Events in the year 1758 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Frederick V.
Events
- Kristen Paulsen is condemned to be executed by burning. He was the last person to be burned for sodomy (sex with animals) in Denmark-Norway. He was burned in Kristiansand.
- The gold mines at Gullverket, starts to operate, the mines is operated from 1758 to 1907.
Arts and literature
Births
- 3 March – Jens Schou Fabricius, politician (died 1841)
- 15 March – Magdalene Sophie Buchholm, poet (died 1825)
- 23 April – Nils Christian Frederik Hals, military officer (died 1838)
Deaths
- 5 November – Hans Egede, Lutheran missionary (born 1686)
See also
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