1844 in Norway

Events in the year 1844 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Charles III John (until 8 March); then Oscar I.

Events

 * 8 March – King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway
 * 11–18 July – The 4th Scandinavian Scientist Conference is held in Oslo.

Undated

 * 1844 Norwegian parliamentary election
 * Utsira Lighthouse is established.

Births

 * 19 February – Mathilde Schjøtt, writer, literary critic, biographer and feminist (died 1926).
 * 2 March – Ole Larsen Skattebøl, judge and politician (d.1929)
 * 8 March – Jens Jonas Jansen, priest (d.1912)
 * 22 March – Sven Oftedal, helped found the Lutheran Free Church (d.1911)
 * 23 May – Klaus Hanssen, physician and politician
 * 15 July – Thorbjorn N. Mohn, American Lutheran church leader and the first president of St. Olaf College (d. 1899)
 * 8 August – Alf Collett, writer (d.1919)
 * 11 September – N. O. Nelson, founder of the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company (d. 1922)
 * 2 October – Peter Harboe Castberg, banker (d.1926)
 * 29 December – Brynild Anundsen, founder of Decorah Posten (d.1913)

Full date unknown

 * Oluf Hansen Hagen, politician
 * Nils Otto Hesselberg, politician (d.1929)
 * Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn, politician and Minister (d.1915)
 * Steinar Schjøtt, philologist and lexicographer (d.1920)
 * Oscar Wergeland, painter (d.1910)

Deaths

 * 4 August – Jacob Aall, historian and statesman (b.1773)