1800 in Norway

Events in the year 1800 in Norway.

← 1799 1798 1797 1800 in Norway → 1801 1802 1803
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s
See also:	1800 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII.^[1]

Events

• The Lærdal Rebellion starts.^[2]

Arts and literature

Komediehuset på Engen.

• The first theatre building in Norway; Komediehuset på Engen was built.

Births

Halvor Olaus Christensen.

• 18 February - Halvor Olaus Christensen, politician (died 1891)
• 6 March – Gustava Kielland, author and missionary (died 1889)^[3]
• 11 March – Nils Otto Tank, Moravian Church religious leader, land speculator, canal and railroad promoter (died 1864)
• 7 April – Peter Feilberg, newspaper editor and politician (died 1863)
• 8 October – Carl Roosen, cartographer and military officer (died 1880).^[4]
• 18 October – Christian Cornelius Paus, lawyer, civil servant and politician (died 1879)
• 22 October – Christian Lassen, orientalist (died 1876).^[5]

Full date unknown

• Lars Johannesen Aga, politician
• Hans Pedersen Herrefosser, politician
• Ingebrigt Haldorsen Sæter, politician (died 1875)

Deaths

• 22 February – Even Hammer, civil servant (born 1732)
• 2 June – Ingeborg Akeleye, noblewoman (born 1741)

See also

References

1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. Daae, Ludvig (1870). Norske Bygdesagn. Cappelen. p. 88.
3. Olsen, A. (1936). "Kielland, Gustava". In Brøgger, A. W.; Jansen, Einar (eds.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 7 (1st ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 296–297.
4. Bratberg, Terje. "Carl Roosen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
5. Thordarson, Fridrik. "Christian Lassen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 November 2014.