1785 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1785 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Christian VII.^[1]

Arts and literature

• 12 January - The first public library in Norway is opened.^[2]
• Frelseren Church was built.
• In an anonymous work, Christian Kølle introduced the written feminine grammatical gender in Norway.^[3]

Births

• 1 August - Georg Jacob Bull, jurist and politician (d.1854)

Full date unknown

• Gustav Peter Blom, politician (d.1869)
• Michel Nielsen Grendahl, politician (d.1849)
• Knut Mevasstaul, rose painter (d.1862)

Deaths

• 29 December - Johan Herman Wessel, poet (b.1742)

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Christian 7. . Terje . Bratberg . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 13 December 2023.
2. John Ansteinsson, "The Library History of Norway", The Library Journal 45 (1920) 19-24, 57-62, p. 22.
3. Encyclopedia: 2006. Kølle, Christian. Asker og Bærum leksikon. Forlaget for by- og bygdehistorie. Drammen. Per Otto. Borgen. 298–299. Norwegian. 82-91649-10-3.