1624 in Norway
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Events in the year 1624 in Norway:
Incumbents
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[edit]- 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 women 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
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Births
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Deaths
[edit]- 7 February – Cort Aslakssøn, astronomer, theologist and philosopher (born 1564).[5]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Bang, A. Chr. (1912). Den norske kirkes historie (in Norwegian). Kristiania and Copenhagen: Gyldendal. p. 361.
- ^ Ingolf Jarle Rui. "Jernkompaniet". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ Thorsnes, Geir. "Kongsberg". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ Wasberg, Gunnar Christie. "Cort Aslakssøn". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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