1805 in Norway

Events in the year 1805 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

 * The 1400 m long horse-powered Damtjern-Storflåtan railway in Krokskogen, was opened. It is believed to have been Norway's first railway.

Births

 * 8 January – 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 – Bernt Anker, merchant, chamberlain and playwright (born 1746).
 * Eistein Kjørn, woodcarver (born 1727).