1718 in Norway

Events in the year 1718 in Norway.

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Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1690s
  • 1700s
  • 1710s
  • 1720s
  • 1730s
See also:1718 in Denmark
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Frederick IV.[1]

Events
  • 29 August - 10,000 men under the command of Lieutenant-general Carl Gustaf Armfeldt attacked Trøndelag from Jemtland.
  • 30 November - King Karl XII was shot and killed at the Siege of Fredriksten fortress.

Arts and literature

Births
  • 26 February - Johan Ernst Gunnerus, bishop and botanist (died 1773)
  • 29 December - Ole Nilsen Weierholt, wood carver (died 1792)
  • Anders Olsen, trader, explorer and colonial administrator (died 1786)

Deaths
  • 8 February – Henrik Adeler, civil servant and politician (born 1660).[2]
  • 16 May – Jonas Danilssønn Ramus, priest and historian (born 1649)
  • 9 September – Caspar Herman Hausmann, general, lumber merchant and squire (born 1653)
  • 30 November – King Karl XII of Sweden (born 1682)

References
  1. Johannessen, Finn Erhard; Mardal, Magnus A. "Frederik 4.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  2. Huitfeldt-Kaas, H. J. (1887–1905). "Adeler, Henrik". In Bricka, Carl Frederik (ed.). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). Vol. I. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske boghandels forlag. p. 94. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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