1738 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1738 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Christian VI.^[1]

Events

• Theater was banned in Norway. ^[2]

Arts and literature

See main article: 1738 in art and 1738 in literature.

Births

• 10 March – Peter Hersleb Classen, statesman (died 1825 in Denmark)

Deaths

• 17 March  - Peder Colbjørnsen, timber merchant and war hero (born 1683).^[3]

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Christian 6. . Finn Erhard . Johannessen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 13 December 2023.
2. Anne Margrete Fiskvik, Where highbrow taste met itinerant dance in eighteenth century Scandinavia: The dance entrepreneur Martin Nürenbach
3. Encyclopedia: Peder Colbjørnsen. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Frank Kiel. Jacobsen. Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. no. 24 November 2012.