1759 in Norway

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See also:	1759 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1759 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick V

Births

Lars Larsen Forsæth painted by Christopher Pritzier Meidell

• 23 May – Johan Ernst Mowinckel, merchant and consul (died 1816).[1]
• 2 July – Niels Andreas Vibe, military officer (died 1814).[2]
• 2 August – Johan Christopher Haar Daae, priest and politician (died 1827)
• 13 August – Niels Hertzberg, priest and politician (died 1841).[3]
• 23 October – Sivert Aarflot, educator (died 1817)
• 26 October – Haagen Mathiesen, timber merchant (died 1842).[4]
• 9 November – Frederik Petersen, painter (died 1825)

Full date unknown

• Just Henrik Ely, military officer (died 1824).[5]
• Lars Larsen Forsæth, farmer and politician (died 1839).[6]

Deaths

• Mathias Collett, civil servant (b. 1708).[7]
• Rasmus Paludan, bishop (b. 1702).[8]

References

1. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Johan Ernst Mowinckel". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
2. Bratberg, Terje. "Niels Vibe". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
3. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Niels Hertzberg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
4. Sejersted, Francis. "Haagen Mathiesen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
5. Mardal, Magnus A. "Just Henrik Ely". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
6. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Lars Larsen Forsæth". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
7. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Mathias Collett". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
8. Thrap, Daniel, ed. (1887–1905). "Paludan, Rasmus". Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). XII. Kjøbenhavn: Gyldendalske boghandels forlag. Retrieved 3 August 2020.