1720 in Norway

Events in the year 1720 in Norway.

← 1719 1718 1717 1720 in Norway → 1721 1722 1723
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s
See also:	1720 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick IV.^[1]

Events

• 14 July – Denmark–Norway leaves the Great Northern War after the Treaty of Frederiksborg.
• 10 August – The town of Moss was founded.^[2]
• Severin Seehausen was ennobled, and given the noble family name Svanenhielm.

Arts and literature

Main articles: 1720 in art and 1720 in literature

Births

• 16 March – Cecilie Christine Schøller, socialite (died 1786).^[3]
• 2 October – Jens Kraft, mathematician (died 1765).^[4]

Deaths

Peter Tordenskjold.

• 25 January – Jens Bircherod, bishop (born 1664).
• 12 November – Peter Tordenskjold, nobleman and naval flag officer (born 1690).^[5]

See also