Events in the year 1841 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Charles III John.
Events
- 27 February – Frederik Due succeeds Severin Løvenskiold as prime minister, when Løvenskiold is appointed Governor-general of Norway.
Arts and literature
- The poem «Vi ere en Nation, vi med» is first published. It was written by Henrik Wergeland.
Births
- 23 May – Karen Sundt, writer (died 1924).
- 29 July – Gerhard Armauer Hansen, physician (died 1912)
- 21 August – Carl Willoch Ludvig Horn, educator, textbook writer and politician (died 1913).
- 10 September – Thore Torkildsen Foss, politician (died 1913)
- 1 October – Sophus Christian Munk Aars, civil servant and writer (died 1931)
- 27 November – Nikoline Harbitz, author (died 1898).
- 13 December – Olaf Wilhelm Petersen, military officer and sports official (died 1909).
Full date unknown
- Lars Anton Nicolai Larsen-Naur, politician (died 1896)
Deaths
- 12 June – Hans Jørgen Reutz Synnestvedt, military officer and politician (b. 1777)
- 21 October – Niels Hertzberg, priest and politician (b. 1759).
- 21 November – Thomas Fasting, naval officer and government minister (b. 1769)
- 15 December – Jacob Hersleb Darre, priest, member of the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly (born 1757).
Full date unknown
- Osmund Andersen Lømsland, farmer and politician (b. 1765)
- Jens Schou Fabricius, politician (b. 1758)
See also
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