1781 in Norway

Events in the year 1781 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

• 23 February - Hans Eilersen Hagerup was ennobled, and given the noble family name Gyldenpalm.
• 11 April - Oplandenes amt was split into two, with the western part becoming Kristians amt and the eastern part becoming Hedemarkens amt.

Arts and literature

• Edvard Storm writes Zinklars vise ("Ballad of Sinclair").

Births

• 19 May – Lars Andreas Oftedahl, priest and politician (died 1843)
• 1 December – Ferdinand Carl Maria Wedel-Jarlsberg, commanding general of the Norwegian Army (died 1857)
• 10 December – Christian Hersleb Horneman, jurist and politician (died 1860).

Full date unknown

• Palle Rømer Fleischer, politician and Minister (died 1851)
• Edvard Hagerup, solicitor and politician (died 1853)
• Jørgen Young, merchant and politician (died 1837)

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