1617 in Norway

1617
in
Norway

Centuries:
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1590s
  • 1600s
  • 1610s
  • 1620s
  • 1630s
See also:1617 in Denmark
List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1617 in Norway.

Incumbents

Events

  • 24 December - Eastern Finnmark suffered a terrible storm. A great majority of the male population was out at sea at that time and were surprised by the storm, ten boats sank and forty men drowned.[1]

Deaths

Full date unknown

References

  1. The witch-hunt in early modern Finnmark(Rune Blix Hagen. Acta Borealia, Volume 16, Issue 1 1999 , pages 43 – 62)]
  2. Bratberg, Terje. "Niels Senning". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
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