1807 in Norway
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Events in the year 1807 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- Porsgrunn is granted limited city status. Full city status is granted in 1842.
- Start of the Gunboat War between Denmark-Norway and the United Kingdom.
Arts and literature
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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)
