1809 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick VI .

Events

• 20 January – HMS Claudia was wrecked off Kristiansand.
• 4 July – The village of Hasvik was attacked by the British Royal Navy brigs HMS Snake and HMS Fancy.
• 10 July – 1,800 men under the command of Major General Georg Frederik von Krogh attacked Jemtland from Norway.
• 22 July - The British Royal Navy brigs HMS Snake and HMS Fancy attacked the town of Hammerfest.
• 25 July – Christian August of Augustenborg is appointed Steward of Norway.
• 10 December – The Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 ends.

Arts and literature

• Autumn – Jacob Aall publishes the pamphlet Fædrelandske Ideer where he demands a Norwegian university, national bank and better general education.

Births

• 24 February – Haagen Ludvig Bergh, politician (d.1852)
• 23 September – Oluf Steen Julius Berner, politician (d.1885)

Full date unknown

• Svend Foyn, whaler (d.1894)
• Ludvig Johan Carl Manthey, civil servant (d.1875)

Deaths

• 3 May – Niels Carlsen, timber merchant, landowner, shipowner and banker (born 1734).
• 29 July – Evert Andersen, navy officer (b.1772)
• 9 October – Niels Stockfleth Darre, military officer (b.1765)
• 27 October – Peter Westerstrøm, mass murderer (b.1779)

Full date unknown

• Sveinung Svalastoga, rose painter (b.1772)

References

References

1. Arntzen, Jon Gunnar. "Frederik 6.". Norsk nettleksikon.
2. Johannes Elgvin (2002) ''Friedrich av Hessen. Vekstår for Norge 1809–1813.''
3. "Niels Carlsen". Norsk nettleksikon.