1767 in Norway

Events in the year 1767 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

• 17 July — The Trondheim Society received royal affirmation of its status as the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.
• The first known competition of winter sport biathlon takes place, in Norway.
• The first sections of the Hotel Refsnes Gods are erected.

Arts and literature

• 3 July — Norway's oldest newspaper, still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded (first edition published this date).

Births

• 4 February - Hans Hein Nysom, priest and politician (died 1831).
• 26 August – Christopher Borgersen Hoen, farmer and politician (died 1845).
• 9 September - Hans Henrik Rode, military officer (died 1830).

Deaths

• 19 September - Thomas Angell, merchant and philanthropist (born 1692).
• 16 December – Baltzer Fleischer, civil servant and county governor (born 1703).

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