1708 In Norway
Events in the year 1708 in Norway. Incumbents *List of Norwegian monarchs, Monarch: Frederick IV of Denmark, Frederick IV. Events *10 April - Johan Vibe is appointed List of heads of government of Norway#Stewards of Norway, Vice Steward of Norway. Arts and literature Births *9 September – Paul Egede, theologian, missionary, and scholar (d. 1789) *10 September - Mathias Collett, civil servant (d. 1759 in Norway, 1759). *16 September – Catharina Freymann, pietist leader (d. 1791) * Deaths *28 October – Prince George of Denmark, Prince George of Denmark and Norway (born 1653 in Norway, 1653) *25 December - Jørgen Thormøhlen, merchant, ship owner and industrialist (born c. 1640). See also References

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Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ...
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