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.
• 9 October - Overkriminalretten is established. It was Norway's highest court until 1815, when the Supreme Court of Norway was established.
• Porsgrunn is granted limited city status. Full city status is granted in 1842.

Arts and literature

• The oldest monument in Norway; ** 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).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jochum Lund |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon| first=Olav Arild

References

References

1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". Norsk nettleksikon.
2. [http://www.kulturminnesok.no/Lokaliteter/Vest-Agder/Kristiansand/Fredriksholm-festning Fredriksholm Festning] {{Webarchive. link. (29 June 2013 [[Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage]] {{in lang). no