1798 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1798 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Christian VII.^[1]

Events

• 18 July - The town of Egersund is founded.

Births

• 10 February - Niels Nielsen Vogt, priest and politician (d.1869)
• 17 July - Aslak Reiersen Midhassel, politician (d.1882)
• 25 August - Christian Halvorsen Svenkerud, politician (d.1886)
• 8 October - Hans Holmboe, educator and politician (d.1868)
• 14 November - Peder Carl Lasson, jurist and politician (d.1873)

Full date unknown

• Christian Peder Bianco Boeck, doctor, zoologist and mountaineer (d.1877)
• Harald Kolbeinson Guddal, politician (d.1887)
• Nils Isachsen Kulstad, politician
• Ole Ingebrigtsen Soelberg, politician (d.1874)
• Lars Bastian Ridder Stabell, politician (d.1860)

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Christian 7. . Terje . Bratberg . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 13 December 2023.