Events in the year 1841 in Norway.
Incumbents Monarch: Charles III John. First Minister: Nicolai Krog
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. The first volume of «Norwegian Folktales» (Norwegian: Norske folkeeventyr) a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe is first published.
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)
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