1802 in Norway

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See also:	1802 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1802 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII. ^[1]

Events

• 9 July - The Lærdal Rebellion ends. ^[2]
• Lærdalske lette infanterikompani was formed.

Arts and literature

• Det Dramatiske Selskab in Trondheim was founded.

Births

Niels Henrik Abel

• 28 July – Hans Conrad Thoresen, priest and politician (d.1858)
• 5 August – Niels Henrik Abel, mathematician (d.1829). ^[3]
• 7 October – Magnus Brostrup Landstad, minister, psalmist and poet (d.1880)
• 10 October – Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe, priest and politician (d.1887)
• 10 November – Karelius August Arntzen, politician (d.1876)
• 27 December – Thomas Fearnley, painter (died 1842). ^[4]

Full date unknown

• Søren Jørgensen Aandahl, politician (d.1886)
• Christian Ludvig Diriks, politician and Minister (d.1873)
• Johan Widing Heiberg Landmark, jurist and politician (d.1878)

Deaths

• 1 January - Peder Harboe Hertzberg, potato priest (b.1728)
• 13 February - Jakob Edvard Colbjørnsen, chief justice (b.1744)

References

1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. Daae, Ludvig (1870). Norske Bygdesagn. Cappelen. p. 90.
3. Stubhaug, Arild. "Niels Henrik Abel". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
4. Østby, Leif; Ernst, Frode. "Thomas Fearnley". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 February 2025.