What the records say
- When
- 17 May 1829
- Kind
- Riot
- Deaths
- 0
- Coordinates
- 59.91° N, 10.75° E
- Description
- 1829 protest in Oslo
Battle of the Square
1829 protest in Oslo
The Battle of the Square was a skirmish between Norwegian demonstrators and military forces of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway that took place in Oslo, Norway, on the evening of 17 May 1829.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Henrik Wergeland became a symbol of the fight for celebration of the constitution at May 17, which was later to become the Norwegian National Day”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page