1850 in Norway
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Events
- June 19 – Princess Louise of the NetherlandsLouise of the NetherlandsLouise of the Netherlands was the Queen of Sweden and Norway as spouse of King Charles XV of Sweden and IV of Norway.-Birth:...
marries Crown Prince KarlCharles XV of SwedenCharles XV & IV also Carl ; Swedish and Norwegian: Karl was King of Sweden and Norway from 1859 until his death....
of Sweden-Norway.
Arts and literature
- Henrik IbsenHenrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
's first play CatilinaCatiline (play)Catiline or Catalina was Henrik Ibsen's first play. It was written during winter 1848-49 and first performed under Ibsen's name on December 3, 1881 at the Nya Teatern , Stockholm, Sweden...
is written (but not performed until 1881) - 26 September - Henrik Ibsen's second play, The Burial MoundThe Burial MoundThe Burial Mound was Henrik Ibsen's second play and the first play to be performed. It is a three-act verse drama, written in 1850 when Ibsen was 22 years old. The play was first performed at the Christiania Theater on 26 September 1850, under Ibsen's pseudonym Brynjolf Bjarme....
, is performed at Christiania Theater
Births
- 1 January - Oscar JacobsenOscar JacobsenOscar Jacobsen was a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Liberal Party.-Personal life:He was born in Vågå as the son of Johanne Georgine Jørgensen and her husband Nils Lauritz Severin Jacobsen. He had several brothers, among them Albert Marius Jacobsen, father of Rolf Jacobsen...
, engineer and politician (d.19021902 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...
) - 9 February - Hjalmar August SchiøtzHjalmar August SchiøtzHjalmar August Schiøtz was a Norwegian ophthalmologist born in Stavanger. He studied medicine in Kristiania, Vienna and Paris. In 1884 he became head of a polyclinic for ear, nose, throat and eye diseases in Kristiania...
, ophthalmologist (d.19271927 in Norway-Events:* Norsk Hydro forms a companionship with the German company IG Farben in order to gain access to the newly developed Haber-Bosch process for manufacturing artificial fertilizer...
) - 18 March - Olefine MoeOlefine MoeOlefine Louise Margarethe Moe was a Norwegian opera singer, actress, opera director and singing teacher.She was born in Bergen, debuted as a dramatic actress on the Christiania Theatre in Christiania in 1868...
, opera singer (d.19331933 in Norway-Events:* 17 May - Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort establish the Norwegian fascist party "Nasjonal Samling" * 1 July - The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation was founded....
) - 4 July - Ole OlsenOle Olsen (musician)Ole Olsen was a Norwegian organist, composer, conductor and military musician.-Life:Olsen was born in Hammerfest, in the county of Finnmark. His mother died when he was young. His father was Iver Olsen, a craftsman and an amateur musician who played the organ at the local church. From a young...
, organist, composer, conductor and military musician (d.19271927 in Norway-Events:* Norsk Hydro forms a companionship with the German company IG Farben in order to gain access to the newly developed Haber-Bosch process for manufacturing artificial fertilizer...
) - 8 October - Sven AarrestadSven ArrestadSven Aarrestad was a writer, politician and leader in the Norwegian temperance movement during the 19th century.-Biography:...
, writer, politician and leader in the Norwegian temperance movement (d. 1942 in Norway) - 17 October - Johannes ChristiansenJohannes ChristiansenJohannes Christiansen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Askim, but moved to Skiptvet. He was deputy mayor from 1884 to 1887 and mayor from 1888 to 1889. He then quit local politics to become a police chief...
, 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:...
) - 25 December - Elizabeth FeddeElizabeth FeddeElisabeth Fedde was a Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess who established the Norwegian Relief Society to better served the Norwegian-American immigrant community.-Biography:...
, Lutheran Deaconess who established the Norwegian Relief Society (d.19211921 in Norway-Events:* 6 May - A general strike begins in Norway.* 17 September - the Dovre Line was opened.* 18 September - Nidareid train disaster on the Trondhjem-Størenbanen railway line...
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- Einar LøchenEinar LøchenEinar Løchen was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Party.He was a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm from February 1888 to April 1889. Then, he was appointed Minister of Justice and the Police in the second cabinet Steen...
, jurist and politician (d.19081908 in Norway-Sport:*26 September - SK Brann football club is founded.*Football Association of Norway joins FIFA.-January to March:*3 February - Ragna Johanne Forsberg, politician *3 February - Oddbjørn Hagen, skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion...
