1781 in Norway

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11 April - Oplandenes amt was split into two, with the western part becoming Kristians amt and the eastern part becoming Hedemarkens amt.

19 May – Lars Andreas Oftedahl, priest and politician (died 1843)
1 December – Ferdinand Carl Maria Wedel-Jarlsberg, commanding general of the Norwegian Army (died 1857)
10 December – Christian Hersleb Horneman, jurist and politician (died 1860).^[3]

^ Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
^ Øystein Rottem. "Edvard Storm". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
^ Sprauten, Knut. "Christian Hersleb Horneman". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
^ "Jørgen Young". nsd.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 November 2019.

Norway during the union with Denmark (1536–1814)

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