1791 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1791 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Christian VII.^[1]

Events

• Jens Holmboe starts organized settling to the uninhabited Målselvdalen, from the Gudbrand Valley and Østerdalen.

Births

• 11 July - Jonas Schanche Kielland, consul and politician (d.1848)
• 24 July - Knud Spødervold, author and lay preacher and leader of the Strong Believers (d.1852)
• 14 August - Frederik Holst, medical doctor (d.1871).^[2]
• 15 November - Peder Jensen Fauchald, politician (d.1856)
• 16 November - Olaf Rye, military officer (d.1849)

Full date unknown

• Gjest Baardsen, outlaw, jail-breaker, non-fiction writer, songwriter and memoirist (died 1849).^[3]
• Hans Glad Bloch, politician (d.1865)
• Mikkel Johannesen Borge, politician
• Martin Halvorsen Vee, politician
• Arnt Arntsen Wang, politician

Deaths

• 25 December  - Claus Fasting, playwright, literary critic, editor and civil servant (born 1746)

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Christian 7. . Terje . Bratberg . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 13 December 2023.
2. Encyclopedia: Frederik Holst . Svein Atle . Skålevåg . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 18 November 2020.
3. Encyclopedia: Gjest Baardsen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 18 November 2020.