1760 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1760 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Frederick V.^[1]

Events

• Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters was founded in Trondheim by the bishop of Nidaros Johan Ernst Gunnerus, headmaster at the Trondheim Cathedral School Gerhard Schøning and Councillor of State Peter Frederik Suhm under the name Det Trondhiemske Selskab (the Trondheim Society).^{[2] [3]}

Births

• 30 January  - Jonas Rein, priest, poet and member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll (died 1821)
• 15 February  - Lars Ingier, military officer, road manager, land owner and mill owner (died 1828).^[4]
• 4 March  - Gabriel Schanche Kielland, businessman and ship owner (died 1821)
• 30 October  - Matz Jenssen, businessperson (died 1813)

Full date unknown

• Lars Jakobson Thingnæsset, farmer and politician (died 1829)

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Frederik 5. . Finn Erhard . Johannessen . Magnus A. . Mardal . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 13 December 2023.
2. Encyclopedia: Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab . Erik . Bolstad . . no . 28 November 2019.
3. News: Kongen kommer! . . Håkon . Gundersen . 5 March 2010 . no . 28 November 2019 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717135033/http://www.morgenbladet.no/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100305%2FOAKTUELT%2F703059901%2F-1%2FAKTUELT . 17 July 2011 .
4. Encyclopedia: Lars Ingier . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Finn Erhard . Johannessen . Helle, Knut . Knut Helle . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 22 November 2012.