1791 in Norway
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Events in the year 1791 in Norway.
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
- Jens Holmboe starts organized settling to the uninhabited Målselvdalen, from the Gudbrand Valley and Østerdalen.
Arts and literature[edit]
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Births[edit]
- 11 July - Jonas Schanche Kielland, consul and politician (d.1848)
- 24 July - Knud Spødervold, author and lay preacher and leader of the Strong Believers (d.1852)
- 14 August - Frederik Holst, medical doctor (d.1871).[2]
- 15 November - Peder Jensen Fauchald, politician (d.1856)
- 16 November - Olaf Rye, military officer (d.1849)
Full date unknown[edit]
- Gjest Baardsen, outlaw, jail-breaker, non-fiction writer, songwriter and memoirist (died 1849).[3]
- Hans Glad Bloch, politician (d.1865)
- Mikkel Johannesen Borge, politician
- Martin Halvorsen Vee, politician
- Arnt Arntsen Wang, politician
Deaths[edit]
- 25 December – Claus Fasting, playwright, literary critic, editor and civil servant (born 1746)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ Skålevåg, Svein Atle. "Frederik Holst". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Gjest Baardsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 November 2020.