1719 in Norway

Events in the year 1719 in Norway.

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Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1690s
  • 1700s
  • 1710s
  • 1720s
  • 1730s
See also:1719 in Denmark
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Frederick IV.[1]

Events
  • January – The Carolean Death March.
  • Postvesenet became state owned.

Births
  • 31 December – Severin Leopoldus Løvenskiold, landowner (died 1776 in Denmark).[2]

Deaths
Tormod Torfæus, known for Historia rerum Norvegicarum.
  • 23 May – Gerhard Treschow, merchant and industrial pioneer (born c. 1659).[3]
  • 31 July – Thormodus Torfæus, historian (born 1636 in Iceland).[4]
  • Nils Engelhart, priest, pietist pioneer (born c.1668).[5]

See also

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. Pedersen, Erik Helmer. "Severin Løvenskiold". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  3. Bratberg, Terje. "Gerhard Treschow". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  4. Titlestad, Torgrim. "Tormod Torfæus". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  5. Dale, Bjørn Jonson. "Nils Engelhart". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 January 2013.


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