1842 in Norway

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List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1842 in Norway.

## Incumbents

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* Monarch: Charles III John.[1]
* First Minister: Nicolai Krog

## Events

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* Porsgrunn was granted full city status. Limited city status was granted in 1807.
* Flekkefjord was granted full city status.
* Lillehammer was granted full city status.
* The Norwegian Missionary Society was founded in Stavanger.
* The eleventh Storting convened, following the 1841 election.
* The Conventicle Act was repealed.
* The Witchcraft Act (Trolldomslov) is abolished.[2]
* Russian ship of the line Ingermanland sinks outside the coast of Jæren.

## Arts and literature

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* Ivar Aasen commenced his research on rural dialects all across Norway

## Births

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### January to June

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Rikard Nordraak

* 16 March – Theodor Nilsen Stousland, politician (d.1910).[3]
* 1 April – Edmund Neupert, pianist and composer (d.1888)
* 12 June – Rikard Nordraak, composer (d.1866)
* 26 May – Evald Rygh, banker, politician and Minister (d.1913)

### July to December

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Sophus Lie

* 6 August – Karl Gether Bomhoff, pharmacist, politician and Governor of the Central Bank of Norway (d. 1925).[4]
* 31 August – Ole Bornemann Bull, ophthalmologist (d.1916)
* 2 December – Robert Collett, zoologist (d.1913)
* 16 December – Otto Sinding, painter (d.1909)
* 17 December – Sophus Lie, mathematician (d.1899).[5]

### Full date unknown

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* Nils S. Dvergsdal, politician (d.1921)

## Deaths

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* 16 January – Thomas Fearnley, painter (born 1802).[6]
* 16 March – Maurits Hansen, writer (b.1794)

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* Henrik Anker Bjerregaard, poet, dramatist and judge (b.1792)
* Wilhelm Jürgensen, military officer (b.1762)

## See also

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Portals:

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* History
* Lists

## References

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1. ^ Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl Johan". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
2. ^ Scott, Jess (22 May 2020). "The Story of Spå-Eilev: Once Upon a Time in 19th-Century Telemark". Life in Norway. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
3. ^ "Theodor Nilsen Stousland" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 7 November 2012.
4. ^ Gram, Trond. "Karl Gether Bomhoff". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
5. ^ Aubert, Karl Egil; Delphin, Inger Lise A. "Sophus Lie". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
6. ^ Østby, Leif; Ernst, Frode. "Thomas Fearnley". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 February 2025.

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*   * Andorra
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