1805 in Norway
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Incumbents
Events
- The 1,400 m (4,593 ft) long horse-powered Damtjern-Storflåtan railway in Krokskogen, was opened. It is believed to have been Norway's first railway.
- Burial inside churches was outlawed.
Births
- 8 January â Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch, zoologist (d.1883)
Full date unknown
- Jørgen Wright Cappelen, bookseller and publisher (d.1878)
- Bernt Sverdrup Maschmann, priest and politician (d.1869)
- Ole Hersted Schjøtt, clergyman and politician (d.1848)
- Jacob Staalesen Velde, politician
Deaths
- 21 April â Bernt Anker, merchant, chamberlain and playwright (born 1746).[2]
- Eistein Kjørn, woodcarver (born 1727).
