1807 in Norway

Events in the year 1807 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

 * 12 August - Start of the Gunboat War between Denmark-Norway and the United Kingdom.
 * 1 September - The Norwegian Government commission was formed.
 * 18 September - British forces blows up Fredriksholm Fortress, four Englishmen was killed in the blast.
 * Porsgrunn is granted limited city status. Full city status is granted in 1842.

Arts and literature

 * The oldest monument in Norway; Olavsstøtta is erected.

January to June

 * 19 January – Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland, bishop (d.1896)
 * 27 January – Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt, jurist and politician (d.1865)
 * 14 March – Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Swedish and Norwegian queen (d.1876)

July to December

 * 29 November – Peter Severin Steenstrup, naval officer and businessperson (d.1863)
 * 22 December – Johan Sebastian Welhaven, poet and critic (d.1873)

Full date unknown

 * Nils Fredrik Julius Aars, priest and politician (d.1865)
 * Halvor Olsen Folkestad, councillor of state (d.1889)
 * Peter Tidemand Malling, bookseller, printer and publisher (d.1878)
 * Hans Wille, priest and politician (d.1877)

Deaths

 * 16 September – Jochum Brinch Lund, merchant (b.1743).