1602 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian IV.

Events

• Hamar Cathedral School merged with Oslo Cathedral School.

Arts and literature

• Prestepina, a quiz book, is published for the first time. The book was a translation from German by Hallvard Gunnarssøn, and was later reissued numerous times, the last time in 1870.

Births

• 12 April - Daniel Knudsen Bildt, military officer

Deaths

• 8 April - Ludvig Munk, Stadtholder of Norway