1760 in Norway

Events in the year 1760 in Norway.

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Centuries:
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  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1740s
  • 1750s
  • 1760s
  • 1770s
  • 1780s
See also:1760 in Denmark
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Frederick V.[1]

Events
  • Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters was founded in Trondheim by the bishop of Nidaros Johan Ernst Gunnerus, headmaster at the Trondheim Cathedral School Gerhard Schøning and Councillor of State Peter Frederik Suhm under the name Det Trondhiemske Selskab (the Trondheim Society).[2][3]

Births
  • 30 January – Jonas Rein, priest, poet and member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll (died 1821)
  • 15 February – Lars Ingier, military officer, road manager, land owner and mill owner (died 1828).[4]
  • 4 March – Gabriel Schanche Kielland, businessman and ship owner (died 1821)
  • 30 October – Matz Jenssen, businessperson (died 1813)

Full date unknown
  • Lars Jakobson Thingnæsset, farmer and politician (died 1829)

Deaths

See also

References
  1. Johannessen, Finn Erhard; Mardal, Magnus A. "Frederik 5.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  3. Gundersen, Håkon (5 March 2010). "Kongen kommer!". Morgenbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  4. Johannessen, Finn Erhard. "Lars Ingier". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
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