1776 In Norway
Events in the year 1776 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Christian VII. Events *15 January – A Danish-Norwegian Nationality Act reserves state offices for Norwegian, Danish and Holstein citizens. * Blaafarveværket, a mining and industrial company in Modum, was established. Arts and literature *Spind Church was built. Births *9 August - Jacob Munch, painter and military officer (died 1839) Full date unknown *Jens Gasmann, businessperson and politician (died 1850) *Poul Christian Holst, politician and Minister (died 1863) *Hilmar Meincke Krohg, politician (died 1851 Events January–March * January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion. * January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly. ...) Deaths * Henrik Bech, woodcarver (born c.1718). See also References {{Year in Europe, 1776 ...
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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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