1617 in Norway

Events in the year 1617 in Norway.

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Decades:
  • 1590s
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See also:1617 in Denmark
List of years in Norway

Incumbents
  • Monarch: Christian IV.[1]

Events
  • 24 December - Eastern Finnmark suffered a terrible storm. A great majority of the male population was out at sea at that time and were surprised by the storm, ten boats sank and forty men drowned.[2]

Arts and literature

Deaths

Full date unknown
  • Niels Claussøn Senning, bishop (born c. 1580).[3]

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. The witch-hunt in early modern Finnmark(Rune Blix Hagen. Acta Borealia, Volume 16, Issue 1 1999 , pages 43 – 62)]
  3. Bratberg, Terje. "Niels Senning". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
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