1790 in Norway

Events in the year 1790 in Norway.

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Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1770s
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
  • 1800s
  • 1810s
See also:1790 in Denmark
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Christian VII.[1]

Events
  • March – Norwegian merchants meet Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, as representative of King Gustav III of Sweden, to discuss military hjelp from Sweden to end the Danish-Norwegian union, at Eda, Sweden.[2]

Arts and literature
  • The song «Udsikter fra Ulriken» is written by Johan Nordahl Brun.
  • Klæbu Church was built,

Births
  • 1 November - Dominicus Nagell Lemvig Brun, military officer and politician (d.1874)
  • 26 December - Andreas Martin Seip, military officer and politician (d.1850)

Full date unknown
  • Melchior Schjelderup Olsson Fuhr, politician (d.1869)
  • Jon Eriksson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (d.1862)
  • Even Hansen, civil servant and politician (d.1840)

Deaths
  • 4 November - Ove Gjerløw Meyer, jurist and government official (born c. 1742)

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. "Jens Moestue – en patriotisk opprører?".
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