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1805 in Norway

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Events in the year 1805 in Norway.

Incumbents

Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

The 1400 m long horse-powered Damtjern-Storflåtan railway in Krokskogen, was opened. It is believed to have been Norway's first railway.
Burial inside churches was outlawed.

Births

8 January – Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch, zoologist (d.1883)

Full date unknown

Jørgen Wright Cappelen, bookseller and publisher (d.1878)
Bernt Sverdrup Maschmann, priest and politician (d.1869)
Ole Hersted Schjøtt, clergyman and politician (d.1848)
Jacob Staalesen Velde, politician

Deaths

21 April – Bernt Anker, merchant, chamberlain and playwright (born 1746).
Eistein Kjørn, woodcarver (born 1727).

References

Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". Norsk nettleksikon.
Storsveen, Odd Arvid. "Bernt Anker". Kunnskapsforlaget.

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