1802 in Norway
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Incumbents
Events
- 9 July - The Lærdal Rebellion ends.[2]
- Lærdalske lette infanterikompani was formed.
Arts and literature
- Det Dramatiske Selskab in Trondheim was founded.
- The dictionary Norsk Ordsamling (Norwegian Vocabulary).[3] by Laurents Hallager, is published for the first time. Today, this is considered the first Norwegian dialect dictionary.
Births
- 28 July â Hans Conrad Thoresen, priest and politician (d.1858)
- 5 August â Niels Henrik Abel, mathematician (d.1829).[4]
- 7 October â Magnus Brostrup Landstad, minister, psalmist and poet (d.1880)
- 10 October â Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe, priest and politician (d.1887)
- 10 November â Karelius August Arntzen, politician (d.1876)
- 27 December â Thomas Fearnley, painter (died 1842).[5]
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)
