1808 in Norway

Events in the year 1808 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Christian VII (until 13 March); then Frederick VI.

Events

 * Dano-Swedish War of 1808-1809:
 * 14 March - Denmark-Norway declares war on Sweden.
 * 18 April - Battle of Lier.
 * 19–20 April - Battle of Toverud.
 * 20 April – 7 May - Battle of Rødenes.
 * 25 April - Battle of Trangen.
 * 18 May - Battle of Mobekk.
 * 10 June - Battle of Prestebakke.
 * 12 September - Battle of Berby.
 * 7 December - An armistice agreement between Denmark-Norway and Sweden came into force. It could be terminated on 48 hours notice, but was applicable for the rest of the war. The armistice broke 2 July the next year.
 * Gunboat War:
 * 16 May – Battle of Alvøen.
 * 31 December - The Saksebøl Slaughter.

Arts and literature

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

Births

 * 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)

Full date unknown

 * Christen Larsen Arneberg, politician
 * Ola Antonson Holsen, politician (d.1864)
 * Nils Jønsberg, priest and politician (d.1885)
 * Hans Jensen Krog, politician (d.1897)
 * Sjur Aasmundsen Sexe, mineralogist (d.1888)

Deaths

 * 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).
 * 20 December – Arent Greve, goldsmith and painter (born 1733).