1769 in Norway

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s;
See also:	1769 in Denmark; List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1769 in Norway.

Incumbents

15 August – The first census in Denmark-Norway to attempt completely covering all citizens (including women and children who had previously been listed only as numbers) takes place. At that point, Norway had 774,000 citizens.^[2]^[3]
14 September - Start of the Dano–Algerian War.
Maximilian Hell and his assistant János Sajnovics traveled to Vardø to observe the 1769 transit of Venus.

8 January — Claus Pavels, bishop (died 1822)
25 February — Thomas Fasting, naval officer and government minister (died 1841)
14 April — Andreas Landmark, politician (died 1839)
4 May – Eilert Waldemar Preben Ramm, military officer and politician (d. 1837).^[4]^[5]
27 August – Hans Jacob Stabel, priest and politician (died 1836)

24 February – Johan von Mangelsen, military officer and businessperson (born 1694).^[6]

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^ "Statbank Denmark". Statbank.dk. Archived from the original on 28 July 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
^ Drake, Michael. Population and Society in Norway, 1735-1865. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1969. 2. ISBN 0-521-07319-7
^ Mardal, Magnus A. "Eilert Waldemar Preben Ramm". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ "Ramm, Eilert Valdemar Preben (Eidsvollsmann)". eidsvollsmenn.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ Arntzen, Jon Gunnar. "Johan von Mangelsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 June 2018.