1761 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick V.

Events

• Johan Christopher Wessel was ennobled, and given the noble family name Tordenskiold.

Arts and literature

• The construction of Kongsberg Church is completed.
• The construction of Coche Manor in Breivik is completed.

Births

• 26 January - Jens Zetlitz, priest and poet
• 6 December - Erich Haagensen Jaabech, farmer and politician

Deaths

• 14 August - Birgitte Christine Kaas, poet and translator of hymns.