1721 in Norway
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Incumbents
Events
- The Bergen Greenland Company was founded.
- 2 May â Hans Egede departed with three ships from Bergen to Greenland, starting the Danish-Norwegian colonization of Greenland.
- 1 August â The King orders a large sale of church property in Norway.
- 10 September â Great Northern War ends.[2]
- 21 December â Niels Tygesen Knag was ennobled, and given the noble family name Knagenhjelm.[3][4][5]
Deaths
- 15 February â Tørres Christensen, merchant, ship owner, land owner (born 1664).[6]
