Events in the year 1780 in Norway.
Incumbents Monarch: Christian VII.
Events August - Denmark-Norway joins the First League of Armed Neutrality.
Arts and literature Det Dramatiske Selskab in Oslo is founded.
Births
30 January – Christian Garup Meidell, military officer and politician (died 1863) 25 August – Conradine Birgitte Dunker, socialite and writer (died 1866) 9 November – Nicolai Wergeland, priest, writer and politician (died 1848).
Full date unknown Jens Aars, priest and politician (died 1834) Hans Eleonardus Møller, Sr., businessperson (died 1860)
Deaths
21 April – Carl Deichman, businessman, mine operator, book collector and philanthropist (born c.1705). 5 December – Jens Boalth, educator (born 1725).
Full date unknown Anders Porsanger, Sami linguist and priest (born 1735) Martin Nürenbach, theatre director
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