1803 in Norway
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Events in the year 1803 in Norway.
Incumbents
- 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
- 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]
See also
References
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ Bratberg, Terje. "Frederik Otto Scheel". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ Amundsen, Arne Bugge. "Reier Gjellebøl". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 February 2013.