1794 in Norway
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Births
- 5 July - Maurits HansenMaurits HansenMaurits Christopher Hansen was a Norwegian writer recognized for his contribution to a diversity of genres and the introduction of the novel in Norway. He was a major contributor to the Norwegian Romantic Movement...
, writer (d.18421842 in Norway-Events:* Porsgrunn was granted full city status. Limited city status was granted in 1807.* The Norwegian Missionary Society was founded in Stavanger.* The eleventh Storting convened, following the 1841 election.-January to June:...
) - 22 July - Peter Hersleb Harboe CastbergPeter Hersleb Harboe CastbergPeter Hersleb Harboe Castberg was a Norwegian priest and politician.-Personal life:Peter Hersleb Harboe Castberg was born in Bergen as the son of Tycho Didrich Castberg and his wife Helene Margaretha Calmeyer . He had several brothers and sisters.Johan Castberg married Anne Margrethe Zimmer Henchel...
, priest and politician (d.18581858 in Norway-January to June:*7 January - Andreas Kaddeland, physician and politician*17 February - Hans Georg Jacob Stang, politician and Minister *7 April - Haaken L...
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- Johan Peder BasbergJohan Peder BasbergJohan Peder Basberg was a Norwegian politician.In 1854 he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament, representing the constituency of Brevig. He worked as surveyor of customs and excise in that town. He served only one term.-References:...
, politician - Jo GjendeJo GjendeJo Gjende , was a Norwegian outdoorsman and freethinker. He is believed to have been the model for Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt....
, outdoorsman and freethinker (d.18841884 in Norway-Incumbents:*Prime Minister of Norway: Christian August Selmer *Prime Minister of Norway: Christian Homann Schweigaard *Prime Minister of Norway: Johan Sverdrup-Events:...
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Deaths
- 29 September - Edvard StormEdvard StormEdvard Storm , was a poet from Vågå, Oppland, Norway. He was the son of Johan Storm, the priest in Vågå, and his second wife, Ingeborg Birgitta Røring. The first 12 years of his life were spent in the Vågå rectory, until he began school in 1756 in Christiania...
, poet (b.17491749 in Norway-Births:*29 January - Christian Colbjørnsen, chief justice *21 August - Edvard Storm, poet *8 December - Peder Anker, businessman and politician...
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