Events in the year 1803 in Norway.
Incumbents Monarch: Christian VII.
Events 1 January – Denmark–Norway abolishes transatlantic slave trade. June – Anders Olson Lysne is executed for lèse-majesté. He is the last person executed for lèse-majesté in Norway.
Arts and literature
The construction of Ledaal is finished. Sokndal Church was built.
Births 27 September – Hans Jørgen Darre, clergyman (died 1874)
Full date unknown 1 September – Georg Pettersen, politician (died 1879) Per Ivarson Undi, early homesteader in Wisconsin Territory (died 1860)
Deaths 15 March – Johann Friedrich von und zu Mansbach, military officer (born 1744) 14 April – Johan Christian Schønheyder, bishop (born 1742) 22 May – Frederik Otto Scheel, military officer and civil servant (born 1748). June – Anders Olson Lysne, leader of a farmer rebellion (born 1764) 15 October – Ole Irgens, bishop (born 1724) 18 November – Ditlevine Feddersen, culture personality (born 1727) 24 November – Reier Gjellebøl, priest and writer (born 1737).
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