Events in the year 1721 in Norway.
Incumbents Monarch: Frederick IV.
Events The Bergen Greenland Company was founded. 2 May – Hans Egede departed with three ships from Bergen to Greenland, starting the Danish-Norwegian colonization of Greenland. 1 August – The King orders a large sale of church property in Norway. 10 September – Great Northern War ends. 21 December – Niels Tygesen Knag was ennobled, and given the noble family name Knagenhjelm.
Deaths 15 February – Tørres Christensen, merchant, ship owner, land owner (born 1664).
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