When Kari Tostensdatter Bjørnstad was born on 27 November 1840, in Bjørnstad, Hedmark, Norway, her father, Tosten Engebretsen Bjørnstad, was 35 and her mother, Lisbet Hansdatter Bergstuen, was 17. She married Ole Martinussen Torpet on 1 March 1861, in Mo, Nord-Odal, Hedmark, Norway. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Nord-Odal, Hedmark, Norway in 1840. She died in 1905, in Sørli, Hedmark, Norway, at the age of 65.
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Birth year of renown musical composer and pianist. Born in Bergen, Norway. Musical composer and pianist whose music is known worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to develop a national identity,
The Nonconformist Act recognized Christian dissenter churches. It became legal to organize churches of other denominations.
School Act of 1860 which required permanent schools in both towns and rural areas.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Bjorn, Carsten, Erik, Fredrik, Peer.
Norwegian (Bjørnstad): habitational name from a farm named as ‘Bjørn's farm’ (see Bjorn ), of which there are many examples, especially in southeastern Norway.
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