1870 in Norway information

Events in the year 1870 in Norway. Monarch: Charles IV. 23 January – Ole Sæther, Olympic rifle shooter (died 1946) 17 April – Haaken Hasberg Gran, botanist...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1870. 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1870. As political parties were not officially established until 1884, all those elected were independents...

Demographic features of the population of Norway, including Jan Mayen, and Svalbard, where the hospital is not equipped for births, include population...

descended from Augustus Halvorsen Hilton, who migrated from Norway to San Antonio, New Mexico in 1870. In the 1900 United States census, Hilton was listed as...

Norwegian Americans (Bokmål: Norskamerikanere, Nynorsk: Norskamerikanarar) are Americans with ancestral roots in Norway. Norwegian immigrants went to the...

history of Jews in Norway dates back to the 1400s. Although there were very likely Jewish merchants, sailors and others who entered Norway during the Middle...

Mowinckel (1870–1943), Norwegian prime minister, shipping magnate and philanthropist Johan Ernst Mowinckel (born 1759) (1759–1816), Norwegian merchant and...

Norway or Sweden–Norway (Swedish: Svensk-norska unionen; Norwegian: Den svensk-norske union(en)), officially the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway...

convened at Norway House by Donald Smith in July 1870. The men met around a great oak table with Smith as the new Governor, following his success in negotiations...

[ˈhɑːˌkon ˈhɑːˌkonɑrˌson]; Norwegian: Håkon Håkonsson), sometimes called Haakon the Old in contrast to his namesake son, was King of Norway from 1217 to 1263....

movement in Norway has made significant progress in reforming laws and social customs in the nation, advancing the rights of the women of Norway. In 1840...

government of Norway. In the modern era, the head of government has the title prime minister (Norwegian: Statsminister). At various times in the past, the...

inspired by an 1870 poem by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson which referenced then-Christiania in central Oslo. The nickname is mostly used by Norwegians from out of...

The Catholic Church in Norway (Norwegian: Den katolske kirke i Norge) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church. As of May 2014[update], there were over...

The Norwegian monarch is the head of state of Norway, which is a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system. The Norwegian monarchy...

King of Denmark 1448–1481, Norway 1450–1481, and Sweden 1457–1464 Christian II of Denmark (1481–1559), King of Denmark and Norway 1513–1523 Christian III...

Norwegian Folktales (Norwegian: Norske folkeeventyr) is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It...

death in 1907 and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905. Oscar was the son of King Oscar I and Queen Josephine. He inherited the Swedish and Norwegian thrones...

depicted in the Bible Sem (given name), a usually masculine given name Sem (artist) (1863–1934), French caricaturist Elise Sem (1870–1950), Norwegian barrister...

Aurlandsvangen (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈæ̂ʉrlɑnsˌvɑŋːn̩]) is the administrative center of Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located...

2015–2022. The Kingdom of Norway includes the dependent territory of Svalbard. Previously served as President of Iran from 1981–1989. In 1952, Princess Elizabeth...

very similar to the version which transformed whaling in the following decade. In 1870, the Norwegian shipping magnate Svend Foyn patented and pioneered...