1807 in Norway

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Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Births 3.1 January to June 3.2 July to December 3.3 Full date unknown 4 Deaths

[edit] 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.

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Births

[edit] 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)

[edit] July to December

• 29 November – Peter Severin Steenstrup, naval officer and businessperson (d.1863)
• 22 December – Johan Sebastian Welhaven, poet and critic (d.1873)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Deaths