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- Georg PettersenGeorg PettersenGeorg Pettersen was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1854 and 1857, representing the constituency of Sarpsborg. He worked as both stipendiary magistrate , chief of police and postmaster in that city. He served two terms.-References:...
, politician - Per Ivarson UndiPer Ivarson UndiPer Ivarson Undi , also known as Peter Iverson, was an early Norwegian-American homesteader in Wisconsin Territory. -Biography:Peder Ivarson was born on the Undi farm in Vik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway...
, early homesteader in Wisconsin TerritoryWisconsin TerritoryThe Territory of Wisconsin was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 3, 1836, until May 29, 1848, when an eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Wisconsin...
(d.18601860 in Norway-January to June:*17 January - Erik Ramstad, one of the founders of Minot, North Dakota *28 February - Carl Georg Barth, Norwegian-American mathematician and mechanical engineer...
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- 15 October - Ole IrgensOle Irgens (bishop)Ole Irgens was a bishop in the Church of Norway.He was born in Surendal to vicar Johannes Irgens. He enrolled as a student in 1741, but was examined two years later and was hired as chaplain under his father. He left in 1756 to become a ship's priest in Morocco, but citing health problems, he...
, bishop (b.1724)