1807 in Norway

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See also:1807 in Denmark
List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1807 in Norway.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch: Christian VII

Events[]

  • 12 August - Start of the Gunboat War between Denmark-Norway and the United Kingdom.
  • 1 September - The Norwegian Government commission was formed.
  • 18 September - British forces blows up Fredriksholm Fortress, four Englishmen was killed in the blast.[1]
  • Porsgrunn is granted limited city status. Full city status is granted in 1842.

Arts and literature[]

Olavsstøtta.
  • The oldest monument in Norway;  [no] is erected.

Births[]

January to June[]

  • 19 January – Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland, bishop (d.1896)
  • 27 January – Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt, jurist and politician (d.1865)
  • 14 March – Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Swedish and Norwegian queen (d.1876)

July to December[]

  • 29 November – Peter Severin Steenstrup, naval officer and businessperson (d.1863)
  • 22 December – Johan Sebastian Welhaven, poet and critic (d.1873)

Full date unknown[]

  • Nils Fredrik Julius Aars, priest and politician (d.1865)
  • Halvor Olsen Folkestad, councillor of state (d.1889)
  • Peter Tidemand Malling, bookseller, printer and publisher (d.1878)
  • Hans Wille, priest and politician (d.1877)

Deaths[]

  • 16 September – Jochum Brinch Lund, merchant (b.1743).[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Fredriksholm Festning Archived 2013-06-29 at archive.today Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ Abrahamsen, Olav Arild. "Jochum Lund". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
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