1768 in Norway

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Decades:
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See also:1768 in Denmark
List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1768 in Norway.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch: Christian VII

Events[]

  • 1 December — The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya.[1]

Arts and literature[]

  • January - Gunnerus Library, the oldest scientific library in Norway is opened in Trondheim.

Births[]

Full date unknown[]

  • Johan Ernst Berg, politician (died 1828)

Deaths[]

  • 24 January - Morten Leuch, timber merchant and landowner (born 1732).[2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Porter, Darwin & Danforth Prince. Frommer's Norway, 3rd Edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2007. 218. ISBN 978-0-470-10057-8
  2. ^ Apelseth, Arne. "Morten d.y. Leuch". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
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