1809 in Norway

Events in the year 1809 in Norway.

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Centuries:
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Decades:
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  • 1810s
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See also:1809 in Denmark
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Frederick VI .[1]

Events
  • 10 July – 1,800 men under the command of Major General Georg Frederik von Krogh attacked Jemtland from Norway.
  • 25 July – Christian August of Augustenborg is appointed Steward of Norway.
  • 10 December – The Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09 ends.

Arts and literature
  • Autumn – Jacob Aall publishes the pamphlet Fædrelandske Ideer where he demands a Norwegian university, national bank and better general education.[2]

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).[3]
  • 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)

See also

References
  1. Arntzen, Jon Gunnar; Mardal, Magnus A. "Frederik 6.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  2. Johannes Elgvin (2002) Friedrich av Hessen. Vekstår for Norge 1809–1813.
  3. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Niels Carlsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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