Events in the year 1758 in Norway.
Incumbents Monarch: Frederick V.
Events Kristen Paulsen is condemned to be executed by burning. He was the last person to be burned for sodomy (sex with animals) in Denmark-Norway. He was burned in Kristiansand. The gold mines at Gullverket, starts to operate, the mines is operated from 1758 to 1907.
Arts and literature The poem Maidagen, by Christian Braunmann Tullin, is first published.
Births 3 March – Jens Schou Fabricius, politician (died 1841) 15 March – Magdalene Sophie Buchholm, poet (died 1825) 23 April – Nils Christian Frederik Hals, military officer (died 1838)
Deaths 5 November – Hans Egede, Lutheran missionary (born 1686)
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