1778 in Norway

Events in the year 1778 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Christian VII.

Arts and literature

 * The construction of Stiftsgården was finished.

Births

 * 30 May - Jens Rynning, priest (died 1857)
 * 11 November - Nils Astrup, politician (died 1835)
 * 7 December - Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie, a Norwegian constitutional father, known for being the constitutional assembly's writer (died 1849)
 * 23 December - Johan Reinhardt, professor in zoology (died 1845)

Full date unknown

 * Sara Oust, revivalist lay preacher (died 1822)