1805 In Norway
Events in the year 1805 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Christian VII. Events *The long horse-powered Damtjern-Storflåtan railway in Krokskogen, was opened. It is believed to have been Norway's first railway. Arts and literature 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 Events January–March * January 1 – (December 21, 1726 O.S.) Spain's ambassador to Great Britain demands that the British return Gibraltar after accusing Britain of violating the terms of the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht. Britain ...). See also References {{Year in Europe, 1805 ...
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Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ...
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