1772 in Norway

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See also:	1772 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1772 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII. ^[1]

Events

• September - Charles of Hesse was appointed commander-in-chief of the Norwegian army.
• German ceased to be the official language of command in the army, in favour of "Dano-Norwegian".

Arts and literature

• February - The first public theatre in Norway, founded in Oslo by Martin Nürenbach, is dissolved.
• 30 April - The Norwegian Society (Det Norske Selskab), a literary society for Norwegian students in Copenhagen, is formed.
• September - The comedy-play Kierlighed uden Strømper , by Johan Herman Wessel, is first published.

Births

• 3 January - Søren Georg Abel, priest and politician (died 1820)
• 1 February - Evert Andersen, navy officer (died 1809)
• 29 February - Hans Andersen Barlien, farmer and politician. (died 1842)
• 29 November - Peder Klykken, politician (died 1861)

Full date unknown

• Hans Hagerup Falbe, politician and Minister (died 1830)
• Sveinung Svalastoga, rose painter (died 1809)

Deaths

• 30 May – Peder von Todderud, Army general and landowner (b. 1691). ^[2]
• 18 October – Gunder Gundersen Hammer, government official (b. 1725). ^[3]

References

1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. Nissen, Harald. "Peder Von Todderud". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
3. Huitfeldt-Kaas, H J (1892). "Hammer, Gunder". In Bricka, Carl Frederik (ed.). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). Vol. VI. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. p. 531. Retrieved 23 September 2020.