1742 in Norway

Events in the year 1742 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VI.

Events

• March - The Free church; is established.
• July - Zionittene performs their first adult baptism in Drammenselva.
• Molde is incorporated as a city through a royal charter.
• Kristiansund is incorporated as a city through a royal charter.

Births

• 10 August – Hans Tank, skipper, merchant and endowment founder (d. 1804).
• 6 October – Johan Herman Wessel, poet (died 1785)

Deaths

• 13 August – Karen Toller, estate owner and ship owner (born 1662).

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