1604 in Norway
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Incumbents
Events
- 24 July - Anders Lauritsson Green becomes Chancellor of Norway.
- 4 December:
- Christian IVâs 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
- 17 April â Rasmus Hjort, priest, humanist, educator (born c.1525).[4]
