1680 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1680 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Christian V.^[1]

Events

• May - Peder Griffenfeld was imprisoned at Munkholmen, outside of Trondheim.
• A giant squid beached at the coast of Helgeland.^[2]

Births

• 20 December - Anders Daae, priest and landowner (died 1763)^[3]

Around 1680

• Lorentz Reichwein, military officer (died 1735)^[4]

Deaths

• 29 December - Arent Berntsen, topographical-statistical author, businessman, banker, estate owner and councillor (born 1610)^{[5] [6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Christian 5. . Øystein . Rian . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 14 December 2023.
2. [#Steenstrup1857|Steenstrup (1857:184/[18])]
3. Book: Bygdabok for Vik i Sogn. 1. 1951. Nemndi. Vik.
4. Encyclopedia: Reichwein . Store norske leksikon. Terje . Bratberg . Henriksen, Petter. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 28 September 2011.
5. http://nbl.snl.no/Arent_Berntsen Arent Berntsen
6. Web site: 2 (Norge. Uddrag af ældre og nyere Forfatteres Skrifter). 1880.
7. Web site: 1005 (Salmonsens konversationsleksikon / Anden Udgave / Bind XVIII: Nordlandsbaad—Perleøerne).