1779 in Norway

Events in the year 1779 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

 * 23 November - Magnus Theiste was sentenced by the Supreme Court to be removed from his office as County Governor of Nordre Bergenhus amt, because of his involvement with corruption.

Births

 * 12 February – Jens Jensen Gram, jurist and politician (died 1824).
 * 10 August – Carl Rønneberg, merchant and ship owner (died 1858).
 * 27 August – Hovel Helseth, industrial pioneer (died 1865).
 * 19 September – Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern, government minister (died 1853).
 * 21 September (in France) – Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg, politician and nobleman (died 1840).
 * 29 September – Fredrik Meltzer, businessman and politician (died 1855).
 * 2 November – Frederik Motzfeldt, politician (died 1848).
 * 8 November – Wollert Konow, merchant and vice consul (died 1839).

Full date unknown

 * Peder Paulsen Balke, farmer and politician (died 1840).
 * Anders Hansen Grønneberg, farmer and politician (died 1819).

Deaths



 * 5 January – Niels Thaaning, painter (born c.1732).

Full date unknown

 * Gottfried Heinrich Gloger, organ builder (born 1710).