1738 in Norway

← 1737 1736 1735 1738 in Norway → 1739 1740 1741
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s
See also:	1738 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1738 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VI. ^[1]

Events

• Theater was banned in Norway. ^[2]

Arts and literature

Main articles: 1738 in art and 1738 in literature

Births

• 10 March – Peter Hersleb Classen, statesman (died 1825)

Deaths

Peder Colbjørnsen

• 17 March – Peder Colbjørnsen, timber merchant and war hero (born 1683). ^[3]

References

1. Johannessen, Finn Erhard. "Christian 6.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. Anne Margrete Fiskvik, Where highbrow taste met itinerant dance in eighteenth century Scandinavia: The dance entrepreneur Martin Nürenbach Archived 2018-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
3. Jacobsen, Frank Kiel. "Peder Colbjørnsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 November 2012.