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Porsgrunn was granted full city status. Limited city status was granted in 1807.
The Norwegian Missionary Society was founded in Stavanger.
The eleventh Storting convened, following the 1841 election.
Arts and literature
Ivar Aasen commenced his research on rural dialects all across Norway
16 March – Theodor Nilsen Stousland, politician (d.1910).
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)
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)
Nils S. Dvergsdal, politician (d.1921)
16 March - Maurits Hansen, writer (b.1794)
Henrik Anker Bjerregaard, poet, dramatist and judge (b.1792)
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