When Marta Torkjelsdotter Tøsse was born in 1843, in Tysse, Hosanger, Hordaland, Norway, her father, Torkjel Johannesson Tøsse, was 35 and her mother, Guro Sjursdotter Bjelland, was 27. She died in 1846, in her hometown, at the age of 3.
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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.
contracted form of Märeta, an obsolete variant of Merete . The name is also popular in Sweden.
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