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  • Gustav Peter Blom
    Gustav Peter Blom
    Gustav 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.1869
    1869 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...

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  • Michel Nielsen Grendahl
    Michel Nielsen Grendahl
    Michel 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 Mevasstaul
    Knut Mevasstaul
    Knut 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 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.1862
    1862 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 Wessel
    Johan Herman Wessel
    thumb|Johan Herman WesselJohan Herman Wessel was a Norwegian-Danish poet. Some of his satirical poems are still popular.-Biography:...

    , poet (b.1742)
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