1739 in Norway
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Events in the year 1739 in Norway.
See also:1739 in Denmark
List of years in Norway
List of years in Norway
.svg)
Incumbents
Events
- 6 June - Battle of Jakobshavn (Greenland). The battle led to the consolidation of Danish-Norwegian presence on Greenland.
- Public schools for all children, from the age of seven, are established by law.[2]
- Christian Rantzau is deposed as Steward of Norway,[3] and the position was vacant until 1750.[4]
- The Løvenskiold family were ennobled.
Arts and literature
- The poem Nordlands Trompet by Petter Dass is published posthumously.[5]
Births
- 10 August â Peder Aadnes, rural painter (died 1792).[6]
Full date missing
- Nicolai Benjamin Aall, landowner and timber merchant (died 1798).[7]
Deaths
- 1 December â Hartvig Jentoft, merchant (born 1693).[8]
