1815 in Norway

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Events in the year 1815 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Charles II. ^[1]

Events

• 31 July - The 1815 Act of Union was passed by the Storting.
• 30 April – Population Census: Norway had 885,431 inhabitants.
• The Supreme Court of Norway was established on the basis of the Constitution of Norway's §88, prescribing an independent judiciary.

Births

Mads Langaard

• 19 February – Elise Wærenskjold, Norwegian-American pioneer in Texas (d. 1895)
• 25 March – Johan Henrik Andresen, merchant, factory owner and politician (died 1874). ^[2]
• 4 April – Johannes Wilhelm Christian Dietrichson, Lutheran Minister (d. 1883)
• 3 May – Mads Langaard, brewery owner and industrialist (d.1891). ^[3]
• 4 July – Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, physician (d.1894)
• 23 July – Johan Christian Johnsen, politician (d.1898)
• 30 July – Herman Severin Løvenskiold, composer (d.1870)
• 15 September – Halfdan Kjerulf, composer (d.1868)

Full date unknown

• Nicolai Friis, politician (d.1888)
• Hans Peder Johansen Hafslund, politician
• Thomas Henrik Hammer, jurist and politician (d.1900)
• Hans Gerhard Colbjørnsen Meldahl, jurist and politician (d.1877)
• Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland, military officer, cartographer and skiing pioneer (d.1895)

Deaths

• 20 February - Maren Juel, landowner (b.1749)
• 9 December - Catharina Lysholm, businesswoman and ship-owner (b.1744)

References

1. Langslet, Lars Roar; Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl 2.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
2. Knutsen, Sverre Richard. "Johan Henrik Andresen (1815–1874)". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
3. Hodne, Fritz. "Mads Langaard". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 May 2015.