1610 in Norway

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See also:	1610 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1610 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian IV ^[1]

Events

• 17 June – Prince Christian was proclaimed as heir apparent to Christian IV of Norway, in Oslo. ^[2]
• 17 August – Christian IV of Denmark-Norway ordered the construction of Altenhus Fortress on the island of Aarøen near Alten in Finnmark county. ^[3]
• The town of Arendal is founded.

Births

Arent Berntsen

• 12 May - Arent Berntsen, topographical-statistical author, businessman, banker, estate owner and councillor (died 1680). ^[4]

Around 1610

• Lisbet Nypan, alleged witch (d. 1670). ^[5]
• Hans Hansen Bergen, emigrant from Norway and early/pioneer settler in New Amsterdam (died 1654). ^[6]

Deaths

• 5 February – Strange Jørgenssøn, bailiff and businessman (born 1539). ^[7]

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. Fridericia, J. A. (1889). "Christian, udvalgt prins". In Bricka, Carl Frederik (ed.). Dansk biografisk lexikon (in Danish). Vol. 3. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. pp. 526–529. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
3. Nielsen, Jens Petter (1990). Altas historie (De glemte århundrene 1520-1826) (in Norwegian). Vol. 1. Alta: Municipality of Alta. pp. 97–98. ISBN   8299465206.
4. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Arent Berntsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
5. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Lisbet Nypan". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
6. Bergen, Teunis G. (1876). The Bergen Family; Or: The Descendants of Hans Hansen Bergen, One of the Early Settlers of New York and Brooklyn, L. I. J. Munsell. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
7. Fossen, Anders Bjarne. "Strange Jørgenssøn". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 October 2012.