1837 in Norway

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s;
See also:	1837 in Sweden; List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1837 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

8 February – Elise Aubert, novelist, short-story writer, and non-fiction writer (d. 1909).^[2]
18 February – Johannes Bergh, barrister (d. 1906).^[3]
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).^[4]
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).^[5]
16 September – Rasmus Theisen, civil servant and politician (d. 1908)
26 September – Hjalmar Heiberg, physician and a professor (d. 1897).^[6]
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).^[7]
18 December – Paul Andreas Jetmundsen Aklestad, politician (d.1924)
20 December – Georg August Thilesen, politician and Minister (d. 1917).^[8]

8 February – Jens Johan Vangensten, politician (b.1766)
26 February – Jørgen Young, merchant and politician (b. 1781).^[9]
11 March – Peder von Cappelen, merchant and politician (b. 1763).^[10]
15 March – Eilert Waldemar Preben Ramm, military officer and politician (b. 1769).^[11]^[12]
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)

^ Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl Johan". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Elise Aubert". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ Amundsen, O. Delphin (1947). Den kongelige norske Sankt Olavs Orden (in Norwegian). Oslo: Grøndahl. p. 103.
^ "Hermann Hansen Aarsrud". nsd.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ Bjerke, Øyvind Storm. "Vincent Lerche". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Hjalmar Heiberg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Johannes Skar". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ "Georg August Thilesen". nsd.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ "Jørgen Young". nsd.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Peder von Cappelen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ Mardal, Magnus A. "Eilert Waldemar Preben Ramm". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ "Ramm, Eilert Valdemar Preben (Eidsvollsmann)". eidsvollsmenn.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 November 2019.