1779 in Norway

Updated on Nov 26, 2023

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Events in the year 1779 in Norway.

Births

12 February – Jens Jensen Gram, jurist and politician (died 1824).

10 August – Carl Rønneberg, merchant and ship owner (died 1858).

27 August – Hovel Helseth, industrial pioneer (died 1865).

19 September – Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern, government minister (died 1853).

21 September (in France) – Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg, politician and nobleman (died 1840).

29 September – Fredrik Meltzer, businessman and politician (died 1855).

2 November – Frederik Motzfeldt, politician (died 1848).

8 November – Wollert Konow, merchant and vice consul (died 1839).

Peder Paulsen Balke, farmer and politician (died 1840).

Anders Hansen Grønneberg, farmer and politician (died 1819).

5 January – Niels Thaaning, painter (born c.1732).

Gottfried Heinrich Gloger, organ builder (born 1710).

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