1789 in Norway

Events in the year 1789 in Norway.

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Centuries:
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  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1760s
  • 1770s
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
  • 1800s
See also:1789 in Denmark
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Christian VII.[1]

Events
  • 20 February – Hanging as a capital punishment was abolished.
  • July – The flood Storofsen struck eastern Norway.[2]
  • 9 July – Theater War part of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790): Denmark-Norway agreed to cease active engagement in the conflict. A statement of neutrality was issued by Denmark-Norway, not a formal peace treaty and Denmark-Norway leaves the war.
  • 17 July:
    • The town of Hammerfest was founded.
    • The town of Vardø was founded.
  • 12 November – The Norwegian army retreated from Bohuslen back to Norway. During the retreat, the Norwegian army lost 1,500-3,000 men to hunger, disease, poor sanitary conditions, and exposure to continual autumn rainfall

Arts and literature

Births
  • 29 January - Fredrik Riis, civil servant (d.1845)
  • 19 March – Peter Christian Knudtzon, businessman (died 1864)
  • 2 November - Karen Wedel-Jarlsberg, courtier (d.1849)

Full date unknown
  • Ole Johannesen Staff, politician

Deaths
  • 1 August - Peder Hjort, businessperson (born 1715)

Full date unknown
  • Eric Gustaf Tunmarck, painter (born 1729).[3]

See also

References
  1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. Mardal, Marius A. "Storofsen". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  3. Sørensen, Einar. "Eric Gustaf Tunmarck". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
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