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See also: | 1555 in Denmark List of years in Norway |
Events in the year 1555 in Norway.
Ivar Kleiven was a Norwegian politician, historian and poet. He is most remembered as a collector of local folklore.
Trond Torleivsson Benkestok was a Norwegian land owner, knight, and feudal lord (lensherre) of Bergenhus Fortress.
Jens-Halvard Bratz was a Norwegian business executive and government minister with the Conservative Party. He served as Norwegian Minister of Industry from 1981–1983.
Erling Vidkunsson (1293–1355) was the Norwegian nobleman and regent of Norway. He received the position of High Justiciar (drottsete) of the country. He was Lord of Bjarkoy and Giske and was probably the most important and wealthy Norwegian noble of his era.
Ingerd Ottesdotter (Rømer) was her era's wealthiest landowner in Norway. She was the ultimate heiress of the noble Rømer family and a political intriguer. Lady Ingerd is noted for having orchestrated her powerful sons-in-law to support her goals. Her fame was the inspiration for Henrik Ibsen's play Lady Inger of Ostrat.
Vincens Lunge was a Danish-Norwegian noble, member of the Norwegian realm council (Riksråd) and the foremost representative of King Christian III of Denmark in Norway.
Rein Abbey was a Roman Catholic religious house for women located in Rissa on the Fosen peninsula to the northwest of Trondheim in Trøndelag, Norway.
Nils Henriksson was a Norwegian knight, landowner, National Counselor and Lord High Steward of Norway who married Ingerd Ottesdatter.
Asgaut Steinnes was a Norwegian archivist and historian who specialized in the Middle Ages. He served as National archivist of Norway from 1933 to 1960.
Events in the year 1496 in Norway.
Otte Rømer was a Norwegian nobleman, state councillor, and landowner. He is associated with establishing his family ownership of Austrått estate in Ørland, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.
Events in the year 1558 in Norway.
Events in the year 1370 in Norway.
Events in the year 1387 in Norway.
Events in the year 1363 in Norway.
Mogens Svale (c.1530–1581) was a Danish-born military commander and landowner in Norway. Svale is noted for his merits during the Northern Seven Years' War (1563-1570).
Ingerd Erlendsdotter was a Norwegian noblewoman and landowner during the 15th century.
Halvard Bjørkvik was a Norwegian historian.
Herdis Torvaldsdatter was a Norwegian noblewoman and landowner.
Jon Raude, nicknamed the Steadfast, was Archbishop of Nidaros from October 1267 until his death in 1282. As Archbishop, Raude championed the rights and privileges of the Church against the temporal authority of the king. He developed a church law separate from King Magnus VI's state law and eventually secured royal approval of this law and a number of other privileges at the Tønsberg Concord of 1277, which marked the zenith of church power in medieval Norway.