1808 in Norway

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28 January - The first issue of the newspaper Tiden was published in Christiania (now Oslo).

4 March – Frederik Stang, lawyer, public servant and politician, Norway's first Prime Minister (d.1884)
17 June – Henrik Wergeland, poet (d.1845)
28 July – Ulrik Frederik Lange, politician (d.1878)

29 April - Nicolay Peter Drejer, military officer (born 1773)
16 May – George Edmund Byron Bettesworth, navy officer (born 1785).
16 November – Envold de Falsen, lawyer, poet, actor and statesman (born 1755).^[4]
20 December – Arent Greve, goldsmith and painter (born 1733).^[5]

^ Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
^ Arntzen, Jon Gunnar; Mardal, Magnus A. "Frederik 6.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
^ Jensen 1995, pp. 353-354
^ Thyness, Paul. "Envold De Falsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Arent Greve". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

Norway during the union with Denmark (1536–1814)

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