1811 in Norway

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See also:	1811 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1811 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick VI .^[1]

Events

• 29 May - The Society for the Welfare of Oslo is founded.
• 2 September - University of Oslo is founded. It is the first university founded in the Dano-Norwegian Union.

Arts and literature

• The Norwegian journal Historisk-philosophiske Samlinger (Historical-Philosophical Collections) first issue was published.

Births

• 10 October – Nils Christian Irgens, military officer, politician and Minister (d.1878)
• 17 December – Jens Landmark, military officer and politician (d.1880)

Full date unknown

• Jørres Schelderup Hansen, politician
• Frederik Christian Stoud Platou, politician (d.1891)

Deaths

• 8 November - Honoratus Bonnevie, physician (b.1726)

See also

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