1807 in Norway

Events in the year 1807 in Norway.

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Centuries:
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  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
  • 1800s
  • 1810s
  • 1820s
See also:1807 in Denmark
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Christian VII.[1]

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.[2]
  • Porsgrunn is granted limited city status. Full city status is granted in 1842.

Arts and literature
Olavsstøtta.
  • The oldest monument in Norway; Olavsstøtta 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).[3]

References
  1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. Fredriksholm Festning Archived 29 June 2013 at archive.today Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (in Norwegian)
  3. Abrahamsen, Olav Arild. "Jochum Lund". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
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