1821 in Norway

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Events in the year 1821 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Charles III John. ^[1]

Events

• 1 August - The Nobility of Norway is abolished.
• Fredrik Meltzer designs the modern flag of Norway to replace the modified Danish and Swedish flags then in use.
• Thomas Fasting became the first individual ever convicted in an impeachment trial by the Norwegian Constitutional Court of the Realm (Riksrett).
• The town of Lillesand is founded.

Births

• 18 January – Minna Wetlesen, educator (died 1891). ^[2]
• 2 May – Jens Andreas Friis, linguist and author (d.1896)
• 14 July – Jens Holmboe, politician and Minister (d.1891)
• 17 August – Jacob Andreas Michelsen, businessperson and politician (d.1902)
• 23 August – Christian Collett Kjerschow, politician (d.1889)
• 24 October – James DeNoon Reymert, newspaper editor, mine operator, lawyer and politician (d.1896)
• 18 November – Johan Jørgen Lange Hanssen, politician (d.1889)

Full date unknown

• Eilev Jonsson Steintjønndalen, Hardanger fiddle maker (d.1876)

Deaths

• 14 January – Jens Zetlitz, priest and poet (b.1761)
• 5 March – Gabriel Schanche Kielland, businessman and ship owner (b.1760)
• 20 May – Abraham Pihl, clergyman, astronomer and architect (b.1756). ^[3]
• 21 November – Jonas Rein, priest, poet and member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll (b.1760)

References

1. Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl Johan". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
2. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Minna Wetlesen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
3. Wiig, Jan. "Abraham Pihl". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 May 2013.