1718 in Norway

Events in the year 1718 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Frederick IV.

Events

 * 29 August - 10,000 men under the command of Lieutenant-general Carl Gustaf Armfeldt attacked Trøndelag from Jemtland.
 * 30 November - King Karl XII was shot and killed at the Siege of Fredriksten fortress.

Births

 * 26 February - Johan Ernst Gunnerus, bishop and botanist (died 1773)
 * 29 December - Ole Nilsen Weierholt, wood carver (died 1792)
 * Anders Olsen, trader, explorer and colonial administrator (died 1786)

Deaths

 * 8 February – Henrik Adeler, civil servant and politician (born 1660).
 * 16 May – Jonas Danilssønn Ramus, priest and historian (born 1649)
 * 9 September – Caspar Herman Hausmann, general, lumber merchant and squire (born 1653)
 * 30 November – King Karl XII of Sweden (born 1682)