1819 in Norway

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See also:	1819 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1819 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Charles III John. ^[1]

Events

• Morgenbladet, the first Norwegian daily newspaper, was released for the first time.
• 31 August – A significant earthquake (estimated M5.9±0.2) struck near Lurøy in northern Norway. ^[2]

Arts and literature

• Det Dramatiske Selskab in Fredrikshald is founded.

Births

• 3 January – Henriette Homann, photographer and painter (d. 1892). ^[3]
• 13 March – Henriette Wienecke, composer (d. 1907)
• 13 July – Jacobine Gjertz, pianist, composer and writer (d. 1862). ^[4]
• 5 August – Valdemar Knudsen, sugar cane plantation pioneer in Hawaii (d. 1898)

Full date unknown

• Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden, politician (d. 1875)
• Sivert Christensen Strøm, jurist and politician (d. 1902)

Deaths

• 3 March – Jens Stub, politician (born 1764)
• 30 October - Anders Hansen Grønneberg, farmer and politician (born 1779). ^[5]

References

1. Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl Johan". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
2. Husebye, E. S.; Kebeasy, T. R. M. (2004). "A re-assessment of the 31st of August 1819 Lurøy earthquake – Not the largest in NW Europe" (PDF). Norwegian Journal of Geology. 84: 57–66.
3. "Kragerø kirkebøker, AV/SAKO-A-278/F/Fa/L0004: Ministerialbok nr. 4, 1814-1831, s. 28". Digitalarkivet. p. 28. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
4. "Jacobine Gjertz". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). 18 June 2024.
5. Mardal, Magnus A. "Anders Hansen Grønneberg". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 October 2012.