1759 in Norway

Events in the year 1759 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Frederick V.

Arts and literature

 * The Old Olden Church was built.

Births



 * 23 May – Johan Ernst Mowinckel, merchant and consul (died 1816).
 * 2 July – Niels Andreas Vibe, military officer (died 1814).
 * 2 August – Johan Christopher Haar Daae, priest and politician (died 1827)
 * 13 August – Niels Hertzberg, priest and politician (died 1841).
 * 23 October – Sivert Aarflot, educator (died 1817).
 * 26 October – Haagen Mathiesen, timber merchant (died 1842).
 * 9 November – Frederik Petersen, painter (died 1825).
 * 30 November – Just Henrik Ely, military officer (died 1824).

Full date unknown

 * Lars Larsen Forsæth, farmer and politician (died 1839).

Deaths

 * 8 January – Rasmus Paludan, bishop (b. 1702).
 * 24 March – Mathias Collett, civil servant (b. 1708).