Events

• Fredrik Meltzer
  Fredrik Meltzer
  Fredrik Meltzer was a Norwegian businessman and politician perhaps best known for designing the flag of Norway. A member of the constituent assembly, Meltzer was one of the signatories of the Norwegian Constitution of 1814...
  
   designs the modern flag of Norway
  Flag of Norway
  The flag of Norway is red with an indigo blue Scandinavian cross outlined in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog, the flag of Denmark.- History :...
  
   to replace the modified Danish and Swedish flags then in use.

Births

• 2 May - Jens Andreas Friis
  Jens Andreas Friis
  Jens Andreas Friis was a Norwegian linguist and author. He is widely recognized as the founder of the Sami language studies.-Biography:...
  
  , linguist and author (d.1896
  1896 in Norway
  -Events:* 11 July – Noregs Ungdomslag was founded.-January to March:*2 February - Einar Ræder, long jumper *5 February - Paul Tjøstolsen Sunde, politician...
  
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• 14 July - Jens Holmboe
  Jens Holmboe
  Jens Holmboe was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. A jurist by education, he was a member of the Norwegian Parliament for five terms, and held several different government posts from 1874 to 1884.-Personal life:...
  
  , politician and Minister (d.1891
  1891 in Norway
  -Events:* The 1891 Parliamentary election takes place.-January to March:*8 January - Hans Gabrielsen, county governor of Finnmark and Oppland *10 January - Sig Haugdahl, motor racing driver in America...
  
  )
• 17 August - Jacob Andreas Michelsen
  Jacob Andreas Michelsen
  Jacob Andreas Michelsen was a Norwegian businessperson and politician, also known as the father of Christian Michelsen.He was the son of Tollach Michelsen, a manual laborer with roots in the Egersund district. Tollach's wife Madsi Magdalena Eide came from the same social background.In June 1855...
  
  , businessperson and politician (d.1902
  1902 in Norway
  -Incumbents:*Prime Minister of Norway: Johannes Steen, succeeded by:*Prime Minister of Norway: Otto Blehr-Notable births:*15 January - Olaug Hay, politician *24 January - Sigurd Lund Hamran, politician...
  
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• 23 August - Christian Collett Kjerschow
  Christian Collett Kjerschow
  Christian Collett Hersleb Kjerschow was a Norwegian politician.He was born in Aker as the oldest son of bishop Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow and his wife Johanne Benedicte Collett . His younger sister Caroline Sophie Erasmine Kjerschow married businessman Jacob Andreas Michelsen, and was the...
  
  , politician (d.1889
  1889 in Norway
  -Incumbents:*King of Norway - Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway*Prime Minister of Norway: Johan Sverdrup, succeeded by*Prime Minister of Norway: Emil Stang-Notable births:*20 January - Tryggve Gran, aviator, explorer and author...
  
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• 18 November - Johan Jørgen Lange Hanssen
  Johan Jørgen Lange Hanssen
  -Personal life:He was born in 1821 in Christiania as the son of jurist and politician Even Hanssen and his wife Barbara Abigael Lange. He had a younger brother Peter Nicolai Freberg Hansen who became a jurist like his father....
  
  , politician (d.1889
  1889 in Norway
  -Incumbents:*King of Norway - Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway*Prime Minister of Norway: Johan Sverdrup, succeeded by*Prime Minister of Norway: Emil Stang-Notable births:*20 January - Tryggve Gran, aviator, explorer and author...
  
  )

Full date unknown

• Eilev Jonsson Steintjønndalen
  Eilev Jonsson Steintjønndalen
  Eilev Jonsson Steintjønndalen was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark, Norway.Eilev was the brother of Erik Jonsson Helland. He learned the art of fiddle making from his father and his elder brother. Around 1850, he married and moved to Steintjønndalen, a cotter’s sub-farm on...
  
  , Hardanger fiddle maker (d.1876
  1876 in Norway
  -January to June:*8 January - Nils Tveit, politician *23 March - Nils Erik Flakstad, businessperson and politician *22 April - Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America *9 May - Johan Arndt, politician...
  
  )

Deaths

• 14 January - Jens Zetlitz
  Jens Zetlitz
  Jens Zetlitz was a Norwegian priest and poet.Born in Stavanger, at the close of the 18th century he traveled to Copenhagen to study theology. He became a member of Det Norske Selskab, and became well known for his entertaining songs and drinking songs...
  
  , priest and poet (b.1761
  1761 in Norway
  -Full date unknown:*Erich Haagensen Jaabech, farmer and politician...
  
  )