Nordlands Trompet
''Nordlands Trompet'' is a tributary poem by Norwegian priest and poet Petter Dass, praising the nature and people of Nordland. The poem was probably written between the 1660s and 1690s, and was first published posthumously in 1739 in Norway, 1739. ''Nordlands Trompet'' is regarded as Dass' most important work. The poem first gives a general description of Nordland, including weather conditions, animal life, birdlife, the Sami people, fisheries and trade. Then follows descriptions Fee (feudal tenure), fief by fief. References

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1739 In Norway
Events in the year 1739 in Norway. Incumbents *List of Norwegian monarchs, Monarch: Christian VI. Events *6 June - Battle of Jakobshavn (Greenland). The battle led to the consolidation of Danish-Norwegian presence on Greenland. *Public schools for all children, from the age of seven, are established by law. *Christian Rantzau is deposed as List of heads of government of Norway#Stewards of Norway, Steward of Norway, and the position was vacant until 1750 in Norway, 1750. Arts and literature *''Nordlands Trompet'' by Petter Dass is published posthumously. Births *10 August – Peder Aadnes, rural painter (died 1792). Full date missing * Nicolai Benjamin Aall, landowner and timber merchant (died 1798). Deaths *1 December – Hartvig Jentoft, merchant (born 1693 in Norway, 1693). See also References

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