1840 in Norway

← 1839 1838 1837 1840 in Norway → 1841 1842 1843
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
See also:	1840 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Births

• 3 January - Cathinka Guldberg, Norway's first nurse (d.1919)
• 14 February - Lars Olsen Skrefsrud, missionary and language researcher in India (d.1910)
• 30 September - Johan Svendsen, composer, conductor and violinist (d.1911)
• 7 November - H. G. Haugan, Norwegian-born American railroad executive.

Full date unknown

• Karl Akre, politician
• Anton Christian Bang, politician (d.1913)
• Hans Laurits Olsen Hammerstad, politician
• Anders Sveaas, businessperson and consul (d.1917)

Deaths

• 28 August - Caspar Peter Hagerup, civil servant (b.1777)

Full date unknown

• Even Hansen, civil servant and politician (born 1790)
• Mads Lauritz Madsen, politician (born 1782)
• Peder Paulsen Balke, farmer and politician (born 1779).^[1]

References

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