Events in the year 1815 in Norway.

Incumbents Monarch: Charles II.

Events 31 July - The 1815 Act of Union was passed by the Storting. 30 April – Population Census: Norway had 885,431 inhabitants. The Supreme Court of Norway was established on the basis of the Constitution of Norway's §88, prescribing an independent judiciary.

Births

19 February – Elise Wærenskjold, Norwegian-American pioneer in Texas (d. 1895) 25 March – Johan Henrik Andresen, merchant, factory owner and politician (died 1874). 4 April – Johannes Wilhelm Christian Dietrichson, Lutheran Minister (d. 1883) 3 May – Mads Langaard, brewery owner and industrialist (d.1891). 4 July – Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, physician (d.1894) 23 July – Johan Christian Johnsen, politician (d.1898) 30 July – Herman Severin Løvenskiold, composer (d.1870) 15 September – Halfdan Kjerulf, composer (d.1868)

Full date unknown Nicolai Friis, politician (d.1888) Hans Peder Johansen Hafslund, politician Thomas Henrik Hammer, jurist and politician (d.1900) Hans Gerhard Colbjørnsen Meldahl, jurist and politician (d.1877) Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland, military officer, cartographer and skiing pioneer (d.1895)

Deaths 20 February - Maren Juel, landowner (b.1749) 9 December - Catharina Lysholm, businesswoman and ship-owner (b.1744)

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