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Events in the year 1624 in Norway.

Incumbents

Events

  • 28 February – A decree made it explicitly illegal for Jesuits and monks to appear in the country, with death penalty as a consequence for offenders.[2]
  • 17-20 August – The great city fire of Oslo.
  • 25 October – Det Norske Jernkompani is granted a royal privilege, granting the company almost a monopoly on iron production on an industrial scale within Norway.[3]
  • Fall – Three woman were executed by decapitation at the Akershus witch trials.
  • The mining town of Kongsberg is founded.[4]
  • Christian IV renames and moves Oslo after the great fire. He renames the city Christiania.

Arts and literature

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rian, Øystein; Mardal, Magnus A.; Weidling, Tor Ragnar. "Christian 4.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Bang, A. Chr. (1912). Den norske kirkes historie (in Norwegian). Kristiania and Copenhagen: Gyldendal. p. 361.
  3. ↑ Ingolf Jarle Rui. "Jernkompaniet". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Thorsnes, Geir. "Kongsberg". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  5. ↑ Wasberg, Gunnar Christie. "Cort Aslakssøn". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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