   (d.1809
  1809 in Norway
  -Births:*24 February - Haagen Ludvig Bergh, politician *23 September - Oluf Steen Julius Berner, politician -Full date unknown:*Svend Foyn, whaler *Ludvig Johan Carl Manthey, civil servant -Full date unknown:...
  
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