1837 in Norway

Events in the year 1837 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Charles III John.

Events

 * 14 January – Formannskapsdistrikt was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan.

Arts and literature

 * Strömberg Theatre re-opened under the name Christiania Theatre.

Births

 * 8 February – Elise Aubert, novelist, short-story writer, and non-fiction writer (d. 1909).
 * 18 February – Johannes Bergh, barrister (d. 1906).
 * 16 March – Hassa Horn Sr., civil servant (d. 1921)
 * 25 March – Lauritz Jenssen, businessperson and politician (d.1899)
 * 19 April – Fredrik Meltzer Wallem, journalist and writer (d. 1922)
 * 20 April – Georg Ossian Sars, marine biologist (d.1927)
 * 11 May – Lorentz Severin Skougaard, singer (d. 1885)
 * 14 July – Hermann Hansen Aarsrud, politician (d. 1927).
 * 27 July – Ole Vollan, educator, editor and politician (d.1907)
 * 18 August – Marcus Pløen Ingstad, jurist and educator (d. 1918)
 * 5 September – Vincent Stoltenberg Lerche, painter (d. 1892).
 * 16 September – Rasmus Theisen, civil servant and politician (d. 1908)
 * 26 September – Hjalmar Heiberg, physician and a professor (d. 1897).
 * 8 October – Otto Winter-Hjelm, musician, conductor, writer, composer and music critic (d. 1931)
 * 15 October – Carl Herman Halvorsen, jurist and politician (d. 1918)
 * 18 November – Johannes Skar, educator and folklorist (d. 1914).
 * 18 December – Paul Andreas Jetmundsen Aklestad, politician (d.1924)
 * 20 December – Georg August Thilesen, politician and Minister (d. 1917).

Full date unknown

 * Ole Herman Johannes Krag, gun designer (d.1916)
 * Hans Mustad, businessperson (d.1918)
 * Carl Ingwart Theodor Rynning, government official and politician (d. 1892)

Deaths



 * 8 February – Jens Johan Vangensten, politician (b.1766)
 * 26 February – Jørgen Young, merchant and politician (b. 1781).
 * 11 March – Peder von Cappelen, merchant and politician (b. 1763).
 * 15 March – Eilert Waldemar Preben Ramm, military officer and politician (b. 1769).
 * 27 April – Lorentz Johannsen, merchant and member of the Storting (b. 1769)
 * 5 October – Ole Knudsen Tvedten, farmer and district sheriff (b. 1757/8)
 * 14 December – Andreas Arntzen, politician (b.1777)

Full date unknown

 * Christian Adolph Diriks, politician and minister (b.1775)