1768 in Norway

Events in the year 1768 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

 * 1 December &mdash; The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya.

Arts and literature

 * January - Gunnerus Library, the oldest scientific library in Norway is opened in Trondheim.

Full date unknown

 * Johan Ernst Berg, politician (died 1828)

Deaths

 * 12 January – Joen Jacobsen, master builder (born 1714).


 * 24 January – Morten Leuch, timber merchant and landowner (born 1732).