1754 in Norway

Events in the year 1754 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick V.

Events

• The Hanseatic League Kontor at Bryggen was closed.
• Saint Thomas, Saint John and Saint Croix were sold to king Frederick V, becoming royal Danish-Norwegian colonies.
• Susanne Monsdatter witch trail in Hordaland, one of the last witch trials in Scandinavia.

Arts and literature

• Budal Church was built.

Births

• 4 October – Mathias Bonsak Krogh, bishop and politician (died 1828).

Full date unknown

• Peder Hjermann, farmer and politician (died 1834).
• Andreas Rogert, jurist and politician (died 1833).

Deaths

• Hans Colbjørnsen, timber trader and military officer (born c.1675).
• Torsten Ottersen Hoff, sculptor (born c.1688).

See also

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