1538 in Norway

Events in the year 1538 in Norway.

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Centuries:
  • 14th
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
Decades:
  • 1510s
  • 1520s
  • 1530s
  • 1540s
  • 1550s
See also:1538 in Denmark
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Christian III

Events
  • Christian III starts a mining project in Telemark.[1]

Arts and literature
Main articles: 1538 in art and 1538 in literature

Births
Jens Nilssøn
  • Jens Nilssøn, bishop (died 1600).[2]
  • Enno Brandrøk, nobleman, mercenary and adventurer (died 1571).
  • Laurentius Nicolai, Jesuit, active in service of the Counter-Reformation (died 1622).[3]

Deaths
  • 7 February – Olav Engelbrektsson, Archbishop of Norway (born c. 1480).[4]

See also

References
  1. Christian 3., in Norsk biografisk leksikon
  2. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Jens Nilssøn". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  3. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Laurentius Nicolai Norvegus". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  4. Rian, Øystein. "Olav Engelbrektsson". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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