1802 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1802 in Norway.

Incumbents

Monarch

Christian VII.^[1]

Events

9 July - The Lærdal Rebellion ends.^[2]
Lærdalske lette infanterikompani was formed.

Arts and literature

Det Dramatiske Selskab in Trondheim was founded.

Births

28 July – Hans Conrad Thoresen, priest and politician (d.1858)
5 August – Niels Henrik Abel, mathematician (d.1829).^[3]
7 October – Magnus Brostrup Landstad, minister, psalmist and poet (d.1880)
10 October – Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe, priest and politician (d.1887)
10 November – Karelius August Arntzen, politician (d.1876)

Full date unknown

Søren Jørgensen Aandahl, politician (d.1886)
Christian Ludvig Diriks, politician and Minister (d.1873)
Johan Widing Heiberg Landmark, jurist and politician (d.1878)

Deaths

1 January - Peder Harboe Hertzberg, potato priest (b.1728)
13 February - Jakob Edvard Colbjørnsen, chief justice (b.1744)

Notes and References

Encyclopedia: Christian 7. . Terje . Bratberg . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 13 December 2023.
Book: Daae, Ludvig . 1870 . Norske Bygdesagn. Cappelen. 90.
Encyclopedia: Niels Henrik Abel . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Arild . Stubhaug . Arild Stubhaug . Helle, Knut . Knut Helle . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 7 July 2018.