1809 in Norway

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See also:	1809 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1809 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick VI . ^[1]

Events

• 20 January – HMS Claudia was wrecked off Kristiansand.
• 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 1808–1809 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)

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.