Events in the year 1796 in Norway.
Incumbents Monarch: Christian VII.
Events 14 April - Hans Nielsen Hauge received his "spiritual baptism" in a field near his farm at Rolvsøy.
Arts and literature Det Dramatiske Selskab in Arendal is founded. Gamlebyen Church was built.
Births 19 March - Christopher Andreas Holmboe, philologist (d.1882) 14 April - Frederik Due, politician (d.1873) 10 October - Thomas Konow, naval officer and politician (d.1881) See also
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