1823 in Norway

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See also:	1823 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1823 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Charles III John. ^[1]

Events

• King Carl III (Karl Johan) ordered to build the royal palace in Christiania.
• Bergens Sparebank was established. It is Norway's second oldest bank.

Arts and literature

• Det Dramatiske Selskab in Stavanger was founded.

Births

Jacob Dybwad

• 6 January – Aimar August Sørenssen, politician and Minister (d.1908)
• 14 April – Christian Jensen, politician and Minister (d.1884)
• 7 June – Jørgen Breder Faye, banker and politician (d.1908)
• 20 July – Jacob Dybwad, bookseller and publisher (d. 1899). ^[2]
• 8 October – Sivert Andreas Nielsen, politician (d.1904)
• 26 November – Thomas Tellefsen, pianist and composer (d.1874)
• 21 December – Asbjørn Kloster, social reformer and leader of the Norwegian temperance movement. (d. 1876 in Norway)

Full date unknown

• Lars Christian Dahll, politician and Minister (d.1908)
• Simon Pedersen Holmesland, politician (d.1895)
• Sofie Parelius, actress (died 1902)

Deaths

• 16 December - Hans Carl Knudtzon, merchant, ship-owner and politician (b. 1751)

References

1. Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl Johan". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
2. Tveterås, Egil. "Jacob Dybwad". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 June 2016.