1842 in Norway
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- PorsgrunnPorsgrunnis a town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Porsgrunn....
was granted full city status. Limited city status was granted in 18071807 in Norway-Events:* Porsgrunn is granted limited city status. Full city status is granted in 1842.* Start of the Gunboat War between Denmark-Norway and the United Kingdom.-January to June:*19 January - Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland, bishop...
. - The Norwegian Missionary SocietyNorwegian Missionary SocietyThe Norwegian Missionary Society is a Norwegian missionary organization.It was started by a group of approx 180 people in the town of Stavanger in Norway in August 1842. The goal was to spread the Christian religion to other peoples, mainly in Africa...
was founded in Stavanger. - The eleventh Storting convened, following the 1841 election.
January to June
- 16 March – Theodor Nilsen StouslandTheodor Nilsen StouslandTheodor Nilsen Stousland was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the constituency Lister og Mandal amt in 1889, representing the Moderate Liberal Party. He then joined the Liberal Party and was re-elected three times, before serving as a...
, politician (d.19101910 in Norway-Events:* Norwegian Institute of Technology is established in Trondheim.* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Notable births:*10 January - Kitty Petrine Fredriksen, politician...
) - 1 April – Edmund NeupertEdmund NeupertEdmund Neupert was a Norwegian pianist and composer.He was a teacher at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin from 1866-1868. He then moved to Copenhagen, where he held a position at the town's conservatory for two years. In 1881 he travelled to Moscow, and in 1882 he moved to Christiania , where he...
, pianist and composer (d.18881888 in Norway-Events:*In the Norwegian parliamentary election the Conservative Party of Norway wins the most seats-Notable births:*7 January - Thorstein Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist *12 January - Jon Andrå, politician...
) - 12 June – Rikard NordraakRikard NordraakRikard Nordraak was a Norwegian composer. He is best known as the composer of the Norwegian national anthem.-Biography:...
, composer (d.18661866 in Norway-Events:* 5 March – The official inauguration of the Parliament of Norway Building .-January to June:*5 January - Johan Gjøstein, educator, newspaper editor and politician *21 January - Olaus Alvestad, educator and newspaper editor...
) - 26 May – Evald RyghEvald RyghEvald Rygh was a Norwegian banker and politician for the Conservative Party. He served as Minister of Finance and Customs and mayor of Kristiania....
, banker, politician and Minister (d.19131913 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Jens Bratlie-Events:* Female suffrage is enacted in Norway* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Sport:...
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July to December
- 31 August - Ole Bornemann BullOle Bornemann Bull (physician)Ole Bornemann Bull was a Norwegian ophthalmologist.He was born in Arendal as the son of priest August Theodor Bull and Theodora Regina Madsen . He enrolled as a student in 1859 and graduated with the cand.med. degree in 1869. He spent the years 1872 to 1876 in the Minneapolis...
, ophthalmologist (d.19161916 in Norway-Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Notable births:*7 January - Gunnar Jakobsen, politician *15 January - Sigrid Utkilen, politician *24 January - Erik Heiberg, sailor and Olympic silver medallist...
) - 2 December – Robert CollettRobert CollettRobert Collett was a Norwegian zoologist. He worked with vertebrates, primarily fishes. From 1864 he was curator at the Zoological Museum in Oslo. In 1882 he became its director and from 1884 was a professor there...
, zoologist (d.19131913 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Jens Bratlie-Events:* Female suffrage is enacted in Norway* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Sport:...
) - 16 December – Otto SindingOtto SindingOtto Ludvig Sinding was a Norwegian painter, illustrator, poet and dramatist. Sinding drew on motives from Norwegian nature, folk life and history.-Personal life:...
, painter (d.19091909 in Norway-Events:* 27 January - The Young Left is founded* 27 November - The Bergen Line was opened.* Rjukanbanen railway line is opened. The 16 km line, part of the 80 km Tinnosbanen, connects Mæl and Rjukan in Telemark. The line is operated by Norsk Hydro and its purpose is to transport...
) - 17 December – Sophus LieSophus LieMarius Sophus Lie was a Norwegian mathematician. He largely created the theory of continuous symmetry, and applied it to the study of geometry and differential equations.- Biography :...
, mathematician (d.18991899 in Norway-Events:*27 June - The paperclip is patented by Johan Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor.-Notable births:*25 January - Peder Holt, politician *25 January - Rolf Jacobsen, boxer *3 February - Olaf Aarvold, priest and politician...
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- Henrik Anker BjerregaardHenrik Anker BjerregaardHenrik Anker Bjerregaard was a Norwegian poet, dramatist and judge.Born in Ringsaker, he grew up in Vågå from the age of eight. He studied at the University of Copenhagen, but returned to Norway in 1814 and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur. degree in 1815...
, poet, dramatist and judge (b.17921792 in Norway-Events:* Denmark-Norway declares transatlantic slave trade illegal after 1803 -Births:*1 January - Henrik Anker Bjerregaard, poet, dramatist and judge *18 November - Even Hammer Holmboe, politician...
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