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See also:	1808 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1808 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII (until 13 March); then Frederick VI.

Events

• Dano-Swedish War of 1808-1809:
  • 14 March - Denmark-Norway declares war on Sweden.
  • 18 April - Battle of Lier.
  • 19–20 April - Battle of Toverud.
  • 20 April – 7 May - Battle of Rødenes.
  • 25 April - Battle of Trangen.
  • 18 May - Battle of Mobekk.
  • 10 June - Battle of Prestebakke.
  • 12 September - Battle of Berby.
  • 7 December - An armistice agreement between Denmark-Norway and Sweden came into force. It could be terminated on 48 hours notice, but was applicable for the rest of the war. The armistice broke 2 July the next year.
• Gunboat War:
  • 16 May – Battle of Alvøen.
• 31 December - The Saksebøl Slaughter.

Arts and literature

• 28 January - The first issue of the newspaper Tiden was published in Christiania (now Oslo).

Births

• 4 March – Frederik Stang, lawyer, public servant and politician, Norway's first Prime Minister (d.1884)
• 17 June – Henrik Wergeland, poet (d.1845)
• 28 July – Ulrik Frederik Lange, politician (d.1878)

Full date unknown

• Christen Larsen Arneberg, politician
• Ola Antonson Holsen, politician (d.1864)
• Nils Jønsberg, priest and politician (d.1885)
• Hans Jensen Krog, politician (d.1897)
• Sjur Aasmundsen Sexe, mineralogist (d.1888)

Deaths

• 29 April - Nicolay Peter Drejer, military officer (born 1773)
• 16 May – George Edmund Byron Bettesworth, navy officer (born 1785).
• 16 November – Envold de Falsen, lawyer, poet, actor and statesman (born 1755).
• 20 December – Arent Greve, goldsmith and painter (born 1733).

See also

• Norway
• History
• Lists

References

1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. Arntzen, Jon Gunnar; Mardal, Magnus A. "Frederik 6.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
3. Jensen 1995, pp. 353-354
4. Thyness, Paul. "Envold De Falsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
5. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Arent Greve". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

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