1604 in Norway

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Events in the year 1604 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian IV. ^[1]

Events

• 24 July - Anders Lauritsson Green becomes Chancellor of Norway.
• 4 December:
  • Christian IV’s Norwegian Law of 1604 is issued, essentially as a translation into Danish of the older Norwegian law of Magnus law-mender established and recorded in Norwegian in 1274 and 1276. ^[2]
  • Hiring anyone who had attended Jesuit schools in positions in schools and churches was made illegal.
• The town of Son is founded (lost town status in 1963).

Births

• Niels Hanssøn Meng, timber trader and Mayor (died 1676). ^[3]

Deaths

Rasmus Hjort

• 17 April – Rasmus Hjort, priest, humanist, educator (born c.1525). ^[4]

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. "Kong Christian the Fjerdes Norske Lovbog af 1604 (King Christian IV's Norwegian Book of Law of 1604)". FEILBERG & LANDMARK/Prosjekt for nettbaserte hovedfagsstudier (PNH). 1855–1981. Archived from the original (Norwegian) on 12 May 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
3. Jacobsen, Frank Kiel. "Niels Hanssøn Meng". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
4. Roggen, Vibeke. "Rasmus Hjort". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 October 2012.