1791 in Norway

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See also:	1791 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1791 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII. ^[1]

Events

• Jens Holmboe starts organized settling to the uninhabited Målselvdalen, from the Gudbrand Valley and Østerdalen.

Births

Frederik Holst

• 11 July - Jonas Schanche Kielland, consul and politician (d.1848)
• 24 July - Knud Spødervold, author and lay preacher and leader of the Strong Believers (d.1852)
• 14 August - Frederik Holst, medical doctor (d.1871). ^[2]
• 15 November - Peder Jensen Fauchald, politician (d.1856)
• 16 November - Olaf Rye, military officer (d.1849)

Full date unknown

• Gjest Baardsen, outlaw, jail-breaker, non-fiction writer, songwriter and memoirist (died 1849). ^[3]
• Hans Glad Bloch, politician (d.1865)
• Mikkel Johannesen Borge, politician
• Martin Halvorsen Vee, politician
• Arnt Arntsen Wang, politician

Deaths

• 25 December – Claus Fasting, playwright, literary critic, editor and civil servant (born 1746)

References

1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. Skålevåg, Svein Atle. "Frederik Holst". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
3. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Gjest Baardsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 November 2020.