1789 in Norway

Events in the year 1789 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

 * 20 February – Hanging as a capital punishment was abolished.
 * July – The flood Storofsen struck eastern Norway.
 * 9 July – Theater War part of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790): Denmark-Norway agreed to cease active engagement in the conflict. A statement of neutrality was issued by Denmark-Norway, not a formal peace treaty and Denmark-Norway leaves the war.
 * 17 July:
 * The town of Hammerfest was founded.
 * The town of Vardø was founded.
 * 12 November – The Norwegian army retreated from Bohuslen back to Norway. During the retreat, the Norwegian army lost 1,500-3,000 men to hunger, disease, poor sanitary conditions, and exposure to continual autumn rainfall

Births

 * 29 January - Fredrik Riis, civil servant (d.1845)
 * 19 March – Peter Christian Knudtzon, businessman (died 1864)
 * 2 November - Karen Wedel-Jarlsberg, courtier (d.1849)

Full date unknown

 * Ole Johannesen Staff, politician

Deaths

 * 1 August - Peder Hjort, businessperson (born 1715)

Full date unknown

 * Eric Gustaf Tunmarck, painter (born 1729).