1803 in Norway
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Incumbents
Events
- 1 January â DenmarkâNorway abolishes transatlantic slave trade.
- June â Anders Olson Lysne is executed for lèse-majesté. He is the last person executed for lèse-majesté in Norway.
Arts and literature
- The construction of Ledaal is finished.
- Sokndal Church was built.
Births
- 27 September â Hans Jørgen Darre, clergyman (died 1874)
Full date unknown
- 1 September â Georg Pettersen, politician (died 1879)
- Per Ivarson Undi, early homesteader in Wisconsin Territory (died 1860)
Deaths
- 15 March â Johann Friedrich von und zu Mansbach, military officer (born 1744)
- 14 April â Johan Christian Schønheyder, bishop (born 1742)
- 22 May â Frederik Otto Scheel, military officer and civil servant (born 1748).[2]
- June â Anders Olson Lysne, leader of a farmer rebellion (born 1764)
- 15 October â Ole Irgens, bishop (born 1724)
- 18 November â Ditlevine Feddersen, culture personality (born 1727)
- 24 November â Reier Gjellebøl, priest and writer (born 1737).[3]
