1807 in Norway

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See also:	1807 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1807 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII. ^[1]

Events

• 12 August - Start of the Gunboat War between Denmark-Norway and the United Kingdom.
• 1 September - The Norwegian Government commission was formed.
• 18 September - British forces blows up Fredriksholm Fortress, four Englishmen was killed in the blast. ^[2]
• 9 October - Overkriminalretten is established. It was Norway's highest court until 1815, when the Supreme Court of Norway was established.
• Porsgrunn is granted limited city status. Full city status is granted in 1842.

Arts and literature

Olavsstøtta.

• The oldest monument in Norway; Olavsstøtta  [ no ] is erected.

Births

January to June

• 19 January – Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland, bishop (d.1896)
• 27 January – Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt, jurist and politician (d.1865)
• 14 March – Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Swedish and Norwegian queen (d.1876)

July to December

• 29 November – Peter Severin Steenstrup, naval officer and businessperson (d.1863)
• 22 December – Johan Sebastian Welhaven, poet and critic (d.1873)

Full date unknown

• Nils Fredrik Julius Aars, priest and politician (d.1865)
• Halvor Olsen Folkestad, councillor of state (d.1889)
• Peter Tidemand Malling, bookseller, printer and publisher (d.1878)
• Hans Wille, priest and politician (d.1877)

Deaths

• 16 September – Jochum Brinch Lund, merchant (b.1743). ^[3]

References

1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. Fredriksholm Festning Archived 29 June 2013 at archive.today Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (in Norwegian)
3. Abrahamsen, Olav Arild. "Jochum Lund". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 June 2019.