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Events in the year 1844 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Charles III John (until 8 March);[1] then Oscar I.[2]
 
Events
- 8 March – King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway
 - 11–18 July – The 4th Scandinavian Scientist Conference is held in Oslo.
 
Undated
- 1844 Norwegian parliamentary election
 - Utsira Lighthouse is established.[3]
 
Arts and literature
Births
- 2 March – Ole Larsen Skattebøl, judge and politician (d.1929)
 - 8 March – Jens Jonas Jansen, priest (d.1912)
 - 22 March – Sven Oftedal, helped found the Lutheran Free Church (d.1911)
 - 23 May – Klaus Hanssen, physician and politician
 - 15 July – Thorbjorn N. Mohn, American Lutheran church leader and the first president of St. Olaf College (d. 1899)
 - 8 August – Alf Collett, writer (d.1919)
 - 11 September – N. O. Nelson, founder of the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company (d. 1922)
 - 2 October – Peter Harboe Castberg, banker (d.1926)
 - 29 December – Brynild Anundsen, founder of Decorah Posten (d.1913)
 
Full date unknown
- Oluf Hansen Hagen, politician
 - Nils Otto Hesselberg, politician (d.1929)
 - Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn, politician and Minister (d.1915)
 - Steinar Schjøtt, philologist and lexicographer (d.1920)
 - Oscar Wergeland, painter (d.1910)
 
Deaths
- 4 August – Jacob Aall, historian and statesman (b.1773)
 
See also
References
- ↑ Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl Johan". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
 - ↑ Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 1.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
 - ↑ Lauritzen, Per Roger. "Utsira fyr". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
 
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