1788 in Norway

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Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s
See also:	1788 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1788 in Norway.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch: Christian VII

Events[]

• 21 August – Theater War: The Swedish attack on Russia caused Denmark-Norway to declare war on Sweden in accordance with its treaty obligations to Russia.
• 24 September - 8,000-10,000 men under the command of Prince Charles of Hesse attacked Bohuslen from Norway.
• 29 September - Battle of Kvistrum.

Arts and literature[]

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Births[]

• 24 February - Johan Christian Dahl, painter (d.1857)
• 20 July - Paul Hansen Birch, military officer (d.1863)
• 5 October - Broder Knudtzon, merchant and politician (d.1864)
• 14 December - Jacob Kielland, businessperson, consul and politician (d.1863)

Full date unknown[]

• Asle Christensen Hoffart, politician
• Catharine Hermine Kølle, adventurer and painter (d.1859)
• Sølver Hansen Laane, politician
• Lars Thorstensen Tønsager, politician

Deaths[]

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See also[]