Events in the year 1781 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Christian VII.
Events
- 23 February - Hans Eilersen Hagerup was ennobled, and given the noble family name Gyldenpalm.
- 11 April - Oplandenes amt was split into two, with the western part becoming Kristians amt and the eastern part becoming Hedemarkens amt.
Arts and literature
- Edvard Storm writes Zinklars vise ("Ballad of Sinclair").
Births
- 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).
Full date unknown
- Palle Rømer Fleischer, politician and Minister (died 1851)
- Edvard Hagerup, solicitor and politician (died 1853)
- Jørgen Young, merchant and politician (died 1837)
Deaths
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