1784 in Norway

Events in the year 1784 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

• 29 January – Joachim Geelmuyden and his family were ennobled under the name Gyldenkrantz.
• 30 March – 18 June – The Sagbadre War, in present-day Ghana.
• Georgernes Verft, a shipyard in Bergen, was established.
• Jacob Juel escapes imprisonment at Akershus Castle, and flees to Sweden.

Arts and literature

• Røros Church was built.

Births

• 7 March – Svend Borchmann Hersleb, professor of theology and politician (d.1836)
• 28 April – Jørgen von Cappelen Knudtzon, businessman and patron of the arts (d.1854)
• 12 June – Paul Andreas Kaald, navy officer and businessman (d.1867)
• 11 July – Olaus Michael Schmidt, judge and politician (d.1851)
• 26 September – Christopher Hansteen, astronomer and physicist (d.1873)

Full date unknown

• Michael Sevald Aamodt, politician (d.1859)
• Christian Ulrik Kastrup, jurist, military officer and politician (d.1850)
• Jørgen Herman Vogt, politician (d.1862)
• Tørris Johnsen Worum, politician

See also

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