1767 in Norway

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See also:	1767 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1767 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII

Events

• 17 July — The Trondheim Society received royal affirmation of its status as the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.[1]
• The first known competition of winter sport biathlon takes place, in Norway.[2][3]
• The first sections of the Hotel Refsnes Gods are erected.[4]

Arts and literature

• 3 July — Norway's oldest newspaper, still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded (first edition published this date).[5]

Births

• 4 February - Hans Hein Nysom, priest and politician (died 1831).
• 26 August – Christopher Borgersen Hoen, farmer and politician (died 1845).[6]
• 9 September - Hans Henrik Rode, military officer (died 1830).

Deaths

Thomas Angell

• 19 September - Thomas Angell, merchant and philanthropist (born 1692).
• 16 December – Baltzer Fleischer, civil servant and county governor (born 1703).

References

1. Nordstrom, Byron J. Scandinavia since 1500. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2000. 156. ISBN 0-8166-2099-7
2. Lee, Phil. The Rough Guide to Norway. Penguin, 2009. 51. ISBN 1-4053-8430-1
3. Judd, Ron C. The Winter Olympics: An Insider's Guide to the Legendsm, the Lore, and the Game. Seattle, WA: Mountaineers Books, 2009. 196. ISBN 1-59485-063-1
4. Porter, Darwin & Danforth Prince. Frommer's Norway, 2nd Edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2005. 156. ISBN 0-7645-7826-X
5. Green, Jonathon & Nicholas J. Karolides (Eds). Encyclopedia of Censorship, New Edition. New York: Facts on File, 2005. 399. ISBN 0-8160-4464-3
6. Mardal, Magnus A. "Christopher Borgersen Hoen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 November 2020.