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1807 in Norway

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1807 in Norway

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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.
  • 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

Olavsstøtta.
  • 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
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