1739 in Norway
Events in the year 1739 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 6 June - Battle of Jakobshavn. The battle led to the consolidation of Danish-Norwegian presence on Greenland.
- Public schools for all children, from the age of seven, are established by law.
- Christian Rantzau is deposed as Steward of Norway, and the position was vacant until 1750.
- The Løvenskiold family were ennobled.
Arts and literature
- The poem Nordlands Trompet by Petter Dass is published posthumously.
Births
- 10 August – Peder Aadnes, rural painter.
Full date missing
- Nicolai Benjamin Aall, landowner and timber merchant.
Deaths
- 1 December - Hartvig Jentoft, merchant.