1742 in Norway

Events in the year 1742 in Norway.

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Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1720s
  • 1730s
  • 1740s
  • 1750s
  • 1760s
See also:1742 in Denmark
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Christian VI.[1]

Events
  • March - The Free church; Zionittene is established.
  • July - Zionittene performs their first adult baptism in Drammenselva.
  • Molde is incorporated as a city through a royal charter.
  • Kristiansund is incorporated as a city through a royal charter.

Arts and literature

Births
  • 10 August – Hans Tank, skipper, merchant and endowment founder (d. 1804).[2]
  • 6 October – Johan Herman Wessel, poet (died 1785)

Deaths
Karen Toller
  • 13 August – Karen Toller, estate owner and ship owner (born 1662).[3]

See also

References
  1. Johannessen, Finn Erhard. "Christian 6.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Hans Tank". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. Sprauten, Knut. "Karen Toller". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
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