Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1844.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1437 As political parties were not officially established until 1884,Nohlen & Stöver, p1423 all those elected were independents.Storting composition 1814-1903 Norwegian Social Science Data Services The number of seats in the Storting was increased from 100 to 102. Voter turnout was 49%, although only 5% of the country's population was eligible to vote.Nohlen & Stöver, p1439
Results Of the 102 seats, 44 were won by civil servants, 42 by farmers, sheriffs, church singers and teachers and 16 by people with other professions.
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