1792 in Norway

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See also:	1792 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1792 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII. ^[1]

Events

• Denmark-Norway declares transatlantic slave trade will be illegal after 1803 (though slavery continues to 1848 in Denmark) ^[2]
• The trading and shipping company Salve Kallevig & Søn was founded in Arendal.

Arts and literature

Sør-Fron Church

• Sør-Fron Church was built.
• Sandar Church was built.

Births

• 1 January – Henrik Anker Bjerregaard, poet, dramatist and judge (died 1842)
• 18 November – Even Hammer Holmboe, politician (died 1859)
• 13 December – Christian Schou, brewer and merchant (died 1874). ^[3]

Full date unknown

• Diderik Bøgvad, politician (died 1857)
• Jørgen Flood, merchant and politician (died 1867)
• Nils Christensen Ringnæs, politician
• Erike Kirstine Kolstad, the first professional native stage actress in Norway (d.1830)

Deaths

• 14 December - Ole Nilsen Weierholt, wood carver (born 1718)

References

1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. The Historical encyclopedia of world slavery, Volume 1 By Junius P. Rodriguez
3. Arntzen, Jon Gunnar. "Christian Schou". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 November 2020.