1779 in Norway
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Incumbents
Events
- 23 November - Magnus Theiste was sentenced by the Supreme Court to be removed from his office as County Governor of Nordre Bergenhus amt, because of his involvement with corruption.[2]
- Mandal is given town status as a ladested.
Arts and literature
Births
- 12 February â Jens Jensen Gram, jurist and politician (died 1824).[3]
- 10 August â Carl Rønneberg, merchant and ship owner (died 1858).[4]
- 27 August â Hovel Helseth, industrial pioneer (died 1865).[5]
- 19 September â Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern, government minister (died 1853).[6]
- 21 September (in France) â Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg, politician and nobleman (died 1840).[7]
- 29 September â Fredrik Meltzer, businessman and politician (died 1855).[8]
- 2 November â Frederik Motzfeldt, politician (died 1848).[9]
- 8 November â Wollert Konow, merchant and vice consul (died 1839).[10]
Full date unknown
- Peder Paulsen Balke, farmer and politician (died 1840).[11]
- Anders Hansen Grønneberg, farmer and politician (died 1819).[12]
Deaths
- 5 January â Niels Thaaning, painter (born c.1732).[13]
Full date unknown
- Gottfried Heinrich Gloger, organ builder (born 1710).[14]
