1805 in Norway

Events in the year 1805 in Norway.

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Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
  • 1800s
  • 1810s
  • 1820s
See also:1805 in Denmark
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Christian VII.[1]

Events
  • The 1,400 m (4,593 ft) long horse-powered Damtjern-Storflåtan railway in Krokskogen, was opened. It is believed to have been Norway's first railway.

Arts and literature

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).[2]
  • Eistein Kjørn, woodcarver (born 1727).

See also

References
  1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. Storsveen, Odd Arvid. "Bernt Anker". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
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