1841 in Norway
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Events
- 27 February – Frederik DueFrederik Due-Further reading:...
succeeds Severin LøvenskioldSeverin LøvenskioldSeverin Løvenskiold, the younger , was a Norwegian nobleman and a politician.-Early life:...
as prime ministerPrime Minister of NorwayThe Prime Minister of Norway is the political leader of Norway and the Head of His Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Stortinget , to their political party, and ultimately the...
, when Løvenskiold is appointed Governor-general of NorwayGovernor-general of NorwayThe Governor-general of Norway, styled Rigsstatholder in Danish or Riksståthållare in Swedish, both meaning 'Lieutenant of the realm' , was the appointed head of the Norwegian Government in the absence of the Monarch....
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Births
- 29 July - Gerhard Armauer HansenGerhard Armauer HansenGerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae in 1873 as the causative agent of leprosy....
, physician (d.19121912 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Jens Bratlie-Events:*7 March - Roald Amundsen announces his success in reaching the South Pole*Norsk Hydro establishes artificial fertilizer production at Glomfjord in Nordland...
) - 10 September - Thore Torkildsen FossThore Torkildsen FossThore Torkildsen Foss was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the constituency Lister og Mandal amt in 1889, and was re-elected on seven consecutive occasions...
, politician (d.19131913 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Jens Bratlie-Events:* Female suffrage is enacted in Norway* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Sport:...
) - 1 October - Sophus Christian Munk AarsSophus Christian Munk AarsSophus Christian Munk Aars was a Norwegian civil servant and writer.He was a son of priest and politician Nils Fredrik Julius Aars and his wife Sofie Elisabeth Stabel. He was a grandson of priest and politician Jens Aars and a first cousin of banker and politician Jens Ludvig Andersen Aars...
, civil servant and writer (d.19311931 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Peder Kolstad-Events:* 27 June – Norway occupied and claimed parts of the then-uninhabited eastern Greenland , claiming that it constituted terra nullius.* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the...
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Deaths
- 12 June - Hans Jørgen Reutz SynnestvedtHans Jørgen Reutz SynnestvedtHans Jørgen Reutz Synnestvedt was a Norwegian military officer and politician.He was an elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1815, representing the constituency of Romsdals Amt. He was a captain in the army, and resided in Bolsøy near Molde at the time. He sat through only one term...
, military officer and politician (b.17771777 in Norway-Births:*7 February - Severin Løvenskiold, nobleman and politician *18 February - Andreas Arntzen, politician *12 April - Caspar Peter Hagerup, civil servant...
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- Osmund Andersen LømslandOsmund Andersen LømslandOsmund Andersen Lømsland was a Norwegian farmer and politician.He was born in Oddernes, and worked as a farmer in Tveit.He was elected to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, representing the constituency of Mandals Amt. He left politics after this.-References:...
, farmer and politician (b.17651765 in Norway-Full date unknown:*Knut Andreas Pettersen Agersborg, politician *Niels Stockfleth Darre, military officer *Mathias Hagerup, politician *Osmund Andersen Lømsland, farmer and politician...
) - Jens Schou FabriciusJens Schou FabriciusJens Schou Fabricius was the Norwegian appointed Minister of the Navy 1817–1818. Fabricius was a rear admiral by profession.-References:...
, politician (b.17581758 in Norway-Deaths:*5 November - Hans Egede, Lutheran missionary...
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