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See also:	1838 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1838 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Charles III John.

Events

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

Arts and literature

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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).
• 29 December – Søren Christian Sommerfelt, priest and botanist (b. 1794).

See also

• Norway
• History
• Lists

References

1. Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl Johan". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
2. Mardal, Magnus A. "Syvert Omundsen Eeg". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
3. Sunding, Per. "Søren Christian Sommerfelt - 1". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 May 2019.

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