1803 in Norway
overview of Norway-related events during the year of 1803
Events in the year 1803 in Norway.
Incumbents
Monarch: Christian VII.
Events
1 January – Denmark–Norway abolishes transatlantic slave trade.
June – 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 – Hans Jørgen Darre, clergyman (died 1874)
Full date unknown
1 September – Georg Pettersen, politician (died 1879)
Per Ivarson Undi, early homesteader in Wisconsin Territory (died 1860)
Deaths
15 March – Johann Friedrich von und zu Mansbach, military officer (born 1744)
14 April – Johan Christian Schønheyder, bishop (born 1742)
22 May – Frederik Otto Scheel, military officer and civil servant (born 1748).
June – Anders Olson Lysne, leader of a farmer rebellion (born 1764)
15 October – Ole Irgens, bishop (born 1724)
18 November – Ditlevine Feddersen, culture personality (born 1727)
24 November – Reier Gjellebøl, priest and writer (born 1737).
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