1768 in Norway

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{{Year in Norway|1768}}

Events in the year 1768 in Norway.

Incumbents

  • Monarch: Christian VII.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Christian 7. |first=Terje |last=Bratberg |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Christian_7. |language=no |access-date=13 December 2023}}

Events

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  • 1 December — The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya.Porter, Darwin & Danforth Prince. Frommer's Norway, 3rd Edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2007. 218. {{ISBN|978-0-470-10057-8}}

Arts and literature

Births

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Deaths

  • 12 January – Joen Jacobsen, master builder (born 1714).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Joen Jacobsen |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Joen_Jacobsen |language=no |access-date=16 January 2024}}
  • 24 January – Morten Leuch, timber merchant and landowner (born 1732).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Morten d.y. Leuch |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Arne |last=Apelseth |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Morten_d.y._Leuch/utdypning |language=no |access-date=5 September 2013}}

See also

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References

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{{Year in Europe|1768}}