1838 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1838 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Charles III John.^[1]

Events

• 1 January – Fulfilling a law from 1837 all parishes form the bases for the establishment of altogether 396 formannskapsdistrikts, the precursor of municipalities.

Births

• 10 January – Johan Christopher Brun, pharmacist and politician (d.1914)
• 12 March – Johan Gerhard Theodor Ameln, politician (d.1917)
• 23 March – Johan Christian Heuch, bishop and politician (d.1904)
• 28 December – Albert Marius Jacobsen, military officer and politician (d.1909)
• 31 December – Jacob Aall Bonnevie, politician and Minister (d.1904)

Full date unknown

• Ludvig Aubert, politician and Minister (d.1896)
• Edvard Hans Hoff, politician and Minister (d.1933)
• Christian Johansen Ihlen, politician
• Ole C. Johnson, soldier in the American Civil War (d.1886)
• Anders Nicolai Kiær, statistician (d.1919)
• Christian Homann Schweigaard, politician and Prime Minister (d.1899)

Deaths

• 10 March – Jonas Greger Walnum, politician (b.1771)
• 27 June - Nils Christian Frederik Hals, military officer (b.1758)
• 20 November - Syvert Amundsen Eeg, farmer and politician (b.1757).^[2]
• 29 December – Søren Christian Sommerfelt, priest and botanist (b. 1794).^[3]

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Karl Johan . Magnus A. . Mardal . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 18 December 2023.
2. Encyclopedia: Syvert Omundsen Eeg . Magnus A. . Mardal . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no. 15 June 2024.
3. Encyclopedia: Søren Christian Sommerfelt - 1 . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Per . Sunding . Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 22 May 2019.