1809 in Norway

Events in the year 1809 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Frederick VI.

Events

 * 10 July – 1,800 men under the command of Major General Georg Frederik von Krogh attacked Jemtland from Norway.
 * 25 July – Christian August of Augustenborg is appointed Steward of Norway.
 * 10 December – The Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09 ends.

Arts and literature

 * Autumn – Jacob Aall publishes the pamphlet Fædrelandske Ideer where he demands a Norwegian university, national bank and better general education.

Births

 * 24 February – Haagen Ludvig Bergh, politician (d.1852)
 * 23 September – Oluf Steen Julius Berner, politician (d.1885)

Full date unknown

 * Svend Foyn, whaler (d.1894)
 * Ludvig Johan Carl Manthey, civil servant (d.1875)

Deaths

 * 3 May – Niels Carlsen, timber merchant, landowner, shipowner and banker (born 1734).
 * 29 July – Evert Andersen, navy officer (b.1772)
 * 9 October – Niels Stockfleth Darre, military officer (b.1765)
 * 27 October – Peter Westerstrøm, mass murderer (b.1779)

Full date unknown

 * Sveinung Svalastoga, rose painter (b.1772)