1785 in Norway

Events in the year 1785 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Christian VII.

Arts and literature

 * 12 January - The first public library in Norway is opened.
 * Frelseren Church was built.
 * In an anonymous work, Christian Kølle introduced the written feminine grammatical gender in Norway.

Births

 * 1 August - Georg Jacob Bull, jurist and politician (d.1854)

Full date unknown

 * Gustav Peter Blom, politician (d.1869)
 * Michel Nielsen Grendahl, politician (d.1849)
 * Knut Mevasstaul, rose painter (d.1862)

Deaths

 * 29 December - Johan Herman Wessel, poet (b.1742)