Jens Johannes Jensen Jebsen

What we know – and how

The life

1. 6 Jul 1839
   Born

   Broager, Syddanmark, Danmark

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2. 1840
   The place and the tree

   Fotografiet kommer til Norge

   Jens is 1

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   På denne tiden kommer fotografiet for første gang til Norge. Portretter blir raskt populært blant middel- og overklassen. Thøge Winther regnes som Norges første fotograf; en annen tidlig fotograf er O. F. Knudsen.

3. 1844
   The place and the tree

   Oscar I

   Jens is 5

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   Oscar I regjerer (svensk styre).

4. 1845
   The place and the tree

   Dissenterloven innføres

   Jens is 6

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   I 1845 kom dissenterloven. For første gang ble det lov å danne uavhengige kirkesamfunn utenfor statskirka. Eksempler på slike trossamfunn er Den katolske kirke, Metodistkirka, Baptistsamfunnet og Adventistsamfunnet. Prestene eller forstanderne i disse menighetene kunne også forestå vigsler.

5. 
   1845
   Norway

   The Dissenter Act

   Jens is 6

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   Christian communities other than the state church got the right to establish themselves in Norway – among them Quakers, Catholics and Methodists.

   Source: dissenterloven

   Picture: Adolph Tidemand · Public domain

6. 1846
   The place and the tree

   Arne Fabrikker etableres

   Jens is 7

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   I 1845 undertegnet Peter Jebsen kjøpekontrakt på Blindheimselven (Elvæ) fra Gaupås som renner ut i Ytre Arna, og grunnla det som ble landets første mekaniserte bomullsveveri. Han brukte halve formuen sin, 200 spesiedaler, på å kjøpe elven. Arbeidet kommer i gang i 1846.

7. 1848
   The place and the tree

   Brudeferd i Hardanger

   Jens is 9

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   Hans Gude maler sitt berømte bilde Brudeferd i Hardanger sammen med Adolph Tidemand.

8. 
   1848
   Norway

   The revolutions of 1848

   Jens is 9

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   Revolutionary uprisings across Europe, above all in France, Germany, Austria and Italy. They were followed by a new conservative reaction.

   Source: februarrevolusjonen

   Picture: Horace Vernet · Public domain

9. 
   1848
   Norway

   The Thrane movement

   Jens is 9

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   Marcus Thrane started the first workers' association in Drammen in 1848, and soon there were such associations all over the country to better the workers' lot.

   Source: Arbeiderforeningene – Thranebevegelsen

   Picture: Nasjonalbiblioteket from Norway · CC BY 2.0

10. 1849
    The place and the tree

    Slottet innvies

    Jens is 10

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    Det kongelige slott innvies i Oslo.

11. 
    1851
    Norway

    The Jewish clause is repealed

    Jens is 12

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    The Constitution's ban on Jews in the realm was repealed once there was a two-thirds majority for it in the Storting.

    Source: Jødeparagrafen

    Picture: National Library of Norway · No restrictions

12. 1853
    The place and the tree

    Koleraepidemi

    Jens is 14

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    Koleraepidemi i Norge

13. 
    1854
    Norway

    Equal inheritance

    Jens is 15

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    The Inheritance Act gave men and women equal shares. Before, sisters and daughters got only half as much as their brothers.

    Source: søsterlodd

    Picture: Adolph Tidemand · Public domain

14. 1854
    The place and the tree

    Norges første togbane

    Jens is 15

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    Eidsvoll-banen, Norges første togbane åpnes.

15. 1854
    The place and the tree

    Innføring av frimerker

    Jens is 15

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    Frimerker ble vedtatt utgitt.

16. 
    1854
    Norway

    The first railway

    Jens is 15

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    The main line between Christiania and Eidsvoll opened – Norway's first railway.

    Source: Hovedbanen

    Picture: not credited Published in 1854, it is unlikely that any artist would be still living in 1944. · Public domain

17. 1858
    Died

    Hamburg, Tyskland

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