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- Gustav Peter BlomGustav Peter BlomGustav Peter Blom was a Norwegian politician.He was a member of the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly in 1814. At that time he worked as district stipendiary magistrate in Nordre Jarlsberg. He was later appointed stipendiary magistrate and town clerk in Drammen...
, politician (d.18691869 in Norway-January to June:*18 February - Johan Hjort, fisheries scientist, marine zoologist and oceanographer *23 March - Waldemar Ager, newspaperman and author in America *1 April - Peter Egge, writer *11 April - Gustav Vigeland, sculptor...
) - Michel Nielsen GrendahlMichel Nielsen GrendahlMichel Nielsen Grendahl was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1830, 1833, 1836 and 1842, representing the rural constituency of Søndre Trondhjems Amt . He worked as a farmer....
, politician - Knut MevasstaulKnut MevasstaulKnut Olavson Mevasstaul was a Norwegian rose painter.He hailed from Kviteseid. Many of his works have been retained, both complete painted rooms as well as smaller objects like chests.-References:...
, rose painterRosemalingRosemåling, 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.18621862 in Norway-Events:*23 June - Norway's second railway, Hamar-Grundsetbanen, is opened, followed shortly by*3 October - Kongsvingerbanen, Norway's third railway opens between Lillestrøm and Kongsvinger-January to June:...
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- 29 December - Johan Herman WesselJohan Herman Wesselthumb|Johan Herman WesselJohan Herman Wessel was a Norwegian-Danish poet. Some of his satirical poems are still popular.-Biography:...
, poet (b.1742)