1805 in Norway

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See also:	1805 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1805 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII. ^[1]

Events

• The 1,400 m (4,593 ft) long horse-powered Damtjern-Storflåtan railway in Krokskogen, was opened. It is believed to have been Norway's first railway.

Births

• 8 January – Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch, zoologist (d.1883)

Full date unknown

• Jørgen Wright Cappelen, bookseller and publisher (d.1878)
• Bernt Sverdrup Maschmann, priest and politician (d.1869)
• Ole Hersted Schjøtt, clergyman and politician (d.1848)
• Jacob Staalesen Velde, politician

Deaths

• 21 April – Bernt Anker, merchant, chamberlain and playwright (born 1746). ^[2]
• Eistein Kjørn, woodcarver (born 1727).

References

1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. Storsveen, Odd Arvid. "Bernt Anker". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 November 2012.