1624 in Norway
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Incumbents
Events
- 28 February â A decree made it explicitly illegal for Jesuits and monks to appear in the country, with death penalty as a consequence for offenders.[2]
- 17-20 August â The great city fire of Oslo.
- 25 October â Det Norske Jernkompani is granted a royal privilege, granting the company a near monopoly on iron production on an industrial scale within Norway.[3]
- Fall â Three women were executed by decapitation at the Akershus witch trials.
- The mining town of Kongsberg is founded.[4]
- Christian IV renames and moves Oslo after the great fire. He renames the city Christiania.
- Eidsvoll Verk is established.[5]
Deaths
- 7 February â Cort Aslakssøn, astronomer, theologist and philosopher (born 1564).[6]
