1759 in Norway

Events in the year 1759 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick V.

Events

Arts and literature

• The Old Olden Church was built.

Births

• 23 May – Johan Ernst Mowinckel, merchant and consul (died 1816).
• 2 July – Niels Andreas Vibe, military officer (died 1814).
• 2 August – Johan Christopher Haar Daae, priest and politician (died 1827)
• 13 August – Niels Hertzberg, priest and politician (died 1841).
• 23 October – Sivert Aarflot, educator (died 1817).
• 26 October – Haagen Mathiesen, timber merchant (died 1842).
• 9 November – Frederik Petersen, painter (died 1825).
• 30 November – Just Henrik Ely, military officer (died 1824).

Full date unknown

• Lars Larsen Forsæth, farmer and politician (died 1839).

Deaths

• 8 January – Rasmus Paludan, bishop (b. 1702).
• 24 March – Mathias Collett, civil servant (b. 1708).

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