1739 in Norway

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See also:	1739 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1739 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VI. ^[1]

Events

• 6 June - Battle of Jakobshavn (Greenland). The battle led to the consolidation of Danish-Norwegian presence on Greenland.
• Public schools for all children, from the age of seven, are established by law. ^[2]
• Christian Rantzau is deposed as Steward of Norway, ^[3] and the position was vacant until 1750. ^[4]
• The Løvenskiold family were ennobled.

Arts and literature

Titlepage of Nordlands Trompet .

• The poem Nordlands Trompet by Petter Dass is published posthumously. ^[5]

Births

• 10 August – Peder Aadnes, rural painter (died 1792). ^[6]

Full date missing

• Nicolai Benjamin Aall, landowner and timber merchant (died 1798). ^[7]

Deaths

• 1 December – Hartvig Jentoft, merchant (born 1693). ^[8]

References

1. Johannessen, Finn Erhard. "Christian 6.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. Roos, Merethe; Jarning, Harald. "allmueskole". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
3. Mardal, Magnus A. "Christian Rantzau". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
4. Weidling, Tor Ragnar. "Stattholdere og visestattholdere i Norge 1572–1873". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
5. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Nordlands Trompet". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
6. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Peder Aadnes". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
7. Solberg, Marianne. "Nicolai Benjamin Aall". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
8. Nagel, Anne-Hilde. "Hartvig Jentoft". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 November 2012.