1837 in Norway

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Events in the year 1837 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Charles III John

Events

• 14 January – Formannskapsdistrikt was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan.

Arts and literature

• Strömberg Theatre re-opened under the name Christiania Theatre.

Births

Johannes Bergh

Johannes Skar

• 8 February – Elise Aubert, novelist, short-story writer, and non-fiction writer (d. 1909). ^[1]
• 18 February – Johannes Bergh, barrister (d. 1906). ^[2]
• 16 March – Hassa Horn Sr., civil servant (d. 1921)
• 25 March – Lauritz Jenssen, businessperson and politician (d.1899)
• 19 April – Fredrik Meltzer Wallem, journalist and writer (d. 1922)
• 20 April – Georg Ossian Sars, marine biologist (d.1927)
• 11 May – Lorentz Severin Skougaard, singer (d. 1885)
• 14 July – Hermann Hansen Aarsrud, politician (d. 1927). ^[3]
• 27 July – Ole Vollan, educator, editor and politician (d.1907)
• 18 August – Marcus Pløen Ingstad, jurist and educator (d. 1918)
• 5 September – Vincent Stoltenberg Lerche, painter (d. 1892). ^[4]
• 16 September – Rasmus Theisen, civil servant and politician (d. 1908)
• 26 September – Hjalmar Heiberg, physician and a professor (d. 1897). ^[5]
• 8 October – Otto Winter-Hjelm, musician, conductor, writer, composer and music critic (d. 1931)
• 15 October – Carl Herman Halvorsen, jurist and politician (d. 1918)
• 18 November – Johannes Skar, educator and folklorist (d. 1914). ^[6]
• 18 December – Paul Andreas Jetmundsen Aklestad, politician (d.1924)
• 20 December – Georg August Thilesen, politician and Minister (d. 1917). ^[7]

Full date unknown

• Ole Herman Johannes Krag, gun designer (d.1916)
• Hans Mustad, businessperson (d.1918)
• Carl Ingwart Theodor Rynning, government official and politician (d. 1892)

Deaths

Eilert Ramm

• 8 February – Jens Johan Vangensten, politician (b.1766)
• 26 February – Jørgen Young, merchant and politician (b. 1781). ^[8]
• 11 March – Peder von Cappelen, merchant and politician (b. 1763). ^[9]
• 15 March – Eilert Waldemar Preben Ramm, military officer and politician (b. 1769). ^{[10] [11]}
• 27 April – Lorentz Johannsen, merchant and member of the Storting (b. 1769)
• 5 October – Ole Knudsen Tvedten, farmer and district sheriff (b. 1757/8)
• 14 December – Andreas Arntzen, politician (b.1777)

Full date unknown

• Christian Adolph Diriks, politician and minister (b.1775)

References

1. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Elise Aubert". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
2. Amundsen, O. Delphin (1947). Den kongelige norske Sankt Olavs Orden (in Norwegian). Oslo: Grøndahl. p. 103.
3. "Hermann Hansen Aarsrud". nsd.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
4. Bjerke, Øyvind Storm. "Vincent Lerche". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
5. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Hjalmar Heiberg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
6. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Johannes Skar". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
7. "Georg August Thilesen". nsd.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
8. "Jørgen Young". nsd.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
9. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Peder von Cappelen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
10. Mardal, Magnus A. "Eilert Waldemar Preben Ramm". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
11. "Ramm, Eilert Valdemar Preben (Eidsvollsmann)". eidsvollsmenn.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 November 2019.