Events in the year 1785 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
Arts and literature
- 12 January - The first public library in Norway is opened.[2]
- Frelseren Church was built.
- In an anonymous work, Christian Kølle introduced the written feminine grammatical gender in Norway.[3]
Births
- 1 August - Georg Jacob Bull, jurist and politician (d.1854)
Full date unknown
- Gustav Peter Blom, politician (d.1869)
- Michel Nielsen Grendahl, politician (d.1849)
- Knut Mevasstaul, rose painter (d.1862)
Deaths
- 29 December - Johan Herman Wessel, poet (b.1742)
See also
References
- ^ Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ John Ansteinsson, "The Library History of Norway", The Library Journal 45 (1920) 19-24, 57-62, p. 22.
- ^ Borgen, Per Otto (2006). "Kølle, Christian". Asker og Bærum leksikon (in Norwegian). Drammen: Forlaget for by- og bygdehistorie. pp. 298–299. ISBN 82-91649-10-3.
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