Events in the year 1789 in Norway.
Incumbents Monarch: Christian VII.
Events 20 February – Hanging as a capital punishment was abolished. July – The flood Storofsen struck eastern Norway. 9 July – Theater War part of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790): Denmark-Norway agreed to cease active engagement in the conflict. A statement of neutrality was issued by Denmark-Norway, not a formal peace treaty and Denmark-Norway leaves the war. 17 July: The town of Hammerfest was founded. The town of Vardø was founded. 12 November – The Norwegian army retreated from Bohuslen back to Norway. During the retreat, the Norwegian army lost 1,500-3,000 men to hunger, disease, poor sanitary conditions, and exposure to continual autumn rainfall
Births 29 January - Fredrik Riis, civil servant (d.1845) 19 March Peter Christian Knudtzon, businessman (died 1864) 2 November - Karen Wedel-Jarlsberg, courtier (d.1849)
Full date unknown Ole Johannesen Staff, politician
Deaths 1 August - Peder Hjort, businessperson (born 1715) Full date unknown Eric Gustaf Tunmarck, painter (born 1729).
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