1737 in Norway

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See also:	1737 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1737 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VI. ^[1]

Events

• Korskirken's School for the Poor in Bergen is founded.
• The first Moravian Church congregations in Norway is established in Christiania.

Arts and literature

Main articles: 1737 in art and 1737 in literature

Births

Mathia Collett

• 21 February – Christen Heiberg, civil servant, County Governor of Finnmark (d. 1801). ^[2]
• 22 April – Reier Gjellebøl, priest and writer (died 1803). ^[3]
• 28 May – Mathia Collett, merchant and businessperson (died 1801). ^[4]

Deaths

• 19 May – Niels Knagenhielm, civil servant, land owner and non-fiction writer (born 1661). ^[5]

References

1. Johannessen, Finn Erhard. "Christian 6.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. Niemi, Einar. "Christen Heiberg". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
3. Amundsen, Arne Bugge. "Reier Gjellebøl". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
4. Viken, Øystein Lydik Idsø. "Bernt Anker". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
5. Knagenhjelm, Wibeke. "Niels Knagenhielm". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 November 2012.