1610 in Norway explained

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]

Arts and literature

See main article: article and 1610 in Art.

Births

• 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]

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Christian 4. . . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . 21 December 2023 . Rian . Øystein . Bolstad . Erik . no . Mardal . Magnus A. . Weidling . Tor Ragnar.
2. Encyclopedia: 1889 . Christian, udvalgt prins . . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag . Copenhagen . 17 November 2009 . Fridericia . J. A. . Bricka, Carl Frederik . Carl Frederik Bricka . 3 . 526–529 . Danish.
3. Book: Nielsen, Jens Petter . Altas historie (De glemte århundrene 1520-1826) . Municipality of Alta . 1990 . 8299465206 . 1 . Alta . 97–98 . no.
4. Encyclopedia: Arent Berntsen . . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . 26 August 2022 . Bolstad . Erik . no.
5. Encyclopedia: Lisbet Nypan . . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . 4 September 2020 . Bolstad . Erik . no.
6. Book: Bergen, Teunis G. . Teunis G. Bergen

   . The Bergen Family; Or: The Descendants of Hans Hansen Bergen, One of the Early Settlers of New York and Brooklyn, L. I. . J. Munsell . 1876 . 4 March 2021 . Teunis G. Bergen.

7. Encyclopedia: Strange Jørgenssøn . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . 29 October 2012 . Fossen . Anders Bjarne . Helle, Knut . Knut Helle . no.