1768 in Norway

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See also:	1768 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1768 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII. ^[1]

Events

The slave ship Fredensborg

• 1 December — The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya. ^[2]

Arts and literature

• January - Gunnerus Library, the oldest scientific library in Norway is opened in Trondheim.

Births

Full date unknown

• Johan Ernst Berg, politician (died 1828)

Deaths

• 12 January – Joen Jacobsen, master builder (born 1714). ^[3]

• 24 January – Morten Leuch, timber merchant and landowner (born 1732). ^[4]

References

1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. Porter, Darwin & Danforth Prince. Frommer's Norway, 3rd Edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2007. 218. ISBN   978-0-470-10057-8
3. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Joen Jacobsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
4. Apelseth, Arne. "Morten d.y. Leuch". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 September 2013.