1760 in Norway

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See also:	1760 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1760 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick V

Events

• Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters was founded in Trondheim by the bishop of Nidaros Johan Ernst Gunnerus, headmaster at the Trondheim Cathedral School Gerhard Schøning and Councillor of State Peter Frederik Suhm under the name Det Trondhiemske Selskab (the Trondheim Society).[1][2]

Births

• 15 February – Lars Ingier, military officer, road manager, land owner and mill owner (died 1828).[3]
• 30 October – Matz Jenssen, businessperson (died 1813)

Full date unknown

• Lars Jakobson Thingnæsset, farmer and politician (died 1829)

References

1. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 November 2019.
2. Gundersen, Håkon (5 March 2010). "Kongen kommer!". Morgenbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
3. Johannessen, Finn Erhard. "Lars Ingier". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 November 2012.