1803 in Norway

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See also:	1803 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1803 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII. ^[1]

Events

• 1 January – Denmark–Norway abolishes transatlantic slave trade.
• June – Anders Olson Lysne is executed for lèse-majesté. He is the last person executed for lèse-majesté in Norway.

Arts and literature

Ledaal

• The construction of Ledaal is finished.

Births

• 27 September – Hans Jørgen Darre, clergyman (died 1874)

Full date unknown

• 1 September – Georg Pettersen, politician (died 1879)
• Per Ivarson Undi, early homesteader in Wisconsin Territory (died 1860)

Deaths

• 15 March – Johann Friedrich von und zu Mansbach, military officer (born 1744)
• 14 April – Johan Christian Schønheyder, bishop (born 1742)
• 22 May – Frederik Otto Scheel, military officer and civil servant (born 1748). ^[2]
• June – Anders Olson Lysne, leader of a farmer rebellion (born 1764)
• 15 October – Ole Irgens, bishop (born 1724)
• 18 November – Ditlevine Feddersen, culture personality (born 1727)
• 24 November – Reier Gjellebøl, priest and writer (born 1737). ^[3]

References

1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. Bratberg, Terje. "Frederik Otto Scheel". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
3. Amundsen, Arne Bugge. "Reier Gjellebøl". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 February 2013.