1768 in Norway

Events in the year 1768 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

• 1 December — The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya.

Arts and literature

• January - Gunnerus Library, the oldest scientific library in Norway is opened in Trondheim.

Births

Full date unknown

• Johan Ernst Berg, politician (died 1828)

Deaths

• 12 January – Joen Jacobsen, master builder (born 1714).

• 24 January – Morten Leuch, timber merchant and landowner (born 1732).

See also

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