1869 in Norway
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See also: | 1869 in Sweden List of years in Norway |
Events in the year 1869 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 14 August – Charles Wilhelm Thesen leaves Norway in his 117-ton schooner Albatros, loaded with timber to sell in New Zealand.
- 16 November – Charles Wilhelm Thesen arrives in Cape Town. After bad weather delays his onward journey, he decides to stay in South Africa.[2]
Arts and literature
- 3 April – Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor receives its première in Copenhagen, played by Edmund Neupert, with Holger Simon Paulli conducting.[3]
Births
January to June
- 18 February – Johan Hjort, fisheries scientist, marine zoologist and oceanographer (died 1948)
- 23 March – Waldemar Ager, newspaperman and author in America (died 1941)
- 1 April – Peter Egge, writer (died 1959)
- 11 April – Gustav Vigeland, sculptor (died 1943)
- 5 May – Hjalmar Christensen, writer (died 1925)
- 8 May – Andreas Tostrup Urbye, politician and Minister (died 1955)
- 15 June – Anna Gjøstein, politician and proponent for women's rights pioneer (died 1956).[4]
July to December
- 5 July – Holger Sinding-Larsen, architect (died 1938)
- 31 July – Johannes Irgens, diplomat, politician and Minister (died 1939)
- 23 August – Rasmus Olai Mortensen, politician and Minister (died 1934)
- 13 September – Kristen Holbø, painter and illustrator (died 1953)
- 17 September – Christian Lous Lange, historian, teacher and political scientist, shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1921 (died 1938)
- 29 September – Harald Sohlberg, painter (died 1935)
- 5 October – Gitta Jønsson, politician and proponent for women's rights (died 1950).[5]
- 11 October – Johan Aschehoug Kiær, paleontologist and geologist (died 1931)
Deaths
- 6 March – Niels Nielsen Vogt, priest and politician (born 1798)
- 28 October – Gustav Peter Blom, politician (born 1785)
Full date unknown
- Melchior Schjelderup Olsson Fuhr, politician (born 1790)
- Jon Eriksson Helland II, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1849)
- Bernt Sverdrup Maschmann, priest and politician (born 1805)
- Christopher Simonsen Fougner, politician (born 1795)
See also
References
- ^ Langslet, Lars Roar; Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl 4.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Lightleys Holiday Houseboats". Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ Grieg and the Danish Connection
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Anna Gjøstein". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Tennes, Ragnhild Seel. "Gitta Jønsson". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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