1808 in Norway

Events in the year 1808 in Norway.

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Centuries:
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Decades:
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
  • 1800s
  • 1810s
  • 1820s
See also:1808 in Denmark
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Christian VII (until 13 March);[1] then Frederick VI.[2]

Events
  • Dano-Swedish War of 1808-1809:
    • 14 March - Denmark-Norway declares war on Sweden.
    • 18 April - Battle of Lier.
    • 19–20 April - Battle of Toverud.
    • 20 April – 7 May - Battle of Rødenes.
    • 25 April - Battle of Trangen.
    • 18 May - Battle of Mobekk.
    • 10 June - Battle of Prestebakke.
    • 12 September - Battle of Berby.
    • 7 December - An armistice agreement between Denmark-Norway and Sweden came into force. It could be terminated on 48 hours notice, but was applicable for the rest of the war. The armistice broke 2 July the next year.[3]
  • Gunboat War:
    • 16 May – Battle of Alvøen.
  • 31 December - The Saksebøl Slaughter.

Arts and literature
  • 28 January - The first issue of the newspaper Tiden was published in Christiania (now Oslo).

Births
  • 4 March – Frederik Stang, lawyer, public servant and politician, Norway's first Prime Minister (d.1884)
  • 17 June – Henrik Wergeland, poet (d.1845)
  • 28 July – Ulrik Frederik Lange, politician (d.1878)

Full date unknown
  • Christen Larsen Arneberg, politician
  • Ola Antonson Holsen, politician (d.1864)
  • Nils Jønsberg, priest and politician (d.1885)
  • Hans Jensen Krog, politician (d.1897)
  • Sjur Aasmundsen Sexe, mineralogist (d.1888)

Deaths
  • 29 April - Nicolay Peter Drejer, military officer (born 1773)
  • 16 May – George Edmund Byron Bettesworth, navy officer (born 1785).
  • 16 November – Envold de Falsen, lawyer, poet, actor and statesman (born 1755).[4]
  • 20 December – Arent Greve, goldsmith and painter (born 1733).[5]

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. Arntzen, Jon Gunnar; Mardal, Magnus A. "Frederik 6.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  3. Jensen 1995, pp. 353-354
  4. Thyness, Paul. "Envold De Falsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  5. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Arent Greve". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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