1804 in Norway

Events in the year 1804 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

 * 6 January - Mathias Bonsach Krogh became the first Bishop of the Diocese of Hålogaland.
 * 24 September - Trondhjems amt was split into two, with the northern part becoming Nordre Trondhjems amt and the southern part becoming Søndre Trondhjems amt.
 * The first Agdenes Lighthouse was established.

Births



 * 29 May – Søren Wilhelm Thorne, priest and politician (d. 1878)
 * 6 June – Georg Wallace, politician (d. 1890)
 * 5 July – Anton Theodor Harris, politician (d. 1866)
 * 9 September - Kristoffer Nilsen Svartbækken Grindalen, criminal, killer and thief (d. 1876).
 * 17 September – Hans Biørn Wenneberg, politician (d. 1878)
 * 19 September – Elling Eielsen, minister and Lutheran Church leader in America (d.1883)
 * 20 September – Christopher Henrik Holfeldt Tostrup, timber merchant and land-owner (d. 1881)
 * 12 October – Eskild Bruun, barrister, judge and businessman (d. 1877).
 * 4 November – Peder Balke, painter (d. 1887)
 * 8 November – Hans Eleonardus Møller, politician and businessperson (d.1867)
 * 21 November – Henrik Heftye, businessman and philanthropist (d. 1864)
 * 25 November – Jens Matthias Pram Kaurin, professor of theology, biblical translator, and Lutheran priest (d. 1863).
 * 19 December – Carl Siegfried Bonnevie, naval officer (d. 1856)

Full date unknown

 * Paulus Flood, merchant and politician (d.1847)
 * Jens Christian Folkman Schaanning, politician
 * Jacob Worm Skjelderup, politician and Minister (d.1863)
 * Hans Biørn Wenneberg, politician

Deaths

 * 17 March – Hans Tank, skipper, merchant and endowment founder (b. 1742).
 * 29 June – Halvor Blinderen, farmer (born 1733).
 * 4 December – Jens Holmboe, bailiff (b. 1752)

Full date unknown

 * Kristofer Sjursson Hjeltnes, farmer and businessperson (b.1730)