1790 in Norway

Events in the year 1790 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

 * March – Norwegian merchants meet Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, as representative of King Gustav III of Sweden, to discuss military hjelp from Sweden to end the Danish-Norwegian union, at Eda, Sweden.

Arts and literature

 * The song «Udsikter fra Ulriken» is written by Johan Nordahl Brun.
 * Klæbu Church was built,

Births

 * 1 November - Dominicus Nagell Lemvig Brun, military officer and politician (d.1874)
 * 26 December - Andreas Martin Seip, military officer and politician (d.1850)

Full date unknown

 * Melchior Schjelderup Olsson Fuhr, politician (d.1869)
 * Jon Eriksson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (d.1862)
 * Even Hansen, civil servant and politician (d.1840)

Deaths

 * 4 November - Ove Gjerløw Meyer, jurist and government official (born c. 1742)