1700 in Norway

Events in the year 1700 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick IV.

Events

• 22 February – Great Northern War starts.
• 1 March – The Gregorian calendar is adopted.
• 18 August – The Peace of Travendal is concluded when Denmark–Norway signs a peace treaty at Traventhal House in Holstein. Denmark-Norway has to withdraw from Holstein and Sweden withdraws from Denmark. The peace will last for the next 10 years.
• The Kvitsøy bucket light is established.

Arts and literature

Around 1700

• The poem Stolt Anne is written by Hans Paus.

Births

• 18 August – Lars Pinnerud, woodcarver (died 1762).

Deaths

• Johannes Skraastad, woodcarver (born c.1648).

See also

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