1777 in Norway

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See also:	1777 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1777 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII. ^[1]

Events

• Danish India is turned over to the government by the Danish Asiatic Company and becomes a Danish-Norwegian crown colony.

Arts and literature

• Old Nordre Osen Church was built.

Births

• 7 February - Severin Løvenskiold, nobleman and politician (died 1856)
• 18 February - Andreas Arntzen, politician (died 1837)
• 12 April - Caspar Peter Hagerup, civil servant (died 1840)
• 20 April - Hans Jørgen Reutz Synnestvedt, military officer and politician (died 1841)
• 5 June - Oluf Borch de Schouboe, politician and Minister (died 1844)
• 3 August - Peter Motzfeldt, politician and Minister (died 1854)
• 12 September - Hans Jacob Arnold Jensen, military officer and politician (died 1853)

Full date unknown

• Christian Krohg, politician and Minister (died 1828)
• Peder Tollefsen Ilsaas, politician
• Nicolai Niels Nielsen, priest and politician (died 1854)
• Jacob Andreas Wille, priest and politician (died 1850)

Deaths

• 22 May – Nicolaus Christian Friis, priest and writer (born 1714). ^[2]

References

1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. Amundsen, Arne Bugge. "Nicolaus Christian Friis". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 August 2012.