1786 in Norway

Events in the year 1786 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

 * The trade with Iceland is opened to all Danish and Norwegian traders.
 * 2 October - Lofthusreisingen begins, a large peasant revolt in South Norway.

Births

 * 15 May - Johan Bülow Wamberg, politician, (d.1852)
 * 26 May - Engebret Soot, canal engineer (d.1859)
 * 29 June - Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow, bishop (d.1866)

Full date unknown

 * Samuel Mathiassen Føyn, ship-owner and politician (d.1854)

Deaths

 * 18 February – Ludvig Daae, priest and landowner (born 1723).

Full date unknown

 * Anders Olsen, trader, explorer and colonial administrator (born 1718)