) - Knut Eilevsson SteintjønndalenKnut Eilevsson SteintjønndalenKnut Eilevsson Steintjønndalen was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark, Norway.Knut Eilevsson Steintjønndalen continued the Steintjønndal tradition when his brother Jon Eilevsson Steintjønndalen left...
, Hardanger fiddle maker (d.19021902 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...
) - Karenus Kristofer ThinnKarenus Kristofer ThinnKarenus Kristofer Thinn was a Norwegian judge.He was born in Østre Toten. From 1891 he was a presiding judge in Hålogaland, Borgarting and Agder. In 1902 he was appointed extraordinary Supreme Court assessor. From 1909 to 1920 he served as its Chief Justice.-References:...
, judge (d.19421942 in Norway-Incumbents:*Government in Exile ** Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway** Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold *German Military Governor** Reichskommissar in Norway - Josef Terboven*German Puppet Government in Oslo...
) - Ivar Peterson TveitenIvar Peterson TveitenIvar Peterson Tveiten was the Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1924-1926.-References:...
, politician and Minister (d.19321932 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Peder Kolstad, until death in March-January to March:*7 January - Tormod Knutsen, Nordic combined skier and Olympic gold medallist...
) - Erik V. Vullum, politician and author (d.19161916 in Norway-Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Notable births:*7 January - Gunnar Jakobsen, politician *15 January - Sigrid Utkilen, politician *24 January - Erik Heiberg, sailor and Olympic silver medallist...
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Deaths
- 28 March - Bernt Michael HolmboeBernt Michael HolmboeBernt Michael Holmboe was a Norwegian mathematician. He was home-tutored from an early age, and was not enrolled in school until 1810...
, mathematician (b.17951795 in Norway-Births:*23 March - Bernt Michael Holmboe, mathematician *2 December - Hans Nicolai Lange, priest and politician -Full date unknown:*Nicolai Benjamin Cappelen, jurist and politician *Mensen Ernst, road runner and ultramarathonist...
) - 10 September - Andreas Martin SeipAndreas Martin SeipAndreas Martin Seip was a Norwegian military officer and politician.He was the son of dr.med. Christian Caspar "Jesper" Seip , who had migrated to Norway from Copenhagen. Both Andreas Martin Seip and his brother Jesper Gotlieb Seip had a military career, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel...
, military officer and politician (b.17901790 in Norway-Births:*1 November - Dominicus Nagell Lemvig Brun, military officer and politician *26 December - Andreas Martin Seip, military officer and politician -Full date unknown:*Melchior Schjelderup Olsson Fuhr, politician...
) - 8 December - Georg SverdrupGeorg SverdrupGeorg Sverdrup , born Jørgen Sverdrup, was a Norwegian philologist, who is well known for being a member of Norwegian Constituent Assembly in Eidsvoll in 1814 and later the parliament. He was also responsible for building the first Norwegian university library...
, philologist (b.17701770 in Norway-Births:*25 April - Georg Sverdrup, philologist *4 August - Christen Thorn Aamodt, priest -Full date unknown:*Anders Trulsson Bruland, civil servant and politician...
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- Jens GasmannJens Gasmann-Personal life:He was born in 1776 in Gjerpen as the son of attorney Niels Egidius Gasmann and his wife Kirstine Schweder of the wealthy Zachariassen Wesseltoft family....
, businessperson and politician (b.17761776 in Norway-Full date unknown:*Jens Gasmann, businessperson and politician *Poul Christian Holst, politician and Minister *Hilmar Meincke Krohg, politician...
) - Christian Ulrik KastrupChristian Ulrik KastrupChristian Ulrik Kastrup was a Norwegian jurist, military officer and politician.A jurist by education, from Stavanger, he worked as a military officer until 1811, when he became chief of customs in Vardø. In 1817 he became fut in the district Nordhordland og Voss. He was elected to the Norwegian...
, jurist, military officer and politician (b.17841784 in Norway-Births:*7 March - Svend Borchmann Hersleb, professor of theology and politician *11 July - Olaus Michael Schmidt, judge and politician *26 September - Christopher Hansteen, astronomer and physicist -Full date unknown:...
) - Jacob Andreas WilleJacob Andreas WilleJacob Andreas Wille was a Norwegian priest and politician.He was born in Seljord to vicar Hans Amundsen Wille and his wife Bolette Nilsdatter Møllerup. He graduated as cand.theol. in 1798...
, priest 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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