1847 Norwegian parliamentary election

Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen Due Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen Due Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1847.

[1] As political parties were not officially established until 1884,[2] all those elected were independents.

[3] The number of seats in the Storting was increased from 102 to 105.

[3] Voter turnout was 49%, although only 5% of the country's population was eligible to vote.

[4] Of the 105 seats, 45 were won by civil servants, 39 by farmers, sheriffs, church singers and teachers and 21 by people with other professions.