1841 in Norway

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See also:	1841 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1841 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Charles III John. ^[1]

Events

• 27 February – Frederik Due succeeds Severin Løvenskiold as prime minister, when Løvenskiold is appointed Governor-general of Norway. ^[2]

Arts and literature

• The poem «Vi ere en Nation, vi med» is first published. It was written by Henrik Wergeland.

Births

• 23 May – Karen Sundt, writer (died 1924). ^[3]
• 29 July – Gerhard Armauer Hansen, physician (died 1912)
• 21 August – Carl Willoch Ludvig Horn, educator, textbook writer and politician (died 1913). ^[4]
• 10 September – Thore Torkildsen Foss, politician (died 1913)
• 1 October – Sophus Christian Munk Aars, civil servant and writer (died 1931)
• 13 December – Olaf Wilhelm Petersen, military officer and sports official (died 1909). ^[5]

Full date unknown

• Lars Anton Nicolai Larsen-Naur, politician (died 1896)

Deaths

Niels Hertzberg

• 12 June – Hans Jørgen Reutz Synnestvedt, military officer and politician (b.1777)
• 21 October – Niels Hertzberg, priest and politician (b.1759). ^[6]
• 21 November – Thomas Fasting, naval officer and government minister (b.1769)
• 15 December – Jacob Hersleb Darre, priest, member of the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly (born 1757). ^[7]

Full date unknown

• Osmund Andersen Lømsland, farmer and politician (b.1765)
• Jens Schou Fabricius, politician (b.1758)

References

1. Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl Johan". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
2. "Second Wedel Government and its Continuation". Government.no. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
3. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Karen Sundt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
4. Richter, K. (1924). "Horn, Carl Willoch Ludvig". In Blangstrup, Chr. (ed.). Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 11 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. p. 735. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
5. Amundsen, O. Delphin (1947). Den kongelige norske Sankt Olavs Orden (in Norwegian). Oslo: Grøndahl. p. 276.
6. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Niels Hertzberg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
7. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Jacob Hersleb Darre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 June 2024.