1843 in Norway

Updated on Nov 12, 2023

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Centuries: 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st Decades: 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s

Births

5 January - Jørgen Christian Knudsen, ship-owner and politician (b.1922)

8 January - Johan Jeremiassen, ship-owner, consul and politician (d.1889)

2 February - Knute Nelson, Governor of Minnesota from 1893 till 1895 and United States Senator from Minnesota from 1895 till 1923. (d. 1923)

9 April - Canute R. Matson, Norwegian American Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois at the time of the Haymarket Square Riot (d. 1903)

15 June - Edvard Grieg, composer and pianist (d.1907)

18 August - Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne, businessperson and politician (d.1920)

4 October - Christopher Knudsen, priest, politician and Minister (d.1915)

8 October - Kitty Lange Kielland, painter (d.1914)

31 October - Oscar Nissen, physician, newspaper editor and politician (d.1911)

Axel Gudbrand Blytt, botanist (d.1898)

Yngvar Nielsen, historian and geographer (d.1916)

Herman Johan Foss Reimers, politician and Minister (d.1928)

Theodor Løvstad, musician, magazine editor (d.1913).

17 March - Lars Andreas Oftedahl, priest and politician (b.1781)

13 June - Ole Edvard Buck, politician (b.1799)

Mensen Ernst, road runner and ultramarathoner (b.1795)

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