1695 in Norway

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See also:	1695 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1695 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian V. ^[1]

Events

• Johanne Nielsdatter, was executed for witchcraft. Her execution is the last confirmed execution for witchcraft in Norway. ^[2]
• September – A crop failure due to cold weather leads to a great famine in Norway the next year. ^[3]

Deaths

• March – Edvard Edvardsen, educator and historian (born 1630). ^[4]
• Johanne Nielsdatter, executed for witchcraft. ^[2]

References

1. Rian, Øystein. "Christian 5.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
2. Hagen, Rune Blix. "Johanne Nielsdatter". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
3. Dribe, Martin; Olsson, Mats; Svensson, Patrick (2017). "9 - Nordic Europe". In Alfani, Guido; Ó Gráda, Cormac (eds.). Famine in European History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 192–194, 196, 210. ISBN   9781107179936 . Retrieved 13 April 2025.
   For an open-access near-equivalent of this chapter, see Dribe, Martin; Olsson, Mats; Svensson, Patrick (2015). "Famines in the Nordic countries, AD 536 - 1875". Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues (138). Department of Economic History, Lund University. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
4. Fossen, Anders Bjarne. "Edvard Edvardsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 August 2013.