Hans Christopher Tormodsen Nessa

What we know – and how

The life

1. 1827
   Born

   Tysvær

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2. 1832
   The place and the tree

   Koleraepidemi

   Hans is 5

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   Koleraepidemi i Norge

3. 
   1832
   Norway

   Cholera reaches Norway

   Hans is 5

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   Cholera was first found in Norway. A commission against the epidemic was already in place and published advice on how to recognise and treat the disease.

   Source: Kolera

   Picture: Joseph Légaré · Public domain

4. 1837
   The place and the tree

   Kommunalt selvstyre opprettet

   Hans is 10

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   Det kommunale selvstyret blir opprettet ved Formannskapslovene. Opprettelsen av kommunene fører til at Norge får et mer desentralisert styre enn nabolandene.

5. 
   1837
   Norway

   Local self-government

   Hans is 10

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   Every rural district and town was to have an elected council and board of representatives – municipal self-government begins.

   Source: formannskapslovene

   Picture: Municipal Archives of Trondheim from Trondheim, Norway · CC BY 2.0

6. 
   1838
   Norway

   The land register of 1838

   Hans is 11

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   The first revised, nationwide register of landed properties and their value, with the assessment in skylddaler and farm numbers within each court district.

   Source: Matrikkelen 1838

   Picture: Friman · CC BY-SA 3.0

7. 1840
   The place and the tree

   Fotografiet kommer til Norge

   Hans is 13

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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.

8. 1843
   Died

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