1842 in Norway

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s;
See also:	1842 in Sweden; List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1842 in Norway.

Incumbents

Porsgrunn was granted full city status. Limited city status was granted in 1807.
Flekkefjord was granted full city status.
Lillehammer was granted full city status.
The Norwegian Missionary Society was founded in Stavanger.
The eleventh Storting convened, following the 1841 election.
The Conventicle Act was repealed.
The Witchcraft Act (Trolldomslov) is abolished.^[2]

6 August – Karl Gether Bomhoff, pharmacist, politician and Governor of the Central Bank of Norway (d. 1925).^[4]
31 August – Ole Bornemann Bull, ophthalmologist (d.1916)
2 December – Robert Collett, zoologist (d.1913)
16 December – Otto Sinding, painter (d.1909)
17 December – Sophus Lie, mathematician (d.1899).^[5]

^ Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl Johan". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ Scott, Jess (22 May 2020). "The Story of Spå-Eilev: Once Upon a Time in 19th-Century Telemark". Life in Norway. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
^ "Theodor Nilsen Stousland" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 7 November 2012.
^ Gram, Trond. "Karl Gether Bomhoff". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ Aubert, Karl Egil; Delphin, Inger Lise A. "Sophus Lie". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 November 2020.