1739 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1739 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Christian VI.^[1]

Events

• 6 June - Battle of Jakobshavn (Greenland). The battle led to the consolidation of Danish-Norwegian presence on Greenland.
• Public schools for all children, from the age of seven, are established by law.^[2]
• Christian Rantzau is deposed as Steward of Norway,^[3] and the position was vacant until 1750.^[4]

Arts and literature

• Nordlands Trompet by Petter Dass is published posthumously.^[5]

Births

• 10 August – Peder Aadnes, rural painter (died 1792).^[6]

Full date missing

• Nicolai Benjamin Aall, landowner and timber merchant (died 1798).^[7]

Deaths

• 1 December  - Hartvig Jentoft, merchant (born 1693).^[8]

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Christian 6. . Finn Erhard . Johannessen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 13 December 2023.
2. Encyclopedia: allmueskole . Merethe . Roos . Harald . Jarning . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 3 January 2024.
3. Encyclopedia: Christian Rantzau . Magnus A. . Mardal . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 3 January 2024.
4. Encyclopedia: Stattholdere og visestattholdere i Norge 1572–1873 . Tor Ragnar . Weidling . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 3 January 2024.
5. Encyclopedia: Nordlands Trompet . Store norske leksikon. Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norsk nettleksikon . no. 15 November 2012.
6. Encyclopedia: Peder Aadnes . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 15 December 2022.
7. Encyclopedia: Nicolai Benjamin Aall . Marianne . Solberg . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 15 December 2022.
8. Encyclopedia: Hartvig Jentoft . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Anne-Hilde . Nagel . Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 15 November 2012.