1718 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1718 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Frederick IV.^[1]

Events

• 29 August - 10,000 men under the command of Lieutenant-general Carl Gustaf Armfeldt attacked Trøndelag from Jemtland.
• 30 November - King Karl XII was shot and killed at the Siege of Fredriksten fortress.

Births

• 26 February - Johan Ernst Gunnerus, bishop and botanist (died 1773)
• 29 December - Ole Nilsen Weierholt, wood carver (died 1792)
• Anders Olsen, trader, explorer and colonial administrator (died 1786)

Deaths

• 8 February – Henrik Adeler, civil servant and politician (born 1660).^[2]
• 16 May – Jonas Danilssønn Ramus, priest and historian (born 1649)
• 9 September – Caspar Herman Hausmann, general, lumber merchant and squire (born 1653)
• 30 November – King Karl XII of Sweden (born 1682)

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Frederik 4. . Finn Erhard . Johannessen . Magnus A. . Mardal . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 14 December 2023.
2. Encyclopedia: 1887–1905 . Adeler, Henrik . Huitfeldt-Kaas . H. J. . Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt-Kaas . . Gyldendalske boghandels forlag . Copenhagen . Bricka . Carl Frederik . Carl Frederik Bricka . I . 94 . Danish . 19 April 2021